The Public Health and Safety Division conducts advanced research and development that may be of interest to public health researchers and administrators, national, state, and local public health agencies, the health care industry, and many others. This includes research in the areas of public health, preventive medicine, epidemiology, vaccines and vaccination,  water treatments, such as fluoridation and chlorination, public health emergency response, firefighting, and all other aspects of public health and safety.

Division Director: Dr. Alejandro Garcia

Faculty, advisors, research associates, and others doing research or with a major interest in the Research Center subject areas below: Dr. Abdel-Hady El-Gilany, Dr. Cecilia Hegamin-Younger, Dr. Amitav Banerjee, Dr. Frits Van Griensven, Dr. Tessa St. Cyr, Dr. Oswaldo Salaverry, Dr. Lenche Mirchevska, Dr. John Oloye, Dr. Omur Cinar Elci, Dr. Daniel Soto, Dr. Krit Pongpirul, Dr. Josie Athens, Dr. Seye Babatunde, Dr. Asim Jani, Dr. Win Khaing, and others.

Research Centers:
[list style=”clean-5″]Accident Prevention Research Center
Emergency Response Research Center (response to intentional, accidental, or natural disasters)
Epidemiology Research Center (human, plant, and animal epidemics)
Firefighting Research Center (includes acoustical, electromagnetic, and Tesla methods to suppress building and forest fires)
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) Research Center
Preventive Medicine Research Center
Public Health Research Center
Social Immunization Research Center (See Behavior Medicine and Psychology Division)
Vaccine Research Center (includes vaccines to prevent and treat microbial diseases, as well as, drug addiction, alcoholism, and smoking; vaccine side effects;)
Water Treatment Research Center (Includes research on chlorine, fluoride, and other water treatments;)[/list]