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The Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences at the University of Cincinnati is committed to studying how environmental factors negatively impact human health, how to recognize and prevent these effects, and how to improve public health through clinical care and health care policy.
The department is part of the University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine and is home to a dynamic, collaborative, and highly interactive faculty conducting bleeding-edge research and training the next generation of leaders in environmental science, occupational medicine, and public health.
The department offers a variety of graduate programs, and a clinical fellowship, and is the home of pre-and post-doctoral training programs funded by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).
Our interdisciplinary programs include approximately xx faculty and subject matter experts from multiple colleges at the University of Cincinnati, governmental agencies, including NIOSH, the Environmental Protection Agency, and multiple health departments in the region.
The impact of our research, education, and clinical programs is leading the way to effectively improve the health of our communities.
05/20/2020
Ranjan Deka, PhD, professor of epidemiology in the Department of Environmental Health, has been named to the Scientific Council for Anthropological Research by the Croatian Academy of Science and Arts. Deka’s research focuses on DNA analysis to understand genetic variation that explains predispositions to cardiometabolic disorders particularly in Polynesian and Croatian island populations.
The Croatian Academy of Science and Arts promotes, organizes and publishes scientific research and encourages the application of the findings of this research, makes proposals and gives its opinion on the promotion of sciences and arts in the fields which are of special importance to the Republic of Croatia. The Academy collaborates with other academies, universities, scientific and cultural institutions, as well as with individual scholars and artists from Croatia and abroad.
The scope of the Scientific Council for Anthropological Research covers planning and implementation of research projects in the field of anthropology, as well as promotion and affirmation of anthropology as an academic discipline.
Department of Environmental & Public Health SciencesKettering Lab Building160 Panzeca WayCincinnati, OH 45267-0056Mail Location: 0056Phone: 513-558-5701