Susan Chemerinsky, Ph.D., MPH, joined the School of Health Policy and Management in August as associate professor and director of the Institute for Risk Science and Public Policy. She currently holds the appointment of the Jacob I. Fabricant and Eileen B. Fabricant Chair in Health, Risk, and Society. This professorship was appointed by Dr. Irene Fabricant, a renowned teacher and researcher in the pathogenesis and prevention of infectious diseases, in memory of her husband, Jacob, a pioneer in environmental radiology and a faculty member at the Bloomberg School. Established in 2000. At medical school.
Chemerinsky specializes in the science of risk and decision making to improve public health by developing approaches and tools to understand and inform exposure and risk reduction strategies and translate science into policy and practice. is dedicated to promoting. Her public health education and career spans academia, consulting, and government in the fields of environmental health, risk assessment and management, and tobacco control and regulatory science, from research to practice. In her role at the school’s HPM, she will work to advance risk science, policy, and management for public health practice to address pressing health risk issues in society and reduce health disparities. Masu.
Prior to matriculation, Chemerinsky conducted research and investigated air pollution, pesticides and other chemicals, taking into account, among other things, complex and cumulative risk challenges, vulnerable populations, variability and socio-environmental aspects. It has sought to address environmental and occupational health issues related to the urban and built environment. Uncertainty. Mr. Chemerynski has previously held positions in the U.S. FDA Tobacco Products Center Office of Science and on the faculty of Yale University, Harvard University, and Brown University. She holds a Doctor of Science in Environmental Science and Risk Management from Harvard School of Public Health, a Master of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences from Yale School of Medicine, and a Bachelor of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. I am getting it. .
