DuWayne Porter
DuWayne Porter, RS, MPH
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Health Commissioner, Portage County Combined General Health District
Contact Information
Portage County Health Department
449 Meridian Street
Ravenna OH 44266
Phone: 330.296.9919
Fax: 330.297.3597
Email: dporter@portageco.com
University of Minnesota, MPH
State University BS
Biography
Mr. Porter began his career in public health in 1975 as a dairy farm inspector with the Canton City Health Department. In 1978 he began employment with the Ohio Department of Health as a migrant labor camp inspector and general environmental health sanitarian. He left ODH to assume the duties of Environmental Health Director for the Portage County Health District in 1985 and assumed duties as Health Commissioner in 2006. He has been a co-director of the Environmental Health Sciences course since its inception in 2001. Mr. Porter co- authored the current text “Environmental Science – Health Impacts”, with course co-director Alan Jacobs PhD.
Research Interests
Wastewater
Water supply systems
Consortium of Eastern Ohio Master of Public Health Involvement
Faculty appointment
Course co-director, Environmental Health Sciences in Public Health
Capstone or Practicum Areas of Expertise
Environmental health issues