Environmental health researcher, epidemiologist, and statistician, Scott Bartell, PhD, is a professor at the UC Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health in the Department of of Environmental and Occupational Health and has joint appointments in several other UCI Public Health departments as well as the Department of Statistics at the UCI Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.
For the past 25 years, Bartell has dedicated his research to quantifying human exposures and health effects caused by environmental contaminants, including perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – specifically the presence and epidemiology of PFAS in U.S. water sources. His graduate students produce impactful research on these topics, publishing first authored papers in high quality, peer-reviewed journals including Environmental Health Perspectives, Environmental Science & Technology, Environmental Research, and Journal of Exposure Science And Environmental Epidemiology.
Bartell holds a doctorate in epidemiology from UC Davis and two masters of science degrees, one in statistics from UC Davis and another in environmental health from the University of Washington. He is a member of the UCI Center for Environmental Health Disparities Research.
Toxic PFAS chemicals have been detected in many water supplies worldwide, including here in Orange County. Having studied the health effects of PFAS in drinking water for more than 15 years, I believe we must take action to minimize the negative health consequences of PFAS, including their ripple effects on health equity.
“Toxic PFAS chemicals have been detected in many water supplies worldwide, including here in Orange County. Having studied the health effects of PFAS in drinking water for more than 15 years, I believe we must take action to minimize the negative health consequences of PFAS, including their ripple effects on health equity.”