EHS Main Office 713-500-8100 (answered M-F, 8:00AM-5:00PM CST)
EHS Hotline 713-500-5832 (after hours, weekends, holiday for the on-call safety specialist)
For Emergencies, Dial UT Police Dispatch 713-792-2890 or 911
Submit a Safety Concern
Safety, Health, Environment & Risk Management’s (SHERM) mission is to work in conjunction with the UTHealth community to ensure that education, research, and health care service activities take place in conditions that are optimally safe and healthy for all students, faculty, staff, visitors, surrounding community and the general public.
Put simply, we exist to help people go home as healthy and safe as they arrived.
Our main office is located at the Operations Center Building (OCB 1.330) and we can be reached at 713-500-8100 or Fax 713-500-8111.
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Robert Emery, DrPH, CHP, CIH, CSP, CBSP, CHMM, CPP, ARMVice President of Safety, Health, Environment & Risk Management |
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Scott Patlovich, DrPH, CIH, CSP CBSP, CHMM, CPHAssistant Vice President of Environmental Health & Safety |
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Kristin King, Ph.D., CPH, CBSP,
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William Bryan, Ph.D.Chemical Safety Manager |
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Snehal RanaOccupational Safety & Fire Prevention Manager |
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Janet Gutierrez, DrPH, CHP, RRPTRadiation Safety Manager |
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Alan Lucas, MS, CHMMEnvironmental Protection Manager |
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Bryan Evans, MBA, ARM, MACRisk Management & Insurance |
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Cynthia Crespo-Bonaparte, MS, MIE, CSSGBHospital and Clinical Safety Program Manager |








