Our mission

HEI’s mission is to provide impartial science to inform decisions that foster a healthier environment for all. HEI achieves its mission by: 

• Funding and supporting policy-relevant scientific research.
• Convening independent experts to select, oversee, and review scientific research.
• Bringing together government, industry, nongovernmental organizations, and academia to help to guide research priorities.
• Synthesizing, interpreting, and communicating scientific evidence to audiences in the United States and around the world.
• Engaging with HEI audiences to facilitate the use of its science in decision-making.