Joel Schwartz, Ph.D.

Professor of Environmental Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Joel Schwartz, Ph.D., Professor of Environmental Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Schwartz’s areas of focus in epidemiology include the health effects of air pollutants, especially particulates from fossil fuels, lead and health effects of lead, and also effects of water contamination. He is known particularly for his discoveries regarding fossil fuel air pollutants and also for his influential studies on mental and physical impacts of lead pollution.