David Richardson, PhD | Source | Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health at UC Irvine Joe C. Wen Scho...
David Richardson, PhD
Dr. Richardson is the associate dean of research and professor of environmental and occupational health at the University of California, Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health, is an internationally recognized researcher and expert in occupational health. With this background, his work involves designing studies that allow researchers to explore potential occupational health hazards so employers and policymakers can construct safer working environments.
Some of Dr. Richardson's research interests include the health effects of occupational and environmental exposures as well as injury surveillance and development of novel methods for epidemiology. Dr. Richardson received his MSPH and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
-
UC Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health
Associate Dean of Research -
UC Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health
Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health
-
Environmental health expert David Richardson to serve on a national committee investigating veteran health effects from atomic weapons – UC Irvine Wen Public Health
The Manhattan Project was an unprecedented, top-secret World War II government program, running from 1942 to 1947, in which the United States employed military personnel and civilians to develop and deploy the world’s first atomic weapons before Nazi Germany. This advancement paved the way for nuclear science and energy but at a cost to population health. In the haste to develop the nation’s first atomic weapons, people were exposed to radiation, chemicals, and other hazards.
Article
-
“We wanted to strengthen the scientific basis for radiation protection by directly studying settings where low-dose exposures occur,” said corresponding author David Richardson, PhD, professor of environmental and occupational health with UCI’s Program in Public Health. “Understanding those associations is essential to inform decisions about medical and commercial uses of ionizing radiation, exposure limits for the public, and workers.”
