Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy
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Howard Hu

Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada

Biography

Dr. Hu came to the University of Toronto as the Dalla Lana School of Public Health’s second permanent Director and Professor of Environmental Health, Epidemiology and Global Health; and Professor of Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine in July of 2012. On July 1, 2013, after leading the Dalla Lana School of Public Health through the process of becoming the first new Faculty at the University of Toronto in 15 years, he became the School’s inaugural Dean. Dr. Hu is a physician-scientist, trained as an internist, occupational and environmental medicine specialist, and epidemiologist. Previously, he had been Professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Channing Laboratory of the Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts (1988-2006) and the NSF International Chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences and Professor of Environmental Health, Epidemiology & Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan (2006-2012).

Research Interest

Epidemiologic and toxicologic research related to heavy metals, potential endocrine disruptors Gene-environment interactions; epigenetic dysregulation Fetal exposures and long-term effects Aging-environment interactions Environmental health and human rights Health and the global environment

Publications