Environmental & Molecular Toxicology

Mission

The mission of the Department of Environmental & Molecular Toxicology is to increase understanding of benefits and hazards of chemical uses through quality education, research, and service. This includes enhancing our ability to explain alterations at various levels of biological organization due to environmental stressors.

• The department emphasizes advancement and application of science and technology to raise environmental quality and human health to the highest attainable level.
• Research focuses on life sciences and environmental quality: especially as it relates to protection of human health, food systems, and natural resources.
• The understanding faculty gain from the creation and integration of new knowledge promotes excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, as well as extended education programs