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Personal Biography of Dr. Michael Lebowitz
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Michael Lebowitz has a Ph.D. in, Epidemiology & International Health, and Environmental Health Sciences (with minors in Sociology and Biostatistics), and a Ph.C. in Preventive Medicine (with a minor in Biomedical Sciences) from the University of Washington (Seattle). He also has an MA in Biostatistics (with a minor in Demography) and a BA in Psychology from the University of California (Berkeley). He completed his clinical training in cardio-pulmonary medicine at the University of London Postgraduate Cardio-thoracic Institute. He started in public health in 1962, and worked in both county and state health departments in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. His areas of expertise are community-based prevention/intervention research, chronic & infectious disease epidemiology, and environmental-occupational medicine. He is a fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, the American College of Epidemiology, and the Collegium Ramazzini. He is an elected member of the International Academy of Indoor Air Sciences, the American Epidemiological Society, the International Epidemiological Association, Delta Omega (the honorary public health society), and as an honorary member of the Hungarian Society of Hygiene. He is a founding member of the International Society of Exposure Analysis (ISEA) and the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology, and a charter member the Society of Epidemiological Research. He has been a member of other medical and scientific societies. He is a past President of ISEA and recipient of its highest award, and is past Chair of the national prevention research centers national program. He has been received various honors and awards from The University of Arizona College of Public Health and Graduate College. He has been Principal Investigator (PI) of many grants and is currently the PI of a CDC Prevention Research Center and Border Vision Fronteriza (HRSA), and is Co-PI of a Legacy Foundation grant and an NIH-NHLBI grant. Dr. Lebowitz has served on the EPA Science Advisory Board, on National Academy of Sciences (NRC-NAS/IOM) committees, and has been a consultant and peer-reviewer for EPA, NIH, NIOSH and other agencies for over 30 years. He has also served as member/chair of committees for WHO, PAHO, and UNEP. He has been an expert consultant and witness for state and federal government agencies, various NGOs and CBOs. He has over 400 peer-reviewed publications.