Introduction
The Department of Environmental Health is part of the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati. The department is located in a state-of-the-art research facility equipped with the latest technologies in environmental chemistry, aerosol physics, genomics, and molecular genetics. The department offers graduate degrees and medical residencies. Its graduate programs are in Environmental Genetics and Molecular Toxicology, Environmental and Occupational Hygiene, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Within the Department of Environmental Health future graduates find careers ranging from the practical, such as occupational medicine, to basic research into how genetic and environmental factors affect susceptibility to disease. All of the graduates of the department share a common goal: to improve the quality of life by understanding the causes of environmental damage and identifying the effective methods of prevention.
Project Description
The Department of Environmental Health at the University of Cincinnati is divided into four divisions. The four divisions consist of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Environmental and Occupational Hygiene, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and Environmental Genetics and Molecular Toxicology. Each division is headed by a division administrator who is in charge of the business aspects of their perspective division. (Epidemiology and Biostatistics along with Occupational and Environmental Medicine is under one division administrator due to the small size of these divisions). Currently, the division administrators have offices in different areas within the department and the business office which services the entire department is located els ...