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Andrew Maynard Andrew Maynard, Ph.D.
Professor and Interim Chair of Environmental Health Sciences
Phone: 734-647-6856 E-mail: maynarda@umich.edu
Faculty Profile
Video: http://www.youtube.com/v/yYXWHVZU0_g&hd=1

  • Studies the potential health and environmental impacts of emerging technologies such as nanotechnology, and serves as Director of the University of Michigan Risk Science Center.
  • Specific topics include the health, environmental, social and economic impacts of emerging technologies such as nanotechnology, synthetic biology and geoengineering; developing science and oversight policy that addresses emergent risks without unnecessarily stifling innovation; risk communication; and enabling members of the public, policy makers, industry and NGO's to make science-informed decisions on risks to human health and the environment.
  • Writes and testifies widely on managing the potential impacts of emerging technologies on society.

Other topics for Andrew Maynard

  • Disasters
  • Emerging technologies
  • Environmental disasters
  • Health communication
  • Innovation
  • Nanotechnology
  • Nuclear energy
  • Oil spills
  • Policy & regulation
  • Radiation
  • Responsible innovation
  • Risk assessment
  • Risk communication
  • Science policy
  • Technology

Topic: Policy & regulation

Cliff Douglas, J.D.
Adjunct Lecturer in Health Management & Policy
Phone: 734-936-0939 E-mail: cdoug@umich.edu
Faculty Profile

  • Focuses on policies related to smoking in workplaces and public places and on regulation of tobacco products and their marketing.      MORE

Brant E. Fries, PhD
Professor in Health Management and Policy
Phone: (734) 936-2107 E-mail: bfries@umich.edu
Faculty Profile

  • Helped develop Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI), federally mandated evaluation of nursing home residents, providing information on approximately 4.8 million residents per year.     MORE

Peter D. Jacobson, JD, MPH
Professor in Health Management and Policy
Phone: (734) 936-0928 E-mail: pdj@umich.edu
Faculty Profile

  • Current research interests focus on the relationship between law and health care delivery and policy, tobacco control policy, the study of health care safety net providers, and public health systems. Director of the Center for Law and Ethics and Health.     MORE

Andrew Maynard, Ph.D.
Professor and Interim Chair in Environmental Health Sciences
Phone: 734-647-6856 E-mail: maynarda@umich.edu
Faculty Profile

  • Studies the potential health and environmental impacts of emerging technologies such as nanotechnology, and serves as Director of the University of Michigan Risk Science Center.     MORE

Kenneth E. Warner, Ph.D.
Avedis Donabedian Distinguished University Professor of Public Health in Health Management and Policy
Phone: (734) 763-5454 E-mail: kwarner@umich.edu
Faculty Profile

  • Research focuses on economic and policy aspects of disease prevention and health promotion, with a special emphasis on tobacco and health.     MORE

Relevant Issues of Findings Magazine

Research Highlights-- Soap, Plain & Antibacterial

Future Findings--The Politics of Health Care

Dean Ken Warner: Real-World Player. In public health, says the school's new dean, "what you're working on matters."

Future Findings-- Smoking in America

Alumni Network (John-Paul Vader)-- A Pan-European Public Health Culture

From the Dean: Getting Respect for Public Health

Future Findings-- The Human Lung: A National Resource, Desperately Needed (PDF)

Future Findings-- Organ Transplants: From Research to Policy (PDF, page 44)

Alumni Network-- Life on the Hill: Danielle Turnipseed tackles tough issues in her first year as a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole (PDF, page 40)

Dynamic Duo: Forty years ago, John Griffith was a 26-year-old assistant professor and Gail Warden was a quiet 22-year-old student. Now they're among the most distinguished health care leaders in the nation (PDF, page 24-27)

Alumni Network (Kimberlydawn Wisdom)-- A Bold Step for Michigan (PDF, page 36)

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