Dr. Engel's research focuses on the impact of disasters, including oil spills and hurricanes, on a range of health outcomes; pesticides, persistent organic pollutants, and hazardous air pollutants in relation to cancer and neurological deficits; and occupational and environmental risk factors for chronic kidney disease. Dr. Engel leads the programs in Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology in the UNC Department of Epidemiology. He teaches a graduate course and lectures on environmental, occupational, and disaster epidemiology. Dr. Engel also holds an appointment as associate scientist in the Epidemiology Branch of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.