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Jo L. Freudenheim
SUNY Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
Expertise: cancer risk factors, diet and cancer, carcinogens
Phone: 716-829-5375
Email: jfreuden@buffalo.edu
Michael LaMonte
Research Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
Expertise: healthy aging, cardiovascular disease, physical activity, women’s health, menopause, cancer, the microbiome, periodontal disease
Phone: 716-829-5379
Email: mlamonte@buffalo.edu
Vincent Lynch
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Expertise: evolutionary developmental biology; genetics; genomics; mammoths; evolution of mammalian pregnancy and cancer
Phone: 716-645-4899
Email: vjlynch@buffalo.edu
Lina Mu
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
Expertise: air pollution, cancer, particulate matter, environmental epidemiology, air pollution in China
Phone: 716-829-5381
Email: linamu@buffalo.edu
Heather Ochs-Balcom
Expertise: cancer, genetic influences on disease risk, women’s health
Phone: 716-829-5338
Email: hmochs2@buffalo.edu
Dhaval Shah
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Expertise: targeted drugs; biologics; anticancer medications; tumor growth; pediatric drug dosing; drug discovery and development
Phone: 716-645-4819
Email: dshah4@buffalo.edu
Darryl Somayaji
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Expertise: cancer care and health disparities in underserved communities
Phone: 716-829-2178
Email: darrylso@buffalo.edu
Jean Wactawski-Wende
Dean of the School of Public Health and Health Professions
Expertise: women’s health, menopause, osteoporosis, reproductive health, cancer, the microbiome, periodontal disease
Phone: 716-829-5374
Email: jww@buffalo.edu