Joel Schwartz

{{Short description|American epidemiologist (born 1947)}}

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|name=Joel Schwartz

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1947|12|12}}

|birth_place=Long Island, New York, U.S.

|education=Brandeis University (PhD)

|occupation=Epidemiologist

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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.{{cite web|url=http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/directory/researchers/joel-schwartz|title=Science & Technology|date=20 June 2024 |publisher=Harvard Gazette}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/faculty/joel-schwartz/|title=Joel Schwartz|first=Joel |last=Schwartz |website=Hsph.harvard.edu|date=5 January 2021 }}

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.[http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/review/review_fall_05/rvwfall05_schwartz.html "Joel Schwartz: Full Throttle Environmentist"], Harvard Public Health Review Charlie Schmidt, Summer/Fall 2005

He is a partner of the Michigan Metals Epidemiology Research Group.{{Cite web |url=http://research.sph.umich.edu/people.cfm?deptID=2&groupID=3 |title=People - Hu Lab - Michigan Metals Epidemiology Research Group - Environmental Health Sciences - Faculty Research Projects - Faculty & Research - UM SPH |access-date=2010-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601083819/http://research.sph.umich.edu/people.cfm?deptID=2&groupID=3 |archive-date=2011-06-01 |url-status=dead }}