We all know air pollution is a health risk. We have invested billions of dollars in the U.S. trying to clean up the problem. But there are still a lot of unanswered questions about exactly what diseases and health conditions… Read More
How Epigenetics Can Help Us Understand the Impacts of Climate Change By Rachel Morgan, PhD Student in Environmental Health Sciences at University of Michigan School of Public Health, and UWM Zilber School of Public Health alumna Published December 9, 2019… Read More
By Tom Luljak UWM Today November 28, 2019 As we edge closer to winter, all of us most likely have a “to do” list before we settle in for the cold spell. And I suspect many of us – if… Read More
By Talis Shelbourne Milwaukee Journal Sentinel November 19, 2019 Lead abatement efforts in Massachusetts and Rochester, New York, may hold the key for Milwaukee, according to a panel discussion that took place at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Joseph J. Zilber School… Read More
By Shefali Luthra and Chaseedaw Giles California Healthline November 14, 2019 In one picture, Hannah — or, as her 133,000 Instagram followers know her, @__justpeachyy — reclines in a car, her blue vape accenting the matching tattoo ink on her… Read More
By Talis Shelbourne Milwaukee Journal Sentinel October 19, 2019 More than half of the people who were perpetrators or victims of gun violence in Milwaukee in recent years had elevated blood lead levels as children, according to a study released Friday by… Read More
Dr. Amanda Simanek, an Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health, has been awarded an NIH Loan Repayment Award for Health Disparities Research. About the NIH Loan Repayment Award The NIH Loan Repayment Programs… Read More
ZSPH Epidemiology PhD Candidate Jennifer Woo won Third Place in the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2019 Summer Internship Program Poster Session for her work on Early Life Traumatic Experiences and Incident Breast Cancer Risk in Adult Women. Congratulations… Read More
Dr. Amy Kalkbrenner, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health has received a 2019 Office of Research/UWM Foundation Research Award. The annual Office of Research /UWM Foundation Research Awards recognizes UWM professors who… Read More
By Tom Luljak UWM Today, WUWM 89.7FM June 13, 2019 African American babies in Milwaukee are three times more likely to die before their first birthday than white babies. That means out of every 1,000 births in Milwaukee, 15 black… Read More