Overview
Environmental agents contribute substantially to many diseases of great public health concern. The development of cancer, chronic lung diseases, asthma, Alzheimer's
disease and other neurological dysfunctions, as well as immunological disorders,
are known or suspected to be associated with exposure to environmental agents.
The challenge that we are facing in the today's world is to understand
how environmental exposures affect human biology and health and how we can apply
the knowledge gained from sciences such as biology and chemistry to reduce morbidity
and premature death.
The goal of the Applied Biological Sciences curriculum is to prepare
students for careers in public health, drug discovery and development and related
fields that deal with the application of modern biology to practical contemporary
problems. The program is research oriented and focuses on method development and
more detailed technical issues.
Areas of Research
- Environmental exposures and pathophysiological end points:
- immune-mediated diseases
- neurological disorders
- cardiovascular and lung diseases
- cancer
- Mechanistic studies of how environmental agents influence human health and the development
of disease
- Development and validation of biomarkers of exposure, susceptibility and effect
- Molecular and cellular analysis of environmental modulation of microbial diseases
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