Philippe Grandjean (professor)
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Philippe Grandjean | |
|---|---|
| Philippe Adam Grandjean | |
| Born | 1 March 1950[1] |
| Alma mater | University of Copenhagen |
| Known for | Research into the effects of toxic chemicals on the health of children |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Environmental health |
| Institutions | University of Southern Denmark Harvard School of Public Health |
| Thesis | Widening perspectives of lead toxicity (1979) |
Philippe Grandjean (born 1 March 1950) is a Danish scientist working in environmental medicine. He is the head of the Environmental Medicine Research Unit at the University of Southern Denmark[2] and adjunct professor of environmental health at the Harvard School of Public Health.[3] Grandjean is also co-founder and co-editor-in-chief of the journal Environmental Health, and consultant for the National Board of Health in Denmark.[4][5] He is known for his research into the developmental toxicity and adverse effects of certain environmental chemicals to which children are commonly exposed.[6][7]
Born in Denmark in 1950, his interest in environmental toxins began as a teenager watching birds and realizing that they were threatened by pesticides.[8] Grandjean obtained his MD in environmental medicine from the University of Copenhagen in 1974[9] and his PhD in 1979.[3] He began his career conducting field work into mercury poisoning and Minamata disease after seeing a woman with the disease on TV in 1972. This experience led him to spend his career researching neurotoxic substances.[10][11] Since 1982, Grandjean has been a professor at the University of Southern Denmark[9] and today he also heads their Environmental Medicine Research Unit.[2] From 1994 to 2002 he was adjunct professor at Boston University[9] and since 2003 he has been adjunct professor at Harvard School of Public Health.[3] In 2002, he co-founded the journal Environmental Health[4] and today he is the co-editor-in-chief, along with David Ozonoff of Boston University School of Public Health.[5]
Grandjean has authored more than 500 scientific publications and his book Only One Chance: How Environmental Pollution Impairs Brain Development – and How to Protect the Brains of the Next Generation (Danish edition: Kemi på hjernen – går ud over enhver forstand) was published by Oxford University Press in 2013 (ISBN 978-0199985388).[4]
He also features in webinars in the EU Commission Directorate General SANTE & Food.[12]
