Faculty

Clint Pinion, Jr., DrPH, MA, RS
Associate Professor
Co-Coordinator, EHS/IH Graduate Programs
Department of Environmental Health Science
Dizney 210
521 Lancaster Avenue
Richmond, KY 40475
Phone: (859) 622-6330
Fax: (859) 622-1939
Email: clint.pinion@eku.edu

Dr. Clint Pinion, Jr, DrPH, RS is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Health (EHS) at EKU.  He has held positions within private industry with Chicago Bridge and Iron (Global Health, Safety, Environmental Education and Training Manager; Environmental Technician IV; and Safety and Environmental Professional) and Baker Hughes (Corporate HSSE Technician).  Prior to joining the faculty at EKU, Dr. Pinion served as an Adjunct Professor of Environmental Science at Lone Star College, CyFair in Cypress, Texas.  He currently works as a consultant for JHB Environmental/Occupational Health and TopBranch consulting firms.  Dr. Pinion’s research interests include: environmental and occupational health risk assessments; using intervention mapping to address health and safety issues; and the impact of managerial factors in total worker health.  Dr. Pinion teaches two of the graduate MPH courses and advises graduate students on their capstone projects.   Dr. Pinion received the 2016-2017 Critical and Creative Thinking Teacher of the Year Award, presented by Eastern Kentucky University.  He currently serves as President of the American Industrial Hygiene Association’s Kentuckiana chapter and the National Association of Environmental Health Academic Programs executive boards.  He also serves as a Director for Region 5 of the Kentucky Environmental Health Association.  From fall of 2010 to spring of 2012, Dr. Pinion received a NIOSH traineeship from the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health and was also a research assistant on a follow-up study for “Booster Break: A 21^st Century innovation to improve worker health and productivity”, funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research.  In 2017 he received a major internal grant from Eastern Kentucky University to examine pesticide contamination in urban bee hives in central Kentucky.  He was also awarded an internal student government association grant to purchase needed industrial hygiene equipment.  Dr. Pinion has experience with curriculum development in both private industry and academia.  Dr. Pinion was responsible for developing, scheduling, auditing, and delivering quality education and training courses for 55,000 employees in his role as Global HSE Education and Training Manager for CB&I, Inc.  Dr. Pinion has been involved in the process of modifying the MPH curriculum at Eastern Kentucky University to be aligned with the current Council on Education for Public Health standards.  Dr. Pinion maintains the student air quality and health laboratory for Eastern Kentucky University’s Department of Environmental Health Science.

Industrial Hygiene Core Training Program Faculty