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School of Public Health and Health Professions
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
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Kristen Cowan

PhD, MPH

Kristen Cowan, PhD, MPH.

Kristen Cowan

PhD, MPH

Kristen Cowan

PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
School of Public Health and Health Professions

Research Topics

Environmental epidemiology; Spatial epidemiology; disaster preparedness and response health impacts of climate-related hazards; health effects of air pollution; structural inequities

Overview Awards Publications

Awards

  • Nancy A. Dreyer Scholarship in Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Gillings School of Public Health
  • Anne Cynthia Price Travel Award, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Gillings School of Public Health
  • GIS Day Map Contest 2nd Place Award, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Geography Department
  • Environmental Epidemiology T32 Training Grant [T32ES007018], University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
  • Mary Fran Myers Award for Excellence in Disaster Research, National Hazards Center Workshop
  • CDC 2019 Fellows Collective Award Nominee, CDC Fellows Collective Annual Meeting
  • SAS 2019 New Professional Award, SAS Global Forum 2019
  • 2017 Atlanta Health Data Challenge 1st Place Award, Deloitte Health Data Challenge

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.