University at Buffalo (UB)
Release Date: August 11, 1999 This content is archived.
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- John E. Vena, Ph.D., professor and associate chair of the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has received the Medicina Cracoviensis 2000 Medal for fostering continuing programs on environmental medicine and epidemiology between UB and Jagiellonian University in Poland.
Vena, director of the Research Program in Environmental and Occupational Health at UB, received the medal commemorating the 600th anniversary of Jagiellonian University and its medical faculty during a conference on epidemiology in a changing Europe held recently in Krakow, Poland.
Vena chaired the conference's program committee, as well as a session on the failures and achievements of epidemiology in improving the health of specific populations. He also co-authored and presented a paper on multidisciplinary research in environmental epidemiology.
Most of his current research focuses on the impact of pollutants on disease and disorders in exposed human populations.
A native of Olean, Vena received a bachelor's degree from St. Bonaventure University and master's and doctoral degrees from UB.
Vena is a member of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, the Society for Epidemiologic Research and the American Public Health Association.
He lives in the University District of Buffalo.