Epidemiology and Environmental Health

Expand and develop your academic interests

Our comprehensive curriculum draws from epidemiology, medicine, oncology, toxicology, geography, biostatistics, nutrition and more.

7/5/18 Read more about our programs

Connect with and help others

11/3/21

Collaborate with UB researchers and community partners including Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.

6/19/14 Learn about faculty interest areas

Centennial Celebration

7/21/23

Dr. Katia Noyes discuss the 1918 influenza pandemic during the 2019 department centennial celebrations.

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Be part of a historic program

11/1/21

Public health, hygiene, sanitation and disease prevention have been taught here since the late 1800s.

7/28/21 Learn about our history

Exceptional education at an exceptional price

11/3/21

A top school on Kiplinger’s Personal Finance's “100 Best Values in Public Colleges” list.

11/6/23 Learn more about financial assistance

Play a fundamental role in public health

11/3/21

Our graduates hold significant leadership positions in academia, national and international agencies, and health departments.

9/20/21 Meet our alumni

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Careers & Career Support

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Our Alumni

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"Besides being talented researchers and knowledgeable instructors, the faculty members are also dedicated mentors."
11/28/18
Xiaodan Mai, MBBS, PhD
“I want to make it my life’s mission to increase health access and decrease health disparities and inequities for people who have been pretty consistently left behind.”
2/18/21
Peter Farruggia, MPH '20 Health Services Administration
“This integrative project is helping me to prepare for a career in both epidemiology and pharmacy."
10/15/20
Jessica Meyers, PharmD, MPH
"That's when I really began to feel like I knew public health was something I wanted to get into."
11/28/18
Zuwena Plata, MPH
“I believe UB provided me with a number of opportunities I wouldn’t be able to find at a smaller university."
11/28/18
Lyndsey Milcarek, MPH
“There is a strong history of collaborative, interdisciplinary and innovative research here, and I’m proud to have been a part of it.”
2/7/23
Brian King, BS, MPH, PhD
“The school being accredited is important when looking for a quality education in public health and when thinking long-term about employment.”
11/20/18
Rachel Hoopsick, MS, MPH
"I have always felt strongly that we need to care for the environment and that we need to be aware of how our actions have consequences to our health."
2/3/22
Rebecca Hammett, MPH
“The interprofessional collaborative practice badges allowed me to engage and work with fellow students from a variety of backgrounds, and taught me about different professional and cultural perspectives.”
9/20/21
Veer Nair, MPH '19
Health Services Administration
“The skills I have developed have been fundamental to my practice of evidence-based medicine and conduct of research.”
11/28/18
Deirdre Wheat, MD, MPH, MMedSci, PCME
“This was an exceptional graduate program. All of the professors are experts in their particular fields."
11/28/18
Caila Vaughn, MPH, PhD
“Graduate school is a time to explore the academic areas that you find interesting, and the professors at UB embrace this idea.”
12/3/19
Sarah Ackroyd, MPH
“What I enjoy most about the MPH program is the diversity of the students and wide variety of knowledge that everyone brings to the table."
11/28/18
Mara Pusateri, MPH
“Since the professors all have diverse backgrounds and interests, I feel that I am getting a broad perspective of health care problems.”
11/28/18
Henry Lin, MD, PhD, MS
"Access to faculty members is amazing. Their interest and pride in educating students is apparent in both the classroom and research settings."
11/28/18
Kelly Kamm, PhD
“The MPH program has a diverse student body and professors from a variety of backgrounds, which enriched my learning experience.”
2/18/21
Lamya Hamad, MPH '13 Epidemiology
“This was an awesome opportunity because I was able to experience how a research study works from beginning to end.”
11/28/18
Joel Merriman, MPH
“The Public Health program was a big factor in deciding where I wanted to be and how I could make an impact.”
9/20/21
Ju Joh, MD '15, MPH '16
Health Services Administration
"I wanted to add to my pharmacy degree, so the idea of a combined degree program was appealing."
12/3/19
Angela Pieprzak, PharmD, MPH

Faculty Spotlight

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"One of my key research interests is the health issue related to the arsenic contamination in drinking water around the world."
8/5/22
Xuefeng Ren
Associate Professor
Concentration Director, Environmental Health MPH
"I have a specific interest in the gene, environment interaction and how those affect cancer risk."
9/6/19
Lina Mu, PhD, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
“WHI has opened up a tremendous amount of opportunity for research, enabling students and younger faculty to work on a major study."
9/1/21
Jean Wactawski-Wende, PhD
Dean, Professor
"It's all real-world implications. Quality, financing, access, disparities. These are all areas that we address in our work in health policy."
2/13/23
Ekaterina (Katia) Noyes, PhD, MPH
Associate Dean for Translational and Team Science; Director, Division of Health Services Policy and Practice; Professor

Funded Research

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Aging
7/5/18
Studies about diet, especially vitamin D, will provide insight regarding the role of nutrition in the etiology of age-related eye and periodontal diseases.
Maternal and Child Health
9/27/24
SPHHP faculty are studying the impacts of health disparities as early as the prenatal period.
Environmental and Occupational Health
7/5/18
Studies explore environmental exposures in relation to morbidity and mortality, looking at both individuals who are occupationally exposed and others in the general population.
Women's Health
7/5/18
Ongoing studies are looking at the major causes of morbidity and mortality in postmenopausal women--work that has led to major shifts in the way clinical care is approached for this group.
Global Population Health
7/5/18
Faculty are involved in a number of studies investigating disease prevention. Studies examining how to prevent diarrheal disease, a major source of death of infants and children in developing economies, could have enormous health impacts.
Clinical Trials and Experimentation
7/5/18
Our current clinical trial focuses on the effects of aspirin in gestation and reproduction.
Cancer
7/3/18
Projects focus on better understanding the factors related to the causation of cancer. For example, a study of African American families with a history of breast cancer will add to our understanding of the genetics of this disease and potentially lead to preventive measures.
Cardiovascular Diseases
7/5/18
Researchers are examining physiological and psychological measures of stress in police officers to evaluate potential associations of these measures with early signs of cardiovascular and metabolic disease.