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Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine: Faculty and Staff
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Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Core Faculty
| Name | Areas of Interest, Expertise, and Research |
| Farhang Akbar, PhD, CIH Professor and Director of MSOH-IH Degree Program 419-383-4543 Rm. 4226, Collier Bldg. UT-HSC farhang.akbar@utoledo.edu |
Dr. Akbar is a professor in the Department of Public Health & Homeland Security. He is an environmental engineer and occupational health and safety scientist. His areas of expertise include exposure assessment regarding physical agents, hazardous chemicals and mechanical agents; health and safety programs, auditing and regulations; safety management; and hazard control methods. His current research activities are focused on exposure to nonionizing radiation; human chemical exposure assessment and biological changes; exposure modeling. |
| April Ames, MSOH | Ms. Ames' area of expertise is environmental health. She will earn her PhD in August of 2013. |
| Brian Fink, PhD, MPH, CHES Associate Professor 419-383-4817 Rm. 4223, Collier Bldg. UT-HSC brian.fink2@utoledo.edu |
Dr. Fink is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. Dr. Fink's main interests are the effects of diet and other lifestyle factors on the incidence of cancer and prognosis of cancer. He is currently studying the effects of educational and service-based breast cancer programming among the elderly and has done extensive study on the effects of flavonoids on breast cancer. He also is experienced in nutrition and physical activity research for children. He is also a health educator with CHES certification with experience teaching at a School of Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill. |
| Brian Harrington, PhD, MPH Adjunct Professor 419-383-4806 Rm. 4225, Collier Bldg. UT-HSC brian.harrington@utoledo.edu |
Dr. Harrington is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology as well as a joint appointment as Professor in the Department of Pathology. His interests/expertise are in clinical, diagnostic microbiology, parasitology, mycology with emphasis on microscopy, staining of microorganisms and environmental mycology. |
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Sadik Khuder, PhD, MPH |
Dr. Khuder is an Professor with joint appointment in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. Areas of interest: research design, statistical modeling, cancer epidemiology, meta-analysis, occupational and environmental health. Expertise: biostatistics and epidemiology. |
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Barbara Kopp Miller, Ph.D. |
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| Sheryl Milz, PhD, CIH Chair and Associate Professor 419-383-3976 Rm. 4412, Collier Bldg. UT-HSC sheryl.milz@utoledo.edu |
Dr. Milz is the Chair and an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. Her areas of interest are human exposure assessments, risk assessments, environmental and occupational epidemiology, and the relationships between these areas. |
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Paul Rega, MD, FACEP |
Paul Rega, MD has been a board-certified emergency physician for over thirty years.
During this period of time he has devoted his time to disaster medicine in terms of
deployments for the federal governement, research, and education. He has also been
a recognized planner and educator in pandemic preparedness and response. Dr. Rega
currently has a dual appointment at the University of Toledo: Department of Public
Health and Preventive Medicine and the Department of Emergency Medicine.
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Barbara Saltzman, PhD, MPH |
Dr. Saltzman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health and Preventive
Medicine. Dr. Saltzman is a genetic and chronic disease epidemiologist. Her main research
interests include the effects of genetic variation and the environment on the incidence
of chronic diseases.
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Victoria Steiner, Ph.D. |
Dr. Victoria Steiner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health
and Preventive Medicine, as well as the Assistant Administrative Director for the
Center for Successful Aging. She did her graduate work in Human Development and
Family Studies at the Pennsylvania State University with a focus on adult development
and aging. Dr. Steiner is interested in how individuals cope with the challenges
they encounter in their lives as they age, including functional decline, chronic illnesses
such as Alzheimer's disease and stroke, and caregiving.
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| Michael Dennis, PhD Associate Professor 419-383-4303 Room 0123, Dowlng Hall UT-HSC michael.dennis2@utoledo.edu |
Dr. Dennis is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Radiology and Public Health and Preventive Medicine. |
| Hailu Kassa, PhD, MPH, MSOH, RS Adjunct Associate Professor 419-372-9615 HC102 BGSU hkassa@bgnet.bgsu.edu |
Dr. Kassa is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and his primary appointment is as an Associate Professor in the College of Health and Human Services at Bowling Green State University. His research interests focus on human exposure to environmental and occupational microbiological and chemical agents. |
| Ashok Kumar, PhD, PE Adjunct Professor 419-530-8136 Dept of Civil Eng. UT-Main akumar@utnet.utoledo.edu |
Dr. Kumar is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Toledo. His research focuses on basic and industrial problems in the fields of air quality modeling, risk assessment and application of computers. |
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