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Institute for Health and the Environment (IHE)

About the Institute for Health and the Environment

The Institute for Health and the Environment was created with the primary purpose of promoting and supporting interdisciplinary research and grants in the broad area of environment and public health among both professional researchers and students.

The Institute for Health and the Environment is a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center. We provide the WHO with technical support for the development of evidence-based policy based on local and international needs.

Fields related to our research interests include but are not limited to:

  • Environmental sciences, policy and law

  • Ecology

  • Geographical information systems

  • Hazardous waste management

  • Occupational health

  • Risk assessment, management and communication

  • Social and psychological aspects of environmental pollution regarding human behavior

Members of our department presently include faculty from several University at Albany schools and colleges and other local universities and medical centers.

We encourage and welcome all faculty and students with research interests in environmental health and related fields to contact us with inquiries or interests in joining these efforts.

 

Research

The areas of research in the Mathematics & Statistics department encompass a wide breath of topics in modern mathematics and statistics, both in the theoretical world and the applied. Research fields include algebra, analysis, data science, probability, statistics, and topology, with many researchers placing an emphasis on applications, such as machine learning and topological data analysis. 

The research done in the department is internationally recognized, and researchers from around the world come to speak in our weekly seminars and colloquia. Many of our faculty members are supported by prestigious external research grants, for example from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Simons Foundation.

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Department of Mathematics & Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences
Catskill 399

1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
United States

Email
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Phone
518-442-4600
Fax
518-442-4731