01/14/2026
SWCOEH faculty expertise extends far beyond campus walls - into local communities, policy discussions, and national research efforts.
Faculty member Shannon Guillot-Wright, PhD recently contributed as a moderator and reviewer for Proceedings from The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Workshop Series, "Gulf-Alaska Knowledge Exchange: Learning from the Legacy of Past Oil Spills." Sessions were held in Alaska, Louisiana, and Washington, DC and focused on challenges, successes, and future improvements during disaster recovery.
"The Gulf of Alaska and the Southern Gulf Coast have been the sites of the two worst oil spills in U.S. history... these spills had devastating impacts on the environment, human health, the local economy, the seafood industry, and local communities’ way of life. While the incidents differed in many ways, the response and recovery efforts both worked to restore the environment and help communities move on from their losses." To read more about this project, visit https://www.nationalacademies.org/publications/29176
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Dr. Guillot-Wright is Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, and Deputy Director of the Total Worker Health® Program at SWCOEH. Her research primarily focuses on occupational health equity, with an emphasis on health outcomes among low-income and immigrant workers. Dr. Guillot-Wright established and leads the Docside Clinic: Connecting Docs to Docks, which provides commercial fisherman and waterfront workers along the Gulf Coast with access to primary care, behavioral health care, and safety net social services.
We are proud to collaborate with faculty who are highly qualified experts, educators, and thought leaders in Occupational and Environmental Health.
Congratulations on this incredible feature, Dr. Guillot-Wright!
