Faculty Research Labs and Programs

Our award-winning faculty works across disciplines to advance health equity through cutting-edge research, with approaches that include basic science research, epidemiological studies, data science, randomized controlled trials, ethnographic surveys, longitudinal studies, toxicology, and microbial surveillance.

  • Allergen and Bioaerosol Lab

    Explores the causes of asthma development and exacerbations that resulted in the stark disparities in asthma prevalence and morbidity seen in lower-income neighborhoods in New York City. (wet lab)

  • Belsky Lab

    Our research sits at the intersection of public health, genomics, and the population and behavioral sciences.

  • Biomarkers Laboratory

    Provides an extensive variety of analytical services that range from ELISA assays and microRNA analysis, to library preparations for massive parallel sequencing. (wet lab)

  • Built Environment and Health Research Group

    The BEH Research Group is an interdisciplinary consortium of researchers who study how neighborhood environments influence health.

  • Catalyze Evidence and ActionS for Equitable (CEASE) Cancer Control

    We strive to advance population health through equitable cancer control.

  • Cohen Lab on Aging, Systems and Statistics

    The lab focuses on advanced analytical and statistical methods to problems related to population health particularly related to the aging process.

  • Darby Jack - Collaborative Lab for Energy Access Research and Solutions (CLEARS)

    Studies clean energy transitions, with a focus on household air pollution in resource-limited settings. (dry lab)

  • Deyssenroth Lab

    Explores the functional role of the placenta in conveying the effects of intrauterine exposures on early childhood health. (wet lab)

  • Gamble Lab

    Explores the effects of arsenic exposure and one carbon metabolism. (wet lab)

  • Hou Lab

    Dr. Wenpin Hou is particularly interested in developing methods for spatio-temporal patterns in single-cell and spatial genomics and epigenomics data.

  • Houghton Lab

    The Houghton Lab works primarily on female and transgender health as it relates to hormones and culture.

  • Innovation and Methods for Learning Health System (IM4LHS)

    IM4LHS (Innovation and Methods for Learning Health System) lab is dedicated to advancing study designs, statistical and machine learning methods in the context of learning health system.

  • Kleiman Lab

    Focuses on preventing infection by inactivating SARS-CoV-2 infection and understanding the immunological response. (wet lab)

  • Kupsco Lab on Environmental Epigenetics and Children's Health

    Examines the impact of environmental exposures on molecular and epigenetic biomarkers in human populations, and the associations of those biomarkers with child and adult health. (wet and dry lab)

  • Liu Lab

    Dr. Liu's research interests are: Causal Inference, Machine (deep) Learning, Statistical Genetics and Genomics.

  • Llanos Lab

    The research in the Llanos Lab investigates the social and biological determinants and sociobiologic mechanisms that contribute to poorer cancer outcomes in diverse populations.

  • Maklab

    Explores methodological issues in environmental epidemiology. (dry lab)

  • Markus Hilpert Group

    Explores the interface between hydrology, environmental engineering, and environmental health. (dry lab)

  • Miller Lab

    The exposome concept highlights the importance of environmental factors in disease development.

  • Neural Biomarkers and Gene X Environment Interactions in Neurodegeneration Lab

    Explores the environmental factors that may contribute to the development of adult-onset neurodegenerative diseases by utilizing human biomarker and experimental model studies. (wet lab)

  • Nigra Lab

    Studies the relationship between metal exposures (arsenic, mercury, lead) and related disease, and on assesses population-level metal exposures using biological and environmental monitoring. (dry lab)

  • Pei Group

    Explores the environmental, social, and ecological determinants of infectious diseases using mathematical and statistical techniques. (dry lab)

  • Postpartum Assessment of Health Survey

    The Postpartum Assessment of Health Survey (PAHS) is the first large-scale U.S. data collection effort on the health and wellbeing of postpartum people and families in the year after a child is born.

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  • Rudolph Lab

    I am an epidemiologist with research interests in developing and applying causal inference methods to understand social and contextual influences on mental health, substance use, and violence.

  • Shaman Research Group

    Explores the environmental determinants of health with a strong focus on infectious disease. (dry lab)

  • Spatial Epidemiology Lab

    We employ a geospatial lens to study health behaviors and outcomes.

    Epidemiologists looking at the world through a magnifying lens

  • Sustainable Public Health through Advocacy Resilience and Knowledge (SPARK) Lab NYC

    Explores climate-related exposures, public health and equity through quantitative research, led by Dr. Robbie M. Parks. (dry lab)

  • Trace Metals Laboratory

    Provides consultation to investigators for metals analysis, provides clean supplies for collecting biospecimens, and enables members to precisely measure a broad range of metal biomarkers. (wet lab)

  • VIBE Research Lab

    The VIBE Research Lab uses a public health equity lens to study maternal and child inequities.

  • Wu Lab

    The Wu Lab explores environmental exposures and subsequent health outcomes. (wet lab)

  • Ziska Lab

    Explores the effects of climate and carbon dioxide on food systems, including nutrition, safety and pest pressures, in the context of hunger. (dry lab)