Since the early 2000s, SPH professor Matt Simcik has worked to reduce chemical exposures by studying how PFAS move through the environment—and how to stop them.
Environmental Health Sciences
Hidden hazards: study finds chemotherapy drug contamination in veterinary oncology clinics and on dogs
Chemotherapy drugs used to treat cancer in pets can remain on clinic surfaces and on the dogs receiving treatment, potentially exposing veterinary workers and pet owners to hazardous contamination.
From wetlands to the lab, SPH students track and analyze vector-borne diseases
Associate Professor Jon Oliver’s class collects and dissects bugs to understand how the pathogens they carry pose a growing threat to human health
New study underscores importance, effectiveness of federal support for tracking foodborne illnesses
New research analyzed how CDC programs which offer support to states improved their ability to detect, investigate, and combat incidences of foodborne illnesses
New study will explore detoxifying effects of watercress in people exposed to high levels of air pollution
School of Public Health researchers will collaborate with Chiang Mai University in Thailand to examine how eating the vegetable watercress may help detoxify harmful air pollutants in the human body
Safety First: SPH Hosts Undergraduate Program on Occupational Hygiene
Talking wildfire smoke and health with University of Minnesota
SPH’s Jesse Berman and Alec Duffy from the UMN Medical School answer question about air quality in Minnesota, the health impacts of air pollution, and what people can do to protect themselves from poor air quality.
