Howard Frumkin

Howard Frumkin, a general internist and epidemiologist, is Senior Vice President and director of the Land and People Lab at Trust for Public Land, a national organization that creates parks and protects land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come. He is also Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington School of Public Health, where he served as Dean from 2010-2016. Previously he was head of the Our Planet, Our Health initiative at the Wellcome Trust in London (2018-19), Director of the National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR) at the CDC (2005-2010), and Professor and Chair of Environmental and Occupational Health, and Professor of Medicine, at Emory University (1990-2005).