By U.S. EPA | October 10, 2023
As we speak, U.S. EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan introduced his choices for membership of the Science Advisory Board and Clear Air Scientific Advisory Committee. The well-qualified consultants chosen by Administrator Regan carry a cross-selection of scientific disciplines and the expertise wanted to offer sound scientific recommendation to EPA management to assist advance the company’s mission.
“All the pieces we do at EPA have to be grounded within the newest and finest obtainable science, adhering to the very best commonplace of scientific integrity,” Regan mentioned. “The Science Advisory Board and the Clear Air Scientific Advisory Committee will be sure that EPA continues to obtain sound, impartial science-based recommendation. I wish to thank these members leaving SAB and CASAC for his or her excellent service and welcome the most recent members that may apply their widely-respected and trusted experience to our work to guard public well being and our surroundings.”
The membership solicitation course of resulted in 115 nominations for the SAB and eight CASAC nominations to fill the required slot for a member representing State air air pollution management companies. All candidates have been evaluated by the Science Advisory Board Employees Workplace and proposals got by SABSO to the Administrator for him to contemplate for his choices.
EPA additionally introduced immediately that Dr. Kimberly L. Jones, Affiliate Provost for School Affairs and Professor, Division of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Howard College, has been named chair of the Science Advisory Board. Dr. Jones is the primary African-American Chair and first Chair to symbolize a traditionally black faculty or college.
“We have been lucky to have an impressive group of nominees this yr, ensuing within the choice of high-caliber scientist and technical consultants to hitch the SAB and CASAC,” mentioned Thomas Brennan, Director of the SABSO.
New SAB Members
Chair of the SAB
Dr. Kimberly L. Jones – Affiliate Provost for School Affairs and Professor, Division of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Howard College.
SAB Members with Twin Appointments to the Chemical Evaluation Advisory Committee
Dr. John DiGiovanni – Professor within the Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy on the College of Texas at Austin. He presently holds the Coulter R. Sublett Endowed Chair in Pharmacy. As well as, Dr. DiGiovanni is Director of the Heart for Molecular Carcinogenesis and Toxicology and Affiliate Director for Fundamental Analysis within the LiveSTRONG Most cancers Institute, Dell Medical Faculty on the College of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Rebecca Fry – Distinguished Professor within the Division of Environmental Sciences and Engineering on the Gillings Faculty of International Public Well being on the College of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Dr. Fry can also be the Carol Remmer Angle Distinguished Professor in Youngsters’s Environmental Well being.
Dr. Douglas C. Wolf, D.V.M, Ph.D. – Senior Fellow, Syngenta
SAB Member with Twin Appointment to the Financial Evaluation Committee
Dr. Maximilian Auffhammer – George Pardee Jr. Professor of Worldwide Sustainable Growth, the Regional Affiliate Dean within the School of Letters and Science, and the Vice-Chair of the Educational Senate at UC Berkeley.
SAB Member with Twin Appointment to the Environmental Justice Science Committee
Dr. Veronica J. Berrocal – Professor within the Division of Statistics on the College of California Irvine (UCI).
Further SAB Member
Dr. Yiliang Zhu – Professor and Chief within the Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Preventive Medication College of New Mexico Faculty of Medication.
New CASAC Member
Mr. Henry (Dirk) Felton – New York State Division of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC)
