Epidemiology

BIOGRAPHY

Jonathan Samet

Academic positions:
- Professor and Chairman, Department of Epidemiology
- Co-Director, Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute
- Secondary Appointment, Oncology Center, The Johns Hopkins University
- Senior Fellow, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque
- Adjunct Scientist, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque
- Co-Director, The Center for Epidemiology and Policy

Any industry positions (last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Dr. Samet's research has addressed the effects of environmental agents on human health with an emphasis on the effect of inhaled pollutants in the general environment and in the workplace.

Any other information:
Dr Samet is a member of a number of international boards and committees including;
- Chairman, Committee on Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter, NRC
- Consultant, Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, Science Advisory Board, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Chairman, External Advisory Committee, Southern California Particle Center and Supersite
- Member, Awards Assembly, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation,
- Member, Epidemiology Review Board, E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company,
- Member, External Advisory Committee, Kresge Center for Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health
- Chairman, Working Group on Smoking and Involuntary Smoking, International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization
- Chairman, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Research Council
- Member, Environmental Factors and Cancer Advisory Committee, American
Cancer Society
- Member, Advisory Committee for the University of California, San Francisco
Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education
- Member, Advisory Board of the Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The
Chinese University of Hong Kong

Dr Samet is Editor of the scientific journal 'Epidemiology' and is a member of the Institute of Medicine.