The Department of Environmental Medicine at New York University is one of the nation’s oldest and foremost research centers into the human health effects of environmental pollution. Founded in 1947, the Department was among the first organizations of its kind designated as a “Center of Excellence” in environmental research by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. It is now the country’s largest of such Centers, with approximately 100 faculty members, 115 staff, and 77 master’s degree and doctoral students.

We recognize a need to encourage private industry sources to join with us by supporting and learning from our work, and have therefore initiated a mechanism for this to occur: our INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATES PROGRAM. Membership in this program offers participant companies substantial benefits. To find out more about this program ands what it can do for your company, please visit http://niem.med.nyu.edu/IAP/invitation.htm.

The Department of Environmental Medicine is a department within NYU Medical Center. It has two major research and teaching facilities: one on the Medical Center's Manhattan campus, and the other Sterling Forest research park, in Tuxedo, New York, about 50 miles northwest of New York City. The Sterling Forest facilities encompass approximately 72,000 square feet of lab, teaching, and office space. Its in-house research equipment includes one of the largest whole-animal inhalation facilities in the country, a whole-body radiation counter, Affymetrix GeneChip, high input High through put DNA sequencer, a gene spotter and scanner and X-ray florescence, as well as many other state-of-the-art instruments.

The Institute’s research and training programsinclude:

• Environmental Hygiene
• Environmental Toxicology
• Ergonomics and Biomechanics
• Biostatistics
• Epidemiology
• Exposure Assessment and Health Effects
• Molecular Toxicology/Carcinogenesis
• Toxicology

In a multidisciplinary manner, the above programs emphasize risk-assessment, mechanisms of disease, and prevention.

Faculty members teach and direct their own research programs, funded largely through peer reviewed federal research grant awards. They also publish hundreds of papers yearly in respected scientific journals, advise industry and government, and lead scientific and medical professional organizations. The expertise and knowledge of the faculty is also highly reflective in the students they educate in so many ways. One of the Department’s most valuable resources are the students, who are among the best and the brightest. They represent a wealth of knowledge, talent, and fresh ideas that can be an essential asset to the future success of your company. All of us at the Nelson Institute are committed to honoring a tradition of excellence as we work toward adding to scientific knowledge and protecting public health.

Max Costa, Ph.D.

Chairman, Department of Environmental Medicine
NYU School of Medicine