History and Program Overview

The Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program (YOEMP) was founded in 1979 by its current director, Dr. Mark R. Cullen. Its current mission is threefold:

1. Provide the highest quality clinical services to patients and clients
2. Provide unparalleled subspecialty training for physicians in Occupational and Environmental Medicine
3. Conduct clinical, epidemiological and laboratory research

Clinical Services

• Out-patient services in our downtown New Haven location 
• In-patient consultation services at Yale-New Haven Hospital
• Regional resource to physicians, governmental and regulatory agencies, industries, trade unions and environmental organizations
• Work site surveys or hazard evaluations 
• Industrial medical services to numerous corporate clients

Educational Opportunities/ Fellowship Training

• Didactic teaching for medical, public health and graduate students in occupational and environmental health. 
• Elective rotations for medical students and residents from nearby teaching hospitals 
• Continuing education for practitioners, workers, employers and other professionals

Research Activities

• Epidemiologic, clinical and experimental laboratory investigations

• Collaborations are ongoing with investigators in many departments at Yale as well at other well-known institutions

• SPRAY: Survey of Painters and Repairers of Autobodies by Yale