The
Department of Environmental Health is part
of the College of Medicine and is housed in
a state-of-the-art
research facility equipped with the latest
technologies in environmental chemistry,
aerosol physics, genomics, and molecular
genetics. The department offers graduate
degrees and medical residencies. Its
graduate programs are Environmental Genetics
and Molecular Toxicology , environmental and
Occupational Hygiene, environmental and
occupational medicine, and epidemiology and
biostatistics.
Graduates find careers ranging from the
practical, such as occupational medicine and
environmental hygiene, to basic research
into how genetic and environmental factors
affect susceptibility to disease. Our
graduates share a common goal: to improve
the quality of life by understanding the
causes of environmental damage and
identifying the effective methods of
prevention.
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