Department Overview

Welcome to Environmental Health
Laurence Kaminsky Ph.D, Chair

The Department of Environmental Health Sciences is an academic department in the School of Public Health, University at Albany. The department offers programs leading to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, preparing outstanding students for technical, teaching and research careers in academia, public health agencies and industry.

The programs benefit from being based at the Wadsworth Center, a modern, well-equipped comprehensive research institution which serves as the public health laboratories of the New York State Department of Health. This relationship exposes the student to a range of real-world, scientifically based environmental and public health problems and to an organization with a tradition of high-quality basic research. Our faculty has a unique diversity of research interests and actively encourages cross-disciplinary research problems.

The Department of Environmental Health Sciences offers programs leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, preparing students for teaching and research careers in academic, public health agencies, and industry. The EHS Graduate program provides the opportunity to obtain either a M.S. or a Ph.D. degree. The program leading to the M.S. degree is designed to be completed in two years. The program leading to the Ph.D. degree typically requires five years of full-time study.

The department offers three broad areas of specialization: Environmental Chemistry, Toxicology, and Environmental and Occupational Health. Graduate programs are individualized and courses are selected in accordance with both the track requirements and the background and interests of the individual student.