Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health Faculty

Larry W. Figgs, Ph.D., MPH
Associate Professor
859-218-2231
lffigg2@uky.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Figgs joined the University of Kentucky Public Health faculty in 2007.  He is a Ph.D. Biologist (University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; 1983).  He is a past fellowship recipient from the U.S. Public Health Service (National Research Service Award in Molecular Endocrinology – Albany, NY), the New York State Department of Health (Management Development Fellowship (Albany, NY), and the National Cancer Institute (Epidemiology Training Fellowship – Rockville, MD).  He is also a former (1995-2006) Saint Louis University School of Public Health tenured faculty member (St. Louis, MO) where he achieved Associate Professor rank. He has served as epidemiologic consultant for several public and private entities.  In addition, he has served as peer reviewer for scientific journals and funding agencies.  He also received a U.S. Air Force Reserve Officer Commission (1983) and was honorably discharged 1991.

Research Interests

His interests range from epidemiology to ethics.  His past focus has been epidemiologic study design and environmental/occupational disease epidemiology.  Other interests include cellular responses following environmental exposures and environmental exposure assessment.  Past projects have included population-based hypothesis driven initiatives (occupational cancer risk), cellular responses to environmental exposures (herbicides), cancer risk associated with occupations (lymphoma), toxic environmental exposures (lead, pesticides), and environmental health policy initiatives (residential lead exposure).  Describing the role of local public health agencies in environmental health protection and practitioner training is also an interest.