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Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine: Faculty
NOTE: Full curriculum vitae for faculty members are available in PDF format and can
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Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine 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 & Preventive Medicine. 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. |
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April Ames, MSOH Instructor 419-383-5341 Rm.4214 Collier Bldg. UT-HSC april.ames@utoledo.edu |
Ms. Ames' is an instructor in the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. Her area of expertise is environmental health. She will earn her PhD in December 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 a health educator with CHES certification with experience teaching at a School of Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill. |
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Brian Harrington, PhD, MPH |
Dr. Harrington is a Volunteer 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 a 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. |
Dr. Kopp Miller is Professor and Executive Associate Dean for Research and Quality, Health and Human Service and Administrative Director, Center for Successful Aging. Dr. Kopp Miller began at the University of Toledo in 1991. She is responsible for teaching content in geriatrics and gerontology, grant writing/program development, health communication, professional development, and grief and bereavement to graduate level occupational therapy, physical therapy and physician assistant studies students. Dr. Kopp Miller’s primary research areas include: sexuality, grief and bereavement, and survey instrument development. |
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Sheryl Milz, PhD, CIH |
Dr. Milz is the Chair and an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and Co-Director of the Northwest Ohio Consortium for Public Health. 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 |
Dr. 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 government, 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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