Studies examine the impact of air pollution/temperature on reproductive health. Other examples of studies include drought, food insecurity and child malnutrition.
Director, Center for Climate Change and Health Equity
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Maternal and child health; One Health; Infectious Disease prevention and control; global development and health; climate change; flood borne outbreaks; water insecurity; water quality; antimicrobial resistance; rapid diagnostics; STEM education; transdisciplinary collaboration
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
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.