The program is administered by the Department of Environmental Medicine but is designed to take advantage of the diverse resources available at this academic medical center.
Faculty members are drawn from both basic science and clinical departments, and have particular competence in the specialty areas of molecular, pulmonary and neurotoxicology, as well as immunotoxicology, osteotoxicology, carcinogenesis, forensic, and reproductive and developmental toxicology.
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(There is also a more general list of the post-doctoral positions that are currently available at this medical center.}
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Our mission is to increase scientific understanding of
the health risks posed by contaminants at home, in the
workplace, and in the ambient environment. Our department administers the medical school’s Ph.D. program in Toxicology, an Environmental Health Sciences Center that is funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, a Particulate Matter Center, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Lung Biology and Disease Program as well as two clinical programs. |
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The Environmental Health Sciences Center
is one of the
“Centers
of Excellence” sponsored by the NIEHS (P30 ES01247). The Center was established
in 1975 and emphasizes the study of.
“Environmental Agents as Modulators of Human Disease
and Dysfunction.”
Its major goal is to discover and
describe the underlying mechanisms of action of toxic substances. The Center is committed to translating research findings to improve public health. The EHSC’s Community Outreach and Engagement Core provides a link between community members’ questions, concerns and interests and the center’s environmental health research. Targets of our current community projects include the highly controversial natural gas development of the Marcellus Shale. | |
EHSC in the News
New Program Explores the Possibility of Early Influences on Adult Diseases
The Archives | |
$8 Million Boosts Environmental Health Sciences CenterMarch 19, 2010. “Scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center who are exploring the health effects of environmental agents have received $8 million in new funding from the National Institutes of Health to continue their work for five more years. “The investigators who make up the Environmental Health Sciences Center study the effects on our bodies of a myriad of substances and compounds. There is no shortage of research topics. Mercury, lead, air pollutants, pesticides, plastics, copper, cigarette smoke, diesel fumes, and nanoparticles found in products like perfumes and sunscreens are some of the substances under scrutiny. “The latest funding means the center’s work protecting people from environmental threats will have been continuously funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for 40 years - from 1975, when the center was founded during President Ford’s administration, to 2015. It’s the longest-running research center funded by any NIH institute at the University.” [MORE] Tom Gasiewicz, its Director, discusses the Center in a 9-minute YouTube.
Lung Biology and Disease Program.This program represents the coordinated efforts of more than 30 faculty members whose research focuses on the lung. The members consist of both MD and Ph.D. faculty with research interests in basic science aspects of lung disease, translational and pre-clinical animal models, as well as clinical research. It attracts graduate students from several departments. The most recent Lung Research & Trainee Day was held on November 8, 2011.
Seychelles Child Development StudyThe Department of Environmental Medicine is an important and active collaborator in this long running epidemiological study examining the relationship of exposure to methylmercury from fish and children’s development. The project is interdisciplinary and interdepartmental and most of the faculty involved hold appointments in Environmental Medicine. It is supported by multiple NIH grants. | |
The Environmental Health Sciences Centeris one of the “Centers of Excellence” sponsored by the NIEHS (P30 ES01247). The Center was established in 1975 and emphasizes the study of. “Environmental Agents as Modulators of Human Disease and Dysfunction.” The major goal is to discover and describe the underlying mechanisms of action of toxic substances. | |
The Division of Occupational & Environmental Medicineis comprised of Finger Lakes Occupational Health Services, with multidisciplinary teams dedicated to diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of occupational injury and disease; and Strong Health Occupational & Environmental Medicine, featuring clinical experts who specialize in such areas as occupational lung disease and reproductive toxicology. | |
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Toxicology Alumni at SOT photographs (March 11-15, 2012, San Francisco) are now available. Toxicology Picnic photographs (September 10, 2011) Toxicology Retreat photographs (June 3, 2011) | |
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