Bhojani elected VP of ACOEM

Published: January 17, 2025

Faiyaz Bhojani, MD, DrPH, professor for the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health at UTHealth Houston, was elected Vice President of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).

The election results, announced in January, named the ACOEM Board of Directors 2025-26 Leadership Team, which includes 2025 President Laura G. Gillis, MD, MPH, FACOEM and 2025 President-Elect Jill Rosenthal, MD, MPH, MA, FACOEM. Dr. Bhojani will serve a three-year term.

"It is an honor to be elected ACOEM Vice President," said Dr. Bhojani. "Protecting worker health is more vital than ever, and I look forward to collaborating with colleagues to shape ACOEM's future and advance worker health and safety."

“It is such an honor for the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health and the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health to see Dr. Bhojani serve as the next Vice President of ACOEM,” Sarah Felknor, DrPH, professor and center director said. “This pre-eminent physician-led organization champions the health of workers, the safety of workplaces, and the quality of environments. His leadership will benefit not only ACOEM,  but workers and workplaces across the country.”

The SWCOEH provides graduate-level training opportunities for occupational and environmental health professionals through our industrial hygiene, occupational and environmental medicine, occupational epidemiology, and Total Worker Health^® programs.