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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.

Deka elected to Croatian Academy

Ranjan Deka, PhD, professor in the Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences, has been elected to the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts as a corresponding member. Deka was honored for his outstanding contributions to the development of science.
 
Deka, a molecular population geneticist, has a longstanding association with Croatian science.
 
“I have been conducting genetic studies on cardiometabolic traits among the Adriatic islanders since 2000. These island populations have a traditional lifestyle and adhere to a Mediterranean diet. Yet, prior studies show that they have a high prevalence of metabolic syndrome, including obesity. We suspect genetics play an important role. These are isolated populations that provide advantage for genome mapping studies. I have been working with anthropologists at the Institute for Anthropological Research in Zagreb for nearly 20 years,” Deka says.
 
Previously, Deka received the Gorjanovic Krambergeri award from the Croatian Anthropological Society and the Croatian Academy of Sciences in 2010 for his work on population genetics. In 2018, he was elected to the Scientific Council for Anthropological Studies of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
 
Deka also is the director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences-funded Molecular Epidemiology in Children’s Environmental Health Training Program for pre-doctoral, post-doctoral and clinical fellows.
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Department of Environmental & Public Health Sciences
Kettering Lab Building
160 Panzeca Way
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0056
Mail Location: 0056

Phone: 513-558-5701