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Junfeng (Jim) Zhang, PhD
Title: Associate Professor
Affiliation: UMDNJ-School of Public Health
Department: Environmental and Occupational Health
Research Interests:
Assessing human exposures to environmental contaminants and resulting health effects; Developing and validating biological markers of contaminant exposure and health effects; Examining gene-environment interactions in the context of air pollution health effects; Examining health effects of urban air pollution, especially particulate matter from diesel-powered vehicles, in healthy and more susceptible populations (e.g., asthmatics, children, and the elderly); Assessing health risks associated with household use of biomass and coal fuels in developing countries; Developing novel and sensitive methods to measure trace-level toxic chemicals present in air, food, water, dust and biological specimens