Joel Schwartz

American epidemiologist (born 1947)

Joel Schwartz
Born	(1947-12-12) December 12, 1947 (age 76) Long Island, New York, U.S.
Education	Brandeis University (PhD)
Occupation	Epidemiologist

Joel Schwartz (born December 12, 1947, in Long Island, New York, United States) is an American epidemiologist, and Professor of Environmental Epidemiology, at Harvard University, School of Public Health.^[1]^[2]

He graduated from Brandeis University with a Ph.D. in 1980. Schwartz identified the effect on intelligence from the environmental exposure of lead in gasoline, which led to its ban in 1986 by the EPA.^[3]

He is a partner of the Michigan Metals Epidemiology Research Group.^[4]

Awards

1991 MacArthur Fellows Program

References

^ "Science & Technology". Harvard Gazette.
^ Schwartz, Joel. "Joel Schwartz". Hsph.harvard.edu.
^ "Joel Schwartz: Full Throttle Environmentist", Harvard Public Health Review Charlie Schmidt, Summer/Fall 2005
^ "People - Hu Lab - Michigan Metals Epidemiology Research Group - Environmental Health Sciences - Faculty Research Projects - Faculty & Research - UM SPH". Archived from the original on 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2010-09-13.