PEHSU Region 4

PEHSU Region 4

Service area: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee 

The Region 4 PEHSU, founded in 1999, is located in Atlanta at Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, and serves Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee. It is one of ten units that make up a national network of PEHSUs.   

Academic Affiliation: Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing  

PEHSU Region 4

Specialties & comprehensive services

The Region 4 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU) provides expertise in pediatrics, toxicology, occupational and environmental health, nursing, obstetrics, and education. We work together to address any reproductive and children’s environmental health issue that affects families and communities, including safer disinfectant use, PFAS, lead, pesticides, mold, and more. 

Faculty & staff

Abby Mutic

Abby Mutic, PHD, CNM

Region 4 Director

Melissa Gittinger

Melissa Gittinger, DO, FACMT, FACEP

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology, Emory University School of Medicine

Rebecca Philipsborn

Rebecca Philipsborn, MD MPA

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health

Victoria L. Green

Victoria L. Green, MD, MHSA, MBA, JD

Professor, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Associate Chief Medical Officer and Associate Chief Quality Officer for Emory Decatur, Emory Long Acute Care, and Emory Hillandale Hospitals

I. Leslie Rubin

I. Leslie Rubin, MD

Assoc. Professor, Department of Pediatrics at Morehouse School of Medicine, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics at the Emory University School of Medicine

Henry Falk

Henry Falk, MD

Adjunct Professor, Emory University, Environmental Health at Rollins School of Public Health

Wayne Garfinkel

Wayne Garfinkel

Consultant

Jinbing Bai

Jinbing Bai, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN

Asst. Professor, Tenure track, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University School of Medicine, Winship Cancer Institute

Childhood Cancer & the Environment Champion

Jahmisha Octalien

Jahmisha Octalien

Project Coordinator