Why Choose a Career at UB EEH?
The Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health prides itself in its multidisciplinary faculty, with faculty research focused on chronic diseases (e.g., cancer, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, periodontal disease, diabetes, eye disease), environmental health, global health, infectious disease, women’s health, genetics, nutrition, health care delivery, quality of care, health policy, health economics and health disparities.
About the Division of Environmental Health Sciences
The Division of Environmental Health Sciences is your resource for environmental health education, research and service opportunities at UB. For faculty members and research and community partners, we can collaborate to explore and address key issues. These may range from determining human exposures and the potential adverse health effects associated with pesticide use by Egyptian agricultural workers to studying air pollution in Beijing and Buffalo to investigating effects of consuming contaminated fish from the Great Lakes. For more information: Division of Environmental Health Sciences.
About the Division of Health Services Policy and Practice
The Division of Health Services Policy and Practice is a multidisciplinary program that combines innovative research with didactic training in core public health concepts, policy formulation, community health assessment, program intervention design, behavioral economics and financial incentives, implementation and dissemination research, program management and evaluation, and other core health services competencies. For more information: HSPP
About the School of Public Health and Health Professions (SPHHP)
SPHHP offers programs at every degree level and is the home to departments of biostatistics, community health and health behavior, epidemiology and environmental health, exercise and nutrition sciences, and rehabilitation science. It is one of only a few schools across the country that includes both health-related professions and public health. It has a diverse student body that it is actively engaged in supporting. The school has an energetic equity, diversity and inclusion council and provides professional development opportunities in inclusive pedagogy and other equity-related issues. Faculty and students engage in research and community activities designed to improve the health of populations, communities and people. Faculty in the school also engage with the University at Buffalo Community Health Equity Research Institute. Visit UB Jobs to view other available positions in SPHHP. For more information: SPHHP
About the University at Buffalo
The University at Buffalo is a research-intensive institution, the largest and most comprehensive of the campuses of the State University of New York (SUNY) system with over 30,000 students and 1,600 full-time faculty. Opportunities exist for interdisciplinary collaboration both within SPHHP and UB and with other outstanding research centers in the region. As the flagship university in the SUNY system, UB is ranked in the top 35 public universities by U.S. News and World Report and has been a member of the elite Association of American Universities (AAU) for over 25 years. The university has a comprehensive equity, diversity and inclusion strategic plan and leadership dedicated to actualizing this plan at the vice-provost level and across all schools. It has launched a focused effort to hire more faculty of color. For more information: UB
About Buffalo, N.Y.
Buffalo is the second-largest city in New York State and is located in the western region on the shores of Lake Erie, downriver of majestic Niagara Falls. The state is a welcoming region with strong support for human rights and access to a full range of health care. Western New York is an ideal place to live and work. Buffalo–the City of Good Neighbors–is a big city with a rapidly growing economy, vital academic health sciences center, outstanding public schools, and modest cost of living. Buffalo-Niagara, a region of 1.2 million people, is home to world-class art galleries and museums, a comprehensive city-wide system of parks and green space designed by renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, a vibrant theater and music community, and major and minor league sports teams. These are just a few of the wide array of cultural and recreational elements that make Buffalo a great place to work, study and live. For more information: Buffalo