Childhood Illness and Risk Perception: Opportunity to Improve Handwashing

Title: Childhood Illness and Risk Perception: Opportunity to Improve Handwashing

Principal Investigator: Pavani Kalluri Ram, MD

Funding Agency: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH-NICHD)

Period: 09/10/09 - 06/10/11

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

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.