We bring together students, faculty, researchers and communities to assess and protect North Carolina communities and achieve environmental equity.
The ECUIPPlab is an innovative learning community housed in the department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. The lab is designed to provide undergraduate students the opportunity to conduct community focused research that help to improve environmental equity. ECUIPP prioritizes working with and for Black, Indigenous, Latinx, rural and low-income communities in Eastern North Carolina. We partner with local communities, university faculty, environmental researchers and students to conduct community focused environmental health research. Students join the ECUIPP lab through an introductory course focused on with air or water quality research basics. Through this introductory course students learn about the on-going research collaborations and develop small research projects that support the work of the ECUIPP lab and its partners.
