Joel Schwartz

Last updated
Joel Schwartz
Born (1947-12-12) December 12, 1947 (age 78)
Long Island, New York, U.S.
Education Brandeis University (PhD)
OccupationEpidemiologist
Spouse Ronnie Levin [1]

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. [2]

Contents

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

References

  1. ↑ Law, Tara (May 2, 2024). "TIME100 Health | Ronnie Levin". Time Magazine . Retrieved January 9, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Joel Schwartz". hsph.harvard.edu. 9 January 2026.
  3. ↑ Schmidt, Charlie (Summer–Fall 2005). "Joel Schwartz: Full Throttle Environmentalist". Harvard Public Health Review. Archived from the original on July 12, 2006.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ Tanner, Lindsey (June 18, 1991). "MacArthur Foundation honors 31". The Recorder – via newspapers.com.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.