Dr. Jo Anne G. Balanay is a Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Environmental Health Sciences Program, East Carolina University. She is a certified industrial hygienist since 2008. She earned her MS and PhD in Environmental Health-Industrial Hygiene from the University of Minnesota and University of Alabama at Birmingham, respectively. Her research interests include occupational exposure assessment of physical hazards, such as noise, heat stress and ultraviolet radiation, and respiratory protection.