Dr. Howard Frumkin is Professor Emeritus of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington, where he was Dean of the School of Public Health from 2010 to 2016. From 2018 to 2019 he headed the Our Planet, Our Health initiative at the Wellcome Trust in London, and from 2010-2015 he directed the National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR) at the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Frumkin’s research interests include public health aspects of climate change, the built environment, energy policy, nature contact, and sustainability. His community and professional activities have included serving on numerous National Academies of Sciences committees, on the Boards of the Bullitt Foundation, the U.S. Green Building Council, Physicians for Social Responsibility, the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics, and the American Public Health Association, among others. His books include Urban Sprawl and Public Health (2004); Environmental Health: From Global to Local (2005, 2010, and 2016), Safe and Healthy School Environments (2006), Green Healthcare Institutions: Health, Environment, Economics (2007), Making Healthy Places: Designing and Building for Health, Well-Being, and Sustainability (2011), and Planetary Health: Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves (2020).
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