Biography
Andrea Baccarelli, MD, PhD is the Leon Hess Professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences and serves as the Director of the NIH/NIEHS P30 Center for Environmental Health in Northern Manhattan, one of such 21 centers across the country. Dr. Baccarelli's work has supported international best practices for air pollution control developed by multiple agencies worldwide, and his findings have served as the basis for the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to enforce stricter guidelines for human exposure.
Dr. Baccarelli's research investigates molecular mechanisms as pathways linking environmental exposures to human disease. Current projects investigate a range of mechanisms, including epigenomics, epitranscriptomics, extracellular vesicles and small non-coding RNAs, mitochondrial DNA, and the microbiome.
Dr. Baccarelli was elected to the National Academy of Medicine for his pioneering work showing that environmental exposures adversely affect the human epigenome and has been included in the Web of Science list of highly cited, world's most influential scientists of the past decade.
Topics
Education
Mailman Affiliations
Columbia Affiliations
Academic Appointments
Honors & Awards
Elected Member, National Academy of Medicine
President Elect, International Society of Environmental Epidemiology
Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science
Areas of Expertise
Aging and Elderly, Healthy Aging and Longevity, Big Data, Child Health and Development, Cardiovascular Disease, Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Neurological Disease / Disorders, Osteoporosis, Stress, Environmental Epidemiology, Environmental Toxins, Epigenetics, Urban Health