Bernard Goldstein

Dr. Bernard Goldstein is emeritus Dean and emeritus Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. He has published close to 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals primarily on issues related to environmental health. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and has chaired over a dozen IOM or National Research Council Committees. His past experience includes service as Assistant Administrator for Research and Development of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1983-1985, and President of the Society for Risk Analysis. He recently was a visiting professor at the University of Cologne where he studied EU/US differences in shale gas development. He was the original chair and now a member of the Coordinating Committee of the Gulf Region Health Outreach Program, a five year $105 million program providing funding to Federally Qualified Health Clinics in counties and parishes in four states affected by the Deepwater Horizon Oil disaster. In addition to studies of shale gas and of recovery from the Gulf Oil spill, he is currently active in exploring the interface between environmental health science and public policy.