Bipartisan Policy Center

Professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

Lynn R. Goldman, a pediatrician and epidemiologist, is Professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her areas of focus are public health practice, children’s environmental health, disaster preparedness, and chemical and pesticide regulatory policy. Dr. Goldman is Principal Investigator for the Hopkins National Children’s Study Center and co-PI of the Center for Preparedness and Catastrophic Event Response (PACER). As Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances at EPA, she directed the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances from 1993 through 1998. Prior to joining EPA, Dr. Goldman served as Chief of the Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control of the California Department of Health Services. Dr. Goldman has served on numerous boards and expert committees, including the Committee on Environmental Health of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control Lead Poisoning Prevention Advisory Committee. Dr. Goldman is a member of the Institute of Medicine, Vice Chairman of the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences Standing Committee on Risk Analysis Issues and Reviews.

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