Our Faculty

Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health

Children collecting water from a well.

Faculty focus on understanding the determinants and prevention of disease, on the role of environmental factors in health and disease and on the administration of health programs to implement that understanding.

  • Matthew R. Bonner.

    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.

  • Jo L. Freudenheim.

    268K Farber Hall

    Phone: (716) 829-5375

    Fax: (716) 829-2979

    jfreuden@buffalo.edu

    Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
    School of Public Health and Health Professions
    SUNY Distinguished Professor
    Epidemiology and Environmental Health
    School of Public Health and Health Professions

    Research Topics/Projects: Cancer epidemiology, using epidemiologic tools to understand carcinogenesis at the population, individual, tissue and molecular levels to better prevent and control the disease risk and progression. Much of my work includes a focus on nutrition and alcohol. Recent projects include examination of factors associated with mortality after a breast cancer diagnosis, breast cancer epidemiology in Puerto Rico, and examination of reduction of alcohol consumption in relation to cancer risk and mortality. In addition, I am working on a project regarding caregiving and caretaking among those with disability.

  • Kasia Kordas.

    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.

  • Lina Mu.

    273A Farber Hall

    Phone: (716) 829-5381

    Fax: (716) 829-2979

    linamu@buffalo.edu

    Director, Office of Global Health Initiatives
    Associate 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.

    273A Farber Hall

    Phone: (716) 829-5381

    Fax: (716) 829-2979

    linamu@buffalo.edu

  • Katia Noyes.

    270C Farber Hall

    Phone: (716) 829-5386

    Fax: (716) 829-2979

    enoyes@buffalo.edu

    Associate Dean for Translational and Team Science
    Director, Division of Health Services Policy and Practice Professor
    Professor and Director, Surgical Outcomes And Research (SOAR) Center
    Department of Surgery
    Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
    School of Public Health and Health Professions

    Research Topics: Health outcomes and quality of care assessment; economic evaluation of healthcare programs; comparative effectiveness research; multidisciplinary team science and stakeholder engagement; implementation science, and regional care delivery in surgical oncology.

  • Dr. Jim Olson.

    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.

    270 Farber Hall

    Office, 13 Cary Hall

    Phone: (716) 829-2319

    Fax: (716) 829-2979

    jolson@buffalo.edu

  • Xuefeng Ren.

    276 Farber Hall

    Phone: (716) 829-5384

    Fax: (716) 829-2979

    xuefengr@buffalo.edu

    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.

    276 Farber Hall

    Phone: (716) 829-5384

    Fax: (716) 829-2979

    xuefengr@buffalo.edu

  • Meng Wang.

    234A Farber Hall

    Phone: (716) 829-5341

    Fax: (716) 829-2979

    mwang54@buffalo.edu

    Associate Professor
    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.

    234A Farber Hall

    Phone: (716) 829-5341

    Fax: (716) 829-2979

    mwang54@buffalo.edu