Meet Linda S. Birnbaum, one of the four keynote speakers for the 2024 Emerging Contaminants in the Environment Conference (ECEC24) is coming on April 24–25, 2024!
Linda S. Birnbaum, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., A.T.S. is the former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) of @nihgov, and the National Toxicology Program (NTP). As a board-certified toxicologist, Birnbaum served as a federal scientist for 40 years. Prior to her appointment as NIEHS and NTP Director in 2009, she spent 19 years at @epagov, where she directed the largest division focusing on environmental health research. After retirement, she was granted scientist emeritus status and still maintains a laboratory. Birnbaum’s research focuses on the pharmacokinetic behavior of environmental chemicals, mechanisms of action of toxicants including endocrine disruption, and the linking of real-world exposures to health effects.
A native of New Jersey, Birnbaum received her M.S. and Ph.D. in microbiology from @illinois1867.
Register for ECEC24 by April 10. #linkinbio