Melissa  Smarr

As an environmental health scientist, I use knowledge of environmental exposures coupled with epidemiological methods to investigate questions regarding human health. My research is focused on environmental influences on reproductive, prenatal, fetal and children’s health. I am particularly interested in environmental exposures that affect vulnerable populations, and how such early exposures impact health across the lifespan consistent with the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease research paradigm. I currently work as a Health Scientist Administrator and Program Officer in the Population Health Branch of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).