| Joel Schwartz | |
| Birth Date: | 12 December 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Long Island, New York, U.S. |
| Education: | Brandeis University (PhD) |
| Occupation: | Epidemiologist |
Joel Schwartz (born December 12, 1947, in Long Island, New York, United States) is an American epidemiologist, and Professor of Environmental Epidemiology, at Harvard University, School of Public Health.[1] [2]
He graduated from Brandeis University with a Ph.D. in 1980.Schwartz identified the effect on intelligence from the environmental exposure of lead in gasoline, which led to its ban in 1986 by the EPA.[3]
He is a partner of the Michigan Metals Epidemiology Research Group.[4]