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School of Public Health and Health Professions
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School of Public Health and Health Professions
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
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Research and Facilities

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Our department has an active and well-funded research program, with a long history of important research contributions.  

  • Faculty Research Interests
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    Our faculty members’ interests include epidemiology of cancer, infectious diseases in children, diabetes, osteoporosis, eye disease, chronic diseases of aging, cardiovascular diseases, women’s health and disease prevention, as well as molecular, environmental and occupational epidemiology.
  • Funded Research
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    Our faculty members are leading researchers who collaborate with scholars throughout UB, and with researchers and organizations across the region, country and globe.
  • Core Facilities
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    Each department within the School of Public Health and Health Professions has its own discipline-specific research facilities as well as access to shared resources.

Division of Environmental Health Sciences

The multidisciplinary Division of Environmental Health Sciences brings together students and faculty from across UB to integrate perspectives from a wide range of research areas.

Researcher Spotlight

ean Wactawski-Wende, PhD, principal investigator of UB’s Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) Center, discusses the significance of the WHI, one of the longest and most comprehensive studies ever done on postmenopausal women.

Jean Wactawski-Wende, PhD, principal investigator of UB’s Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) Center, discusses the significance of the WHI, one of the longest and most comprehensive studies ever done on postmenopausal women.