Research Areas
The Department of Environmental Health and Engineering engages in a number of activities within this traditional approach, including studies of the sources and environmental distribution of such agents; human exposure to such agents; the body’s response at the molecular, cellular, organ system- and whole-body levels; environmental risk assessment; and prevention and intervention strategies (including environmental engineering, law, policy and communications solutions). As leading scientists, engineers, researchers, practitioners and academicians, we also know the importance of cutting-edge collaboration, creative and critical thinking and multi-disciplinary approaches. Emerging challenges call for novel approaches.
Air Pollution and Cardiorespiratory Diseases
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infectious Disease
Biosecurity and Emerging Threats
Children's Environmental Health
Chronic Disease Etiology and Prevention
Community Sustainability, Resilience, and Preparedness
Energy Management and Alternative Technologies
Environmental Chemistry, Microbiology and Ecology
Environmental Inequities and Injustice
Environmental Resource Quality
Geomorphology, Geochemistry, and Hydrology
Risk Sciences and Public Policy
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Toxicology, Physiology, & Cell Biology