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David Michaels PhD, MPH is an epidemiologist and professor at the George Washington University School of Public Health. He has held high-level, Senate-confirmed public health positions in the administrations of President Barack Obama (in which he was Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health) and President Bill Clinton (Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environment, Safety and Health).
Michaels is a leader in efforts to defend the integrity of the science underpinning public health and environmental protections, and is the author of The Triumph of Doubt: Dark Money and the Science of Deception (Oxford University Press, 2020) and Doubt is Their Product (Oxford University Press, 2008), as well as numerous articles in Science, JAMA, and other leading scientific publications.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Michaels has focused on improving the protection of workers exposed to SARS-CoV-2. He has written and consulted extensively on the topic and was a member of the Biden-Harris Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board. He s
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Biography
INTRODUCTION by David P. Michaels
Professor Sir Alan Walters, former personal economic advisor to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and credited with being an architect of the 1980’s renaissance of the economy of the United Kingdom, honored me, not only with his friendship, but also with his sound advice over many years. In particular, he encouraged me to state what I thought about certain economic and financial sector issues, notwithstanding that some of my statements were considered contrarian and others, confrontational. Alan always said, “You must have the courage of your convictions even if it subjects you to unpopularity in certain sectors … and more so when you are proven correct.”
David P. Michaels has more than four decades of experience as a personal advisor and mentor to Heads of State; Chairman, Presidents, and CEO’s of international entities. He has served as a consultant to major private sector corporations, governmental entities and political leaders on matters associated with business, economic and political restructuring, strategic problem
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David Michaels (epidemiologist)
American epidemiologist
David Michaels is an American epidemiologist and professor in the Departments of Environmental and Occupational Health and Epidemiology at the Milken Institute School of Public Health of the George Washington University. He held high-level, senate-confirmed public health positions in the administrations of Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, including a stint from 2009 to 2017 as the administrator of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Education and early life
Michaels graduated from the City College of New York, and holds a Master in Public Health (MPH) and a PhD from Columbia University. Before joining the faculty of the George Washington University, he taught at the CUNY School of Medicine and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Career
Michaels served as the United States Department of Energy's Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety, and Health from 1998 through January 2001. In this position, he had primary responsibility for protecting the health and safety of wo
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