Environmental Epidemiology & Disease Registries Section

Mission Statement

Our Mission is to protect and promote the health of the people of Texas. We use the principles of epidemiology to:

• Operate disease registries
• Conduct disease surveillance
• Investigate unusual occurrences of disease
• Assess environmental exposures
• Conduct population research studies

So that we can identify populations at risk, understand the cause of disease, and recommend actions to reduce risk.

Unit Branches and Programs

• Texas Cancer Registry, Cancer Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch
• Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Branch
• Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch

Environmental Epidemiology and Disease Registries Section MC 1964
Texas Department of State Health Services
PO Box 149347
Austin, TX 78714-9347
phone : 512.776.7268
fax : 512.776.7689

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