Shanna Swan

Shanna Swan
Born
Helen Wittenberg

May 1936 (1936-05) (age 88)
Ohio, United States
Other namesHelen Wittenberg
Education
Spouses
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    (divorced)​
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    (divorced)​
  • Steven R. Brown
Children
  • Joshua Freedman
  • Deborah Freedman Lustig
  • Christo Swan
Scientific career
FieldsEnvironmental and Reproductive Epidemiology
Institutions
Thesis Limiting Distributions of Random Sums of Independent Random Variables  (1963)
Doctoral advisorLucien Marie Le Cam

Shanna Helen Swan (born May 1936)[1] is an American environmental and reproductive epidemiologist who is Professor of Environmental Medicine and Public Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where she has taught since April 2011.[2] She is known for her research on environmental contributions to sperm count and the male infertility crisis.

  1. ^ Neville, Sarah (June 22, 2023). "Global sperm counts are falling. This scientist believes she knows why". Financial Times. Archived from the original on June 22, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference MS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).