Professor and Chair of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions

Chronic diseases in pregnancy; environmental factors impacting reproductive and pediatric health; health effects of air pollution and extreme temperatures

Pauline Mendola’s research focuses on environmental factors that impact reproductive and pediatric health.

Her work in women’s health includes investigations of chronic disease such as autoimmune disorders, asthma, hypertension and diabetes during pregnancy, and long-term health effects related to pregnancy complications.

Mendola is interested in the interplay of immune function (including in asthma, allergy and maternal-fetal tolerance), oxidative stress and air pollution, in relation to preterm delivery, preeclampsia and other complications of pregnancy. She also studies the impact of increasing heat and climate change on reproductive health outcomes including stillbirth and cardiovascular events at labor and delivery.

In addition to her career in academia, Mendola has experience working for federal agencies, including in research or management roles at the Environmental Protection Agency; the National Center for Health Statistics (part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention); and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (part of the National Institutes of Health).

Pauline Mendola, PhD
Professor and Chair of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions