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Matthew P. Longnecker is a senior investigator in the Epidemiology Branch of the NIEHS. He graduated from Antioch College and Dartmouth Medical School, completed a residency in internal medicine at Temple University Hospital, and then received a doctorate in epidemiology from Harvard School of Public Health. He was an assistant professor of epidemiology at UCLA School of Public Health before joining NIEHS in 1995. He has authored more than 140 articles in peer-reviewed journals and is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Epidemiology, Epidemiology, and Environmental Research.
At present Dr. Longnecker’s research focuses on the health effects of early-life exposure to environmental contaminants. He has ongoing projects to examine the effects of DDT, bisphenol A, and organophosphate pesticides. These projects are being conducted in Africa, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Norway.
