Silbergeld, Ellen K.

Environmental toxicologist and research scientist Ellen (Kovner) Silbergeld was born in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 1945. She has degrees from Vassar College (A.B. 1967) and Johns Hopkins University (Ph. D. 1972). Silbergeld has been a professor of Epidemiology and Toxicology at the University of Maryland Medical School in Baltimore, Maryland, an adjunct professor of Health Policy and Environmental Health Sciences at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, an affiliate professor of Environmental Law at the University of Maryland Law School, and a senior toxicologist with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). She is also the author or coauthor of over 200 scientific articles, book chapters, and abstracts, and has served on editorial boards of biomedical journals and more than thirty national and international scientific and expert panels. Her research interests have focused on mechanisms and epidemiology of lead poisoning and on mechanisms of other evnironmental toxicants, including dioxin. Areas of research include cardiovascular risks of arsenic, lead, and cadmium; immunotoxicity of mercury compounds; and health and environmental impacts of industrial food animal production. She also serves on numerous national and international scientific advisory councils and was recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" in 1993.

From the description of Additional papers of Ellen K. Silbergeld, 1982-2001. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 659787220

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