Dr. Paul Brandt-Rauf Named Dean of the UIC School of Public Health

R. Michael Tanner, UIC Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, has announced that Dr. Paul Brandt-Rauf has been named Dean of the UIC School of Public Health, effective July 1, 2008, pending approval of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. Dr. Sylvia Furner, who has served as Interim Dean since 2006, has agreed to continue in that capacity until Dr. Brandt-Rauf’s arrival.

Dr. Brandt-Rauf is currently Professor and Chair of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. Since 1985, Dr. Brandt-Rauf has held various faculty appointments at Columbia University and is currently Deputy Director of the Columbia Center for Environmental Health in Northern Manhattan and Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering and Medicine. He received his bachelor’s, master’s and doctor of science degrees in applied chemistry and chemical engineering, his medical degree, and his master’s and doctor of public health degrees in environmental sciences from Columbia University. He completed a residency in internal medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center and a residency in internal medicine and occupational medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.

Dr. Brandt-Rauf’s research bridges population, biologic and environmental sciences to examine the relationship between exposure to certain environmental factors, genetics and cancer. He has conducted global research on biomarkers of vinyl chloride and asbestos and has published more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed publications, focused primarily on cancer-related proteins and their role as biomarkers for disease. He has served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine since 1992 and contributing editor of the International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health since 1996.