Philippe Grandjean (professor)

Philippe Grandjean
Philippe Adam Grandjean
Born (1950-03-01) 1 March 1950 (age 74)[1]
Denmark
NationalityDanish
Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen
Known forResearch into the effects of toxic chemicals on the health of children
Scientific career
FieldsEnvironmental health
InstitutionsUniversity of Southern Denmark
Harvard School of Public Health
ThesisWidening 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]

  1. ^ "Philippe Grandjean". altinget.dk. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Philippe Grandjean". University of Southern Denmark. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Philippe Grandjean". Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  4. ^ Patton, P. (16 April 2014). "Dr. Philippe Grandjean on Chemical Brain Drain: How the Next Generation's Brain Functions are Endangered by EDCs and Other Environmental Chemicals". Collaborative on Health and the Environment. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Environmental Health". BioMed Central. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  6. ^ Weintraub, Karen (14 February 2014). "Researchers warn of chemical impacts on children". USA Today. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  7. ^ Hamilton, Jon (24 January 2012). "Common Chemicals Could Make Kids' Vaccines Less Effective". NPR. Retrieved 22 February 2014.