Research Overview

Environmental Health: An Essential Priority

Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health experts are on a quest to understand our greatest public health concerns: the environment and its impacts on well-being worldwide. Our research is designed to find solutions, impact policy, and make a difference for the benefit of all.

The Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health joins faculty and students invested in the environment and human health to conduct interdisciplinary research, share results, and impact policy as they work to make a tangible difference.

Research Topics 

  • Cancer
  • Reproductive, pediatric, and perinatal epidemiology
  • Infectious diseases
  • Cardiovascular diseases
  • Renal diseases 
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Health and disease in correctional systems
  • Nutrition

Research Types

  • Agreement studies

  • Bayesian methodology

  • Causal inference

  • Clinical trials

  • Machine learning

  • Statistical genetics