Doug M. Brugge

Professor and Chair, Department of Public Health Sciences Health Net, Inc. Endowed Chair in Community Medicine

Department of Public Health Sciences

Research Area(s) of Interest:  

Occupational and Environmental Health

Doug Brugge, has a PhD in cellular and developmental biology from Harvard University and a MS in industrial hygiene from the Harvard School of Public Health.  He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.  He has worked extensively with uranium mining communities, including those in the Navajo Nation.  For over a decade, he has directed the Community Assessment of Freeway Exposure and Health, a series of community-based participatory research projects funded by NIEHS, NHLBI, NLM, EPA, HUD and the Kresge Foundation.  He has about 200 publications, including over 50 on traffic-related ultrafine particle pollution and their association with health.  He has worked in community-collaborations with many neighborhoods, including current work with the Hartford-based Community Research Alliance.  ​

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