Environmental and Occupational Health

Smoke coming out of factory pipes, polluting their air.

Studies explore environmental exposures in relation to morbidity and mortality, looking at both individuals who are occupationally exposed and others in the general population.

Kelly Baker, PhD
168C Farber Hall
Phone: (716) 829-6738
kkbaker@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
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
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168C Farber Hall
Phone: (716) 829-6738
kkbaker@buffalo.edu
Matthew R. Bonner, PhD, MPH
277 Farber Hall
Phone: (716) 829-5385
Fax: (716) 829-2979
mrbonner@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Environmental and occupational epidemiology; cancer epidemiology; pesticides; air pollution; radon; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; phthalates.
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277 Farber Hall
Phone: (716) 829-5385
Fax: (716) 829-2979
mrbonner@buffalo.edu
Renee Cadzow, PhD
268F Farber Hall
Phone: (716) 829-5368
rcadzow@buffalo.edu
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Community Health Workers; maternal and child health; stress; patient-centered, culturally responsive care; community engagement; health disparities
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268F Farber Hall
Phone: (716) 829-5368
rcadzow@buffalo.edu
Gauri Desai, PhD, MPH
244 Farber Hall
Phone: (716) 829-5361
gauriabh@buffalo.edu
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Effects of toxic chemicals on child health, maternal and child health, and nutritional interventions among children
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244 Farber Hall
Phone: (716) 829-5361
gauriabh@buffalo.edu
Marina Oktapodas Feiler, PhD, MS
192 Farber Hall
Phone: (716) 829-5327
marinaok@buffalo.edu
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Pediatric environmental epidemiology with a focus on maternal and pediatric exposure to various environmental toxins/toxicants (e.g. lead, perfluorinated compounds, and phthalates) and the impact on immune dysfunction, endocrine disruption, respiratory disease, vaccine response, allergy, and breastfeeding success.
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192 Farber Hall
Phone: (716) 829-5327
marinaok@buffalo.edu
Katarzyna Kordas, PhD
234 Farber Hall
Phone: (716) 829-5340
Fax: (716) 829-2979
kkordas@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Environmental epidemiology; global health; health effects of mixtures; toxic metals and child development; nutrient-metal interactions; dietary predictors of toxicant exposure.
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234 Farber Hall
Phone: (716) 829-5340
Fax: (716) 829-2979
kkordas@buffalo.edu
Pauline Mendola, PhD
270D Farber Hall
Phone: (716) 829-5356
pmendola@buffalo.edu
Chair
Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
School of Public Health and Health Professions
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270D Farber Hall
Phone: (716) 829-5356
pmendola@buffalo.edu
Lina Mu, PhD, MD
273A Farber Hall
Phone: (716) 829-5381
Fax: (716) 829-2979
linamu@buffalo.edu
Director, Office of Global Health Initiatives
Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Assessing air pollution exposure and associated health outcomes, and the underlying biological mechanisms; examining lifestyle factors, gene-environment interaction and cancer etiology, survival and prevention; as well as using a life-course approach to understand the role of various environmental and social exposure on child development and human health.
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273A Farber Hall
Phone: (716) 829-5381
Fax: (716) 829-2979
linamu@buffalo.edu
James R. Olson, PhD
270 Farber Hall
Office, 13 Cary Hall
Phone: (716) 829-2319
Fax: (716) 829-2979
jolson@buffalo.edu
UB Distinguished Professor
Research Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
School of Public Health and Health Professions
UB Distinguished Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Emeritus
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Research Topics: Assessing the health risks and biomarkers of exposure; effect and susceptibility to pesticides, air pollutants and persistent halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons.
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270 Farber Hall
Office, 13 Cary Hall
Phone: (716) 829-2319
Fax: (716) 829-2979
jolson@buffalo.edu
Xuefeng Ren, PhD, MD
xuefengr@buffalo.edu
Emeritus Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Environmental health and toxicology; environmental epigenetics; mechanism(s) of metal carcinogenesis; development of alternative and novel prevention and treatment approaches for human diseases related to environmental exposures; and FRY gene and cancer progression.
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xuefengr@buffalo.edu
Meng Wang, PhD
234A Farber Hall
Phone: (716) 829-5341
Fax: (716) 829-2979
mwang54@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies, MPH Programs
Director, MPH Concentration in Environmental Health
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Environmental exposure monitoring, air pollution modeling, health impacts of environmental exposures.
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234A Farber Hall
Phone: (716) 829-5341
Fax: (716) 829-2979
mwang54@buffalo.edu
Shelby Yamamoto, Dr Sc Hum
185 Farber Hall
Phone: (716) 829-5606
ssyamamo@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
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
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185 Farber Hall
Phone: (716) 829-5606
ssyamamo@buffalo.edu

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