Environmental Health & Exposure Biology
We investigate how environmental exposures—including air pollution, wildfire smoke, nanoparticles, and asbestos—shape immune function and contribute to chronic disease.
Our research integrates toxicology, epigenetics, neuroscience, immunology, and omics technologies to understand how pollutants affect the lung, brain, and systemic health across the lifespan.
Faculty in this area include:
- Dr. Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas – Air pollution and neurodegeneration
- Dr. Cho – Environmentally induced epigenetic biomarkers
- Dr. Holian – Nanoparticle-driven chronic inflammation
- Dr. Migliaccio – Wildfire smoke and respiratory immunity
- Dr. Putnam – Toxicogenomics and gene–environment interactions
- Dr. Shepherd – Environmental modulation of immune development