Environment and Hazardous Exposures

The urgent need for environmental and hazardous exposures research stems from escalating global pollution and climate change. SPH research examining the impacts of toxins, pollutants, and climate-related hazards on human health and ecosystems is essential to mitigate adverse effects, promote sustainable practices and policies, ensuring a healthier future.

Faculty List
Bruce Alexander
Bruce H. Alexander, PhD
Professor and Division Head
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Global Health
susan arnold
Susan Arnold, PhD, CIH
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Beth Baker
Beth Baker, MD, MPH
Adjunct Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures
Silvia Balbo
Silvia Balbo, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Substance Use
Jeff Bender
Jeff Bender, DVM, MS
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Infectious Diseases
Jesse Berman
Jesse Berman, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Mental Health and Cognition
Dana Carroll
Dana Carroll, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Substance Use
Rebecca Cunningham
Rebecca Cunningham
Professor
Specialty Areas:
Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families ◦ Substance Use
Melanie Firestone
Melanie Firestone, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Infectious Diseases
Simone French
Simone French, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Linda Frizzell
Linda Bane Frizzell, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Global Health ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mental Health and Cognition
Craig Hedberg
Craig W. Hedberg, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Infectious Diseases
Kyle Hill
Kyle X. Hill, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Global Health ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Substance Use
Tran Huynh
Trân Huỳnh, PhD, CIH
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Global Health ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
David Jacobs
David Jacobs, PhD
Mayo Professor of Public Health
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Global Health
Byeonghwa Jeon
Byeonghwa Jeon, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Infectious Diseases
Patricia Jewett
Patricia Jewett, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Cancer ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Mental Health and Cognition
Rhonda Jones-Webb
Rhonda Jones-Webb, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Global Health ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Substance Use
Hyun Kim
Hyun Kim, ScD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Mental Health and Cognition
Richard MacLehose
Richard MacLehose, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Food and Nutrition
George Maldonado
George Maldonado, PhD, MSPH
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Infectious Diseases ◦ Mental Health and Cognition
Susan Mason
Susan Marshall Mason, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Claudia Muoz-Zanzi
Claudia Muñoz-Zanzi, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Global Health ◦ Infectious Diseases
Toben Nelson
Toben Nelson, ScD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Substance Use
Heather Nelson
Heather Hammond Nelson, PhD, MPH
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Infectious Diseases
Ruby Nguyen
Ruby H.N. Nguyen, PhD
Morse-Alumni Distinguished University Teaching Professor and Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Jonathan Oliver
Jonathan Oliver, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Infectious Diseases
Theresa Osypuk
Theresa L. Osypuk, SD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Wei Pan
Wei Pan, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics
Mark Pereira
Mark Pereira, PhD, MPH
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Food and Nutrition
Lisa Peterson
Lisa Peterson, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures
Peter Raynor
Peter Raynor, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Infectious Diseases
Kyle Rudser
Kyle Rudser, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Kelly Seaerle
Kelly Searle, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Global Health ◦ Infectious Diseases
Matt Simcik
Matt Simcik, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Substance Use
Irina Stepanov
Irina Stepanov, PhD
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Mayo Professor in Public Health
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Global Health ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families ◦ Substance Use
Gillian Tarr
Gillian Tarr, PhD, CPH
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Global Health ◦ Infectious Diseases
Elizabeth Wattenberg
Elizabeth Wattenberg, PhD
Associate Dean of Education and Student Engagement
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Global Health ◦ Substance Use
Ivan Wu
Ivan Wu, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Cancer ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures