David Carpenter
Director
Institute for Health and the Environment
University at Albany
United States of America
Biography
David O. Carpenter is a public health physician who serves as director of the Institute for Health and the Environment, a Collaborating Center of the World Health Organization, as well as a professor of environmental health sciences at UAlbany's School of Public Health. He previously served as Director of the Wadsworth Center of the New York State Department of Health, and as Dean of the University at Albany School of Public Health. Carpenter, who received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, has more than 370 peer-reviewed publications, 6 books and 50 reviews and book chapters to his credit.
Research Interest
Human health effects of environmental contaminants, including metals and organic compounds
Publications
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Goodson III, William H., et al. "Assessing the carcinogenic potential of low-dose exposures to chemical mixtures in the environment: the challenge ahead." Carcinogenesis 36.Suppl_1 (2015): S254-S296.
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Codru, Neculai, et al. "Diabetes in relation to serum levels of polychlorinated biphenyls and chlorinated pesticides in adult Native Americans." Environmental health perspectives 115.10 (2007): 1442.
