Ernst Wynder

Ernst Ludwig Wynder
Born(1922-04-30)April 30, 1922
Herford, Westphalia
DiedJuly 14, 1999(1999-07-14) (aged 77)
Manhattan, New York, US
NationalityGerman, American
Alma materNew York University
Washington University School of Medicine
Occupation(s)Physician, educator, health researcher
Known forLinking smoking with lung cancer
AwardsRobert Koch Prize (Gold, 1990)

Ernst Ludwig Wynder (April 30, 1922 – July 14, 1999) was an American epidemiology and public health researcher who studied the health effects of smoking tobacco.[1] His and Evarts Ambrose Graham's joint publication of "Tobacco Smoking as a Possible Etiologic Factor in Bronchiogenic Carcinoma: A Study of 684 Proved Cases" appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association. It was one of the first major scientific publications to identify smoking as a contributory cause of lung cancer.[2]

  1. ^ The New York Times Biographical Service. A compilation of current biographical information of general interest. Volume 30, Numbers 1-12. Ann Arbor, MI: Bell & Howell Information & Learning Co., 1999.
  2. ^ WYNDER EL, GRAHAM EA (May 1950). "Tobacco smoking as a possible etiologic factor in bronchiogenic carcinoma; a study of 684 proved cases". J Am Med Assoc. 143 (4): 329–36. doi:10.1001/jama.1950.02910390001001. PMC 2623809. PMID 15415260.