Epidemiology and Biostatistics


John Vena

UGA Foundation Professor & Department Head
jvena@uga.edu

N132A Paul D. Coverdell Center
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
706.583.8202 (voice)
706.583-0695 (fax)



Educational Background

Ph.D., Epidemiology, State University of New York at Buffalo

Current Titles Held
  • University of Georgia Foundation Professor in Public Health
  • Head, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics College of Public Health
  • Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar University of Georgia


Area of Specialty

  • Cancer Epidemiology
  • Community-Based Research
  • Environmental Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Occupational Health
  • Reproductive and Developmental Health

Professional Affiliations

  • American Public Health Association (1978-present)
  • Society for Epidemiologic Research (1978-present)
  • Physicians for Social Responsibility (1983-present)
  • WHO Global Environmental Epidemiology Network (1988-present)
  • International Society for Environmental Epidemiology(1989-present)
  • International Epidemiological Association (1989-present)
  • American College of Epidemiology, Fellow (1998-present)