Environmental-related health outcomes
Multidisciplinary studies are necessary to evaluate and identify potential environmental influences and gene-environmental interactions in relation to various health outcomes including cancer, reproductive and children’s health, neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders, and chronic, endocrine, and metabolic diseases.
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- Faculty and Research Topics
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Kai Chen
- Dr. Chen's research focuses on the intersection of climate change, air pollution, and human health. He researches how extreme temperature and ambient air pollution independently and interactively impact on aging populations under a changing climate.
- Nicole Deziel
- Robert Dubrow
- Caroline Johnson
- Brian Leaderer
- Zeyan Liew
- Krystal Pollitt
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Vasilis Vasiliou
- Dr. Vasiliou’s research focuses on investigating the etiologies and molecular mechanisms of environmentally-induced human disease that includes liver disease, obesity, diabetes mellitus, neurodegenerative diseases and cancer by utilizing metabolomics, lipidomics, redox proteomics, exposomics, tissue imaging mass spectrometry, machine-learning, as well as human cohorts and genetically-engineered mouse models.
- Dr. Vasiliou’s research focuses on investigating the etiologies and molecular mechanisms of environmentally-induced human disease that includes liver disease, obesity, diabetes mellitus, neurodegenerative diseases and cancer by utilizing metabolomics, lipidomics, redox proteomics, exposomics, tissue imaging mass spectrometry, machine-learning, as well as human cohorts and genetically-engineered mouse models.
- Joshua Wallach
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Kai Chen
Centers and other resources
- Center for Perinatal, Pediatric and Environmental Epidemiology (CPPEE)CPPEE aims, through epidemiologic studies, to investigate the impact of environmental, genetic, and clinical factors on pregnancy, birth, and childhood.
- Deziel Exposure Science LabThis lab focuses on providing comprehensive and quantitative assessments of exposure to traditional and emerging environmental contaminants in population-based studies.