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The Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences 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.

AP: Communities await first US limits on ‘forever chemicals’

3/2/2023

AP: Communities await first US limits on ‘forever chemicals’ Full Story

UC research examines workplace stress in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic

11/28/2022

UC research examines workplace stress in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic Full Story

MD-MPH Candidate appointed to AMA Council on Science and Public Health

02/23/2023

MD-MPH Candidate appointed to AMA Council on Science and Public Health Full story

State grant helps UC researchers improve firefighter PPE

10/4/2022

State grant helps UC researchers improve firefighter PPE Full story