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Joseph Graziano Elected Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini
Joseph Graziano, PhD, associate dean for Research and professor of Environmental Health Sciences, was elected Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini, an international academy of experts in the fields of occupational and environmental health. Founded in 1982 by some of the world's most eminent scientists, the Collegium's internationally distinguished physicians, scientists, and advocates have devoted their professional lives to the improvement of occupational and environmental health.
The Collegium Ramazzini assesses risks in the workplace and the environment. It focuses primarily on identifying preventable risk factors and transmits its views on these hazards and their prevention to policy-making bodies, authorities, agencies, and the public. Presently, the Collegium Ramazzini is composed of 204 members representing 39 countries across six continents.
Dr. Graziano's research career has been devoted to understanding the consequences of exposure to metals. More recently, Dr. Graziano's work is aimed at understanding the consequences of arsenic exposure on the Bangladeshi population, and on devising strategies to reduce toxicity and provide arsenic-free drinking water, a problem that spans beyond Bangladesh to much of South Asia and other regions. Recent findings indicate that arsenic and manganese, levels of which are elevated in Bangladesh drinking water, are associated with cognitive deficits in children.
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