Biology Department
Chrysan Cronin
Lecturer
New Science Building 003
484-664-3524
cronin@muhlenberg.edu
Education
B.S. University of New Hampshire
M.S. New Mexico State University
MPH Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Courses Taught
Concepts of Biology: Human Biology, Science & Society (BIO 101)
Concepts of Biology in Practice (BIO 105)
Principles of Biology II (BIO 151)
Principles of Biology III (Bio 152)
Applied Physiology (BIO 350)
First Year Seminar: Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
Issues in Public Health
Research Interests
My research involves public health issues, specifically environmental
health. I am currently collaborating with the Lehigh Valley Hospital
Community Health Department on research involving pediatric asthma in the
Latino population, where I am looking at language and cultural barriers to
health care and designing intervention programs to address them. I am
also very interested in the effects of food production on environmental
health where I am looking at farming practices and their impact on the
environment and human health. I encourage students who are interested in
working on public health projects or who are interested in a career in public
health to contact me.