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DEPARTMENT OF

ENVIRONMENTAL & PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES

Ranked in top 5% within the University of Cincinnati in annual grants and contracts.

Welcome

The Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences at the University of Cincinnati is committed to studying how environmental factors negatively impact human health, how to recognize and prevent these effects, and how to improve public health through clinical care and health care policy.

The department is part of the University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine and is home to a dynamic, collaborative, and highly interactive faculty conducting bleeding-edge research and training the next generation of leaders in environmental science, occupational medicine, and public health. 

The department offers a variety of graduate programs, and a clinical fellowship, and is the home of pre-and post-doctoral training programs funded by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).

Our interdisciplinary programs include approximately xx faculty and subject matter experts from multiple colleges at the University of Cincinnati, governmental agencies, including NIOSH, the Environmental Protection Agency, and multiple health departments in the region.

The impact of our research, education, and clinical programs is leading the way to effectively improve the health of our communities.

Adam Leone, MD-MPH student, wins 1st out of 60 poster presentations

Congratulations to M3 MD-MPH student Adam Leone. His abstract won first place among more than sixty poster presentation at this year’s University of Miami Miller School of Medicine's Department of Community Service (DOCS) Community Health Leadership Conference (CHLC) at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. This conference showcases the student-run free clinic-related work of medical students from across the country and fosters collaboration and the sharing of ideas among them. Adam’s poster, “Clinic Flow For A Student-Run Free Eye Clinic,” detailed UCCOM's upcoming Bearcat Eye Service (BES). He and his colleagues are starting a student-run free eye clinic, in conjunction with the UC Department of Ophthalmology. At this conference, Adam presented data from the needs assessment and the clinic flow system and that he and his co-author (Alec Murphy) have developed and plan to pilot soon.

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Department of Environmental & Public Health Sciences
Kettering Lab Building
160 Panzeca Way
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0056
Mail Location: 0056

Phone: 513-558-5701