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Chairman
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Prof. Dr.
A. J. Swerdlow
Institute of Cancer
Research, UK
Anthony Swerdlow |
Anthony Swerdlow was educated in medicine at the
universities of Cambridge and Oxford. After junior
posts in cAlinical medicine, epidemiology and
public health in the Oxford region and London,
he worked in epidemiology at the University of
Glasgow and at the Office of Population Censuses
and Surveys before moving to the London School
of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1987. He has
been Professor of Epidemiology at the Institute
of Cancer Research since July 2000. His research
is in chronic disease epidemiology, mainly on
cancer but also on other diseases including type
1 diabetes and CJD. His research interests have
for many years included non-ionising radiation
and he is currently a member of the NRPB Advisory
Group on Non-ionising Radiation. Dr. Swerdlow
is Chairman of the Standing Committee on Epidemiology
since 2009 and has been a member of ICNIRP since
February 1997. |
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Commission Members
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Dr. M. Feychting
Karolinska Institute
Sweden
Maria Feychting |
Maria Feychting is a Professor of Epidemiology at the Institute
of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet,
Stockholm, Sweden. Her research is focused on
environmental risk factors for chronic diseases,
primarily cancer but also neurodegenerative diseases.
She has been involved in epidemiologic research
on non-ionising radiation since 1987, covering
both ELF and RF electromagnetic fields. She has
a specific interest in adult and childhood brain
tumour aetiology, both environmental and genetic
factors, as well as gene-environment interactions.
She participates in the work of the WHO EMF programme,
as well as other national and international scientific
committees. She is scientific secretary of the
Swedish Radiation Protection Authority’s
independent scientific expert group on electromagnetic
fields. |
Dr.
A. Green
The Queensland
Institute of Medical
Research, Australia
Adele
Green
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Adèle Green received her medical degree and her PhD
respectively in 1976, 1984 from the University
of Queensland, Australia and her MSc in Epidemiology
in 1985 from the London School Hygiene & Tropical
Medicine, UK. She is now working as Deputy Director
at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research,
Brisbane, Australia and is a Conjoint Professor
at the Australian Centre for International Tropical
Health and Nutrition, at the University of Queensland.
Dr. Green has served ICNIRP SCI since May 2000. |
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Other SC Members |
Dr. L. Kheifets
University of
Los Angeles, USA
kheifets@ucla.edu
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Dr. Leeka Kheifets is a Professor of Epidemiology in the
UCLA School of Public Health. Most recently she
was Head of the Radiation Studies Program at the
World Health Organization. Previously she was
a Technical Executive at the Electric Power Research
Institute, where she directed a multi–disciplinary
electric and magnetic fields (EMF) research program.
She taught at the Stanford University School of
Medicine in the Department of Health Research
and Policy. She is widely known for her work in
environmental and occupational epidemiology and
has numerous publications. Dr. Kheifets serves
on international and national committees that
provide advice to governments on environmental
policy. She is a member of the International Committee
of the Swedish Radiation Protection Authority
(SSI). She has served on committees for the National
Academy of Sciences, Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers, and National Council on
Radiation Protection and Measurements. Dr. Kheifets
is a member the standing committee on Epidemiology
of the ICNIRP and participated in EU EMF-Net reviews.
Dr. Kheifets was also a member of the National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the
International Agency for Research on Cancer and
World Health Organization Working Groups charged
with evaluating potential health effects from
EMF exposure. Her research interests include epidemiology
of cancer, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative
diseases, as well as a methodologic research in
risk assessment and policy development. Dr. Kheifets
has been a member of SCI since March 2002. |
Dr. D.A. Savitz
Brown University
USA
david_savitz@brown.edu |
David Savitz received his undergraduate training in Psychology
at Brandeis University and a Masters degree in
Preventive Medicine at Ohio State University in
1978, and his PhD in Epidemiology from the University
of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
in 1982. He was Assistant Professor in the Department
of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics at the University
of Colorado School of Medicine and moved to the
University of North Carolina School of Public
Health in 1985. He served as the Carey C. Boshamer
Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department
of Epidemiology until the end of 2005. In January
2006, he joined the Mount Sinai School of Medicine
as Director of the Epidemiology, Biostatistics,
and Prevention Institute and the Charles W. Bluhdorn
Professor of Community and Preventive Medicine. Since September 2010 he teaches at Brown University.
His teaching is focused on epidemiologic methods
and he recently authored a book entitled “Interpreting
Epidemiologic Evidence.” He directed 29
doctoral dissertations at the University of North
Carolina and 13 masters theses. He has served
as Editor at the American Journal of Epidemiology
and as a member of the Epidemiology and Disease
Control - 1 Study Section of the National Institutes
of Health and currently is an Editor at Epidemiology.
He was President of the Society for Epidemiologic
Research and the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal
Epidemiologic Research and North American Regional
Councilor for the International Epidemiological
Association. He was elected to the Institute of
Medicine in 2007. His primary research activities
and interests are in reproductive, environmental,
and cancer epidemiology. Dr. Savitz has served
ICNIRP SCI since February 1997.
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