Faculty members of the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health currently specialize in diverse areas of research and teaching including: • Nutrition, obesity and body composition • Aging • Molecular biomarkers for cardiometabolic diseases and cancer • Infectious diseases • Women's maternal-child and reproductive health • Racial-ethnic, gender and geographic health disparities • Global health • The effects of environmental lead, radon, heavy metal and toxic nanoparticle exposures on health • Interactions among genetic, behavioral societal and environmental factors • Prevention of infectious diseases including efficacy of vaccines, masking and social distancing in COVID 19, community acquired pneumonia, and HIV • Long-term consequences of diagnosed cancers on quality of life. The university is home to several centers and institutes relevant to this position including the Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, Center for Integrated Environmental Health Sciences, Superfund Research Center, Divisions of Environmental Medicine and Infectious Diseases, and the Brown Cancer Center, as well as the Louisville Metro Department of Health & Wellness and the Kentucky Department of Public Health.