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The Toxicology Program offers academic coursework and research opportunities to train future toxicologists and environmental health professionals for roles in education, public sector, and corporate settings. Investigative work in the program covers diverse subjects from molecular impacts to population-wide effects of toxic exposure. Key research strengths involve analyzing connections between cellular signaling pathways and disease triggered by environmental stressors, identifying toxicity mechanisms in biological systems, applying physiological and genomic methods to examine variations in species and individual responses to pollutants, and decoding genetic-environmental interplay. Focus areas encompass: programmed cell death, hormonal interference, heavy metal accumulation and elimination, oxidative damage/gene expression/cellular harm, respiratory conditions like asthma and lung scarring, tumor formation and genetic mutations, ecosystem toxicity, birth defects, chemical exposure evaluation, and population health studies. Environmental factors under investigation comprise cancer-causing chemicals, heavy metals, agricultural chemicals, airborne particulates, hormone-altering substances, nanomaterials, and ultraviolet radiation.