Public Health
ERG public health professionals support clients in strengthening the health, safety, and well-being of people throughout the United States and beyond. We collect, research, and analyze empirical data to evaluate the implications of all types of public health concerns, from unmet medical needs to food safety to exposure to environmental contaminants. Whether examining health disparities or conceptualizing incentives to encourage innovation, ERG health professionals consistently consider how emerging patterns and trends may influence the problem and contribute to evidence-based solutions. Based on the evidence, we help design, implement, and evaluate programs and policies aimed at tackling public health issues as effectively as possible. In doing so, we use or innovate approaches to help our clients generate meaningful results grounded in principles of equity, inclusion, transparency, and accountability. To propagate solutions, we collaborate with ERG communication specialists to develop health outreach and education programs that empower clinicians, community workers, the public, and others to improve health outcomes within their sphere of influence. Throughout our work, we combine sound scientific principles with innovative, forward-looking thinking to anticipate and address both current and potential future concerns.
Risk Assessment
- Hazard analysis
- Fate and transport modeling
- Exposure assessment
- Sensitive population assessment
- Toxicological evaluation
- Dose-response analysis
- Health outcome data review
- Health indicator development and tracking
- Health risk characterization
- Uncertainty analysis
Epidemiology
- Biomonitoring
- Epidemiologic study design
- Environmental epidemiology
- Infectious disease epidemiology
- Wastewater-based epidemiology
Health Policy
- Patient-focused drug development
- Prescription drug pricing
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Clinical trial costs
- Medical product supply chains
- Addictive substance misuse (tobacco, opioids, etc.)
- Medication administration safety
- Emergency preparedness and response
Health Economics
- Benefit-cost analysis
- Cost-effectiveness analysis
- Statistical/economic modeling and analysis, including microsimulation modeling
- Health outcomes research
- Health policy evaluations
- Uncertainty/sensitivity analysis
Program Evaluation
- Engagement with all interested parties
- Needs analysis, outcomes assessment, and strategic planning
- Program description and logic models
- Focused evaluation and methodology design
- Multi-modal data collection (surveys, focus groups, and expert panels) and analysis
- Extraction and analysis of administrative data
- Credible, inclusive, evidence-based assessment of implementation, effectiveness, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and attributions
- Life cycle studies
Health Equity
- Equity-centered data collection, analysis, and planning
- Health disparities, historical root causes, and ongoing dynamics
- Social determinants of health
- Accessible connection, collaboration, and partnership with people with lived experience
- Participatory research
- Cultural and identity awareness
- Workforce training and development
Communication and Education
- Outreach and inclusion (all interested parties)
- Public health campaigns (all audiences)
- Virtual and in-person education and training (all audiences)
- Risk communication
Example Topics
- Health and wellness
- Injury and illness prevention
- Chemicals of concern (e.g., PFAS)
- Food safety
- Pharmaceuticals and biologics (e.g., antimicrobials, generics, biosimilars, vaccines)
- Medical devices
- Tobacco and substance misuse
- Circular economy and materials management
