Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Measurement of physical activity and functional capacity, and their influence on the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease and healthy aging.
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Environmental epidemiology; health impacts of climate change; air pollution health effects; mitigation and adaptation to climate change; risk and resilience
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.
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.
