Directory Profile
Mike Van Dyke PhD, CIH
Associate Professor, Industrial Hygiene Program Associate Director
- Center for Health, Work & Environment
Email Address:mike.vandyke@colostate.edu
Alt Email Address:mike@mv2sci.com
Primary Phone:970-691-1404
Dr. Van Dyke is an industrial hygienist, researcher, public health practitioner, and educator. He is an associate professor of Industrial Hygiene in the Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences at Colorado State University and a core faculty member of the Mountain & Plains Education and Research Center. His over 20 years of experience has been spent at the academic, community, clinical, and government levels in professional practice, research, education, and policy. Dr. Van Dyke is a Certified Industrial Hygienist and is recognized for his contributions related to exposure assessment, occupational beryllium exposure, first responder exposures in clandestine methamphetamine laboratories, indoor air quality, public health aspects of legalized marijuana, and community exposures related to oil and gas extraction. He has given over 50 scientific presentations at local and national conferences and contributed on over 40 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Van Dyke is passionate about evidence-based decision-making and risk communication.
Areas of Expertise
- Exposure assessment and indoor air quality in workplaces and communities
- Exposure aspects of chronic beryllium disease and hypersensitivity pneumonitis
- Public and occupational health aspects of legalized cannabis
- Spatial methods to evaluate the effects of environmental exposures
- Risk communication for workers and communities
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- PhD, Environmental Health, Colorado State University, 2010
- MS, Environmental Health, Colorado State University, 1998
- BS, Biology/Chemistry, University of Southern Colorado, 1992
Awards
- Jacille Zeches Award – Public Health Employee of the Year, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, 2015
- Fellow, American Industrial Hygiene Association, 2015
- Lila Albin Indoor Environmental Paper of the Year Award, American Industrial Hygiene Association, 2013
- John J. Bloomfield Award for significant pursuit of occupational health problems and contribution to the industrial hygiene profession, American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, 2001