Mission
The mission of the NIEHS Office of Human Research and Community Engagement (OHRCE) is:
- To provide leadership and management of a comprehensive Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) by:
- Ensuring the appropriate protections of research participants while providing protocol navigation, study monitoring, study initiation strategies, guidance, and support for researchers and study staff.
- Providing national and international leadership in the development of human research protection resources and tools for disaster research and vulnerable communities experiencing disasters, through the NIH/NIEHS Disaster Research Response Program.
- To provide outreach and engagement with communities that enhances health resiliency and disease prevention — by:
- Developing and implementing community-engaged research and outreach strategies for enhancing and promoting environmental public health and environmental health literacy.
- Developing evidence-based community health interventions for improved research strategies as well as clinical recruitment and policy development.
OHRCE is involved in the following program:
Women's Health Awareness
The Women’s Health Awareness (WHA) Community Engagement Program is an innovative environmental health research, public health practice and advocacy initiative.
OHRCE Staff

Joan P. Packenham, Ph.D.
DIR CRB
[email protected]

Christine B. Philput, Ph.D.
[email protected]

Questions and Concerns About an Ongoing Study at NIEHS
If you have any problems or questions about a study, or about your rights as a research participant, or about any research-related injury, you may contact the Principal Investigator for your study or you may also call one of the following:
NIEHS Office of Human Research and Community Engagement
Tel 919-541-4265
[email protected]
NIH Office of Human Subjects Research Protections
Tel 301-402-3713
[email protected]6700B Rockledge Drive Suite 4300
Bethesda, MD 20897
Please note, if you send information to the email addresses above, please do not include sensitive information or personal health information.