Rhona Julien is an environmental health scientist and the asthma coordinator for the indoor air program at Region I Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Her duties include fostering a working relationship with other federal and state partners, as well as the academic community and community partners.
She has worked for the EPA for 22 years in several different capacities, as a regulator, outreach coordinator, and researcher as well as in grants management and enforcement. Most recently as a researcher, she and fellow scientists conducted exposure assessment studies looking at the impacts of environmental chemicals on ambient and indoor air in auto body shops and agricultural settings.
Julien received a BS in chemical engineering from Columbia University, a MA in environmental policy from Tufts University, and a ScD in environmental health from the Harvard School of Public Health. Her doctoral research provided the impetus for Boston's Healthy Pest-Free Housing Initiative, a project designed to reduce environmental health risks and asthma among residents of Boston public housing.