John M. Peters , M.D., Sc.D Hastings Professor
Director, Division of Environmental Health John M. Peters is the Hastings Professor and Director of the Division of Environmental Health in the Department of Preventive Medicine. Dr. Peters has published over 150 research papers, reports and chapters on subjects such as the health effects of air pollution, magnetic fields, asbestos, vinyl chloride and other chemicals in both the work and general environment. He is the principal investigator of the Children's Health Study, which has followed 11,000 children, for periods as long as 13 years, in Southern California communities to learn the effects of air pollution on the health of their lungs. He is also the principal investigator of a NIEHS-funded program project to continue to follow these children into adulthood. Dr. Peters directed the Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center for 10 years, a NIEHS-supported center based at the University of Southern California, including faculty members from both UCLA and USC. The Center focuses on the full range of environmental health problems that humans face and trying to understand how host factors and environmental exposures interact to produce human disease.Research Interests
Health effects of environmental exposures, with a special emphasis on air pollution, using epidemiological approaches.
Degrees
Harvard University, School of Public Health, Boston Massachusetts, SCD, 1966
Harvard University, School of Public Health, Boston Massachusetts, MPH, 1964
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, MD, 1960
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, BS, 1957
Professional Experience
Professor and Director, Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, , 1980 -
Professor of Occupational Medicine, Director of Occupational Health Program, Harvard School of Public Health, 1975 - 1980
Associate Professor of Occupational Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health, 1969 - 1975
Assistant Professor of Occupational Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health, 1966 - 1969
Assistant Physician, University Health Service, Harvard University, 1965 - 1966
Captain, U.S. Army. Nuclear Medical Officer, Chief of Engineers, Washington, D.C,, 1961 - 1963
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health, 1982 -
Chairman, Faculty Appointments and Promotions, Department of Preventive Medicine, 1983 - 2006
Vice Chairman, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, 1995 -
Director, Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center, 1996 - 2006
Deputy Director, Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center, 2006 -
Hastings Professor, Keck School of Medicine of USC, 1999 -
Awards
Phi Kappa Phi , 1960
Alpha Omega Alpha , 1960
Jean Spencer Felton Award in Scientific Writing , 1986
Rutherford P. Johnstone Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Occupational Medicine , 1996
Whittenberger Lectureship, Harvard University School of Public Health, 1992
Dr. Carl Moyer Award for Scientific Leadership from Coalition for Clear Air, 2003
The Robert M. Zweig, M.D. Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in Air Quality and Medicine, South Coast Air Quality Management District, 2003
Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars, 2004
Robert A. Kehoe Award of Merit, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2005
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Memberships
Advisory Panel on Preventive Medicine, California Medical Association
Advisory Panel on Occupational Medicine, California Medical Association
California Occupational Safety and Health Administration Standards Board Member, State of California
American Academy of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Fellow
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Thoracic Society
Peters JM, Avol E, Gauderman WJ, Linn WS, Navidi W, London SJ, Margolis H, Rappaport E, Vora H, Gong H, Jr., Thomas DC. A study of twelve Southern California communities with differing levels and types of air pollution. II. Effects on pulmonary function. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 159(3):768-775, 1999.
Peters JM, Avol E, Navidi W, London SJ, Gauderman WJ, Lurmann F, Linn WS, Margolis H, Rappaport E, Gong H, Thomas DC. A study of twelve Southern California communities with differing levels and types of air pollution. I. Prevalence of respiratory morbidity. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 159(3):760-767, 1999.
Gauderman WJ, McConnell R, Gilliland F, London S, Thomas D, Avol E, Vora H, Berhane K, Rappaport EB, Lurmann F, Margolis HG, Peters JM. Association between air pollution and lung function growth in southern California children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 162(4 Pt 1):1383-1390, 2000.
Gilliland FD, Berhane K, Rappaport EB, Thomas DC, Avol E, Gauderman WJ, London SJ, Margolis HG, McConnell R, Islam KT, Peters JM. The effects of ambient air pollution on school absenteeism due to respiratory illnesses. Epidemiology 12(1):43-54, 2001.
McConnell R, Berhane K, Gilliland F, London SJ, Islam T, Gauderman WJ, Avol E, Margolis HG, Peters JM. Asthma in exercising children exposed to ozone: a cohort study. Lancet 359(9304):386-391, 2002.
Gauderman WJ, Avol E, Gilliland F, Vora H, Thomas D, Berhane K, McConnell R, Kuenzli N, Lurmann F, Rappaport E, Margolis H, Bates D, Peters JM. The effect of air pollution on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age. N Engl J Med 351(11):1057-1067, 2004.
McConnell R, Berhane K, Yao L, Jerrett M, Lurmann F, Gilliland F, K?i N, Gauderman J, Avol E, Thomas D, Peters JM. Traffic, susceptibility, and childhood asthma. Environ Health Perspect 114(5):766-772, 2006.
Gauderman WJ, Vora H, McConnell R, Berhane K, Gilliland F, Thomas D, Lurmann F, Avol E, K?i N, Jerrett M, Peters J. Effect of exposure to traffic on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age. Lancet 369(9561):571-577, 2007.
IslamT, Gauderman WJ, Berhane K, McConnell R, Avol E, Peters JM, Gilliland FD. The relationship between air pollution, lung function and asthma in adolescents. Thorax 62(11):957-963, 2007.
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