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Environmental health is a broad and increasingly important field with wide ranging applications in the environmental science and public health fields. The field encompasses environmental factors and ecosystem functions that affect human health and the effects of human activities on the ecosystem products and services we depend on.

Research Focus

• ecological risk analysis,
• environmental toxicology,
• environmental impact assessment,
• chemical fate and transport,
• human health risk assessment,
• industrial hygiene,
• air quality,
• environmental microbiology,
• food safety and security,
• biodiversity and human health,
• children’s environmental health.

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Lesnham

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Last updated: 02/29/2011

A native of New Zealand, or Kiwi, Dr. Paul Leisnham brings his latest research on mosquitoes and human health from ‘down unde r’ to Maryland. Human-induced environmental changes, such as land use modification and climate change, have been linked to the reemergence of major diseases carried by mosquitoes. These offer classic examples of how disrupted ecosystems adversely affect human health. FULL STORY