Linda Forst, MD, MPH
Center Director and Principal Investigator
Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, UIC
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About
Dr. Forst is a UIC School of Public Health faculty member in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. She is also a practicing physician, board-certified in Internal Medicine and Occupational Medicine. Her undergraduate degree is in Horticulture from Michigan State University, where she worked for Michigan Extension. She works with community organizations, outreach workers, labor unions, state and federal agencies, researchers, and employers. She has done research, teaching, and outreach with farmworkers, construction day laborers, temporary staffing workers, and others, addressing safety, health, and well-being as a worker’s right.