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 headshot.
    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.
    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

  • Dr. Renee Cadzow, PhD.
    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

  • Dr. Gauri Desai.
    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 headshot.
    Marina Oktapodas Feiler, PhD, MS

    192 Farber Hall

    Phone: (716) 829-5327

    marinaok@buffalo.edu

    Assistant Professor
    Director, MPH Concentration in Maternal and Child Health
    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

  • Kasia Kordas.
    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

  • Dr. Pauline Mendola.
    Pauline Mendola, PhD

    270D Farber Hall

    Phone: (716) 829-5356

    pmendola@buffalo.edu

    Chair
    SUNY Distinguished 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.
    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

  • Dr. Jim Olson.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    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