David O. Carpenter, M.D.

Director of Medical Research      

Dr. Carpenter serves as director of the Institute for Health and Environment at the

State University at Albany's School of Public Health. He is also a Professor at the

Environmental Health and Toxicology Division. David previously served as director

of the Wadsworth Laboratory of the New York State Department of Health and he

was recently named to New York's Renewable Energy Task Force, charged with

implementing plans to reduce electricity use through new energy efficiency

programs in industry and government. David  is currently an editorial advisor of the

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology and a member of the editorial board of the

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice and International Journal of

Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health. Dr. Carpenter, who received his

doctorate from Harvard Medical School, has 220 publications, 37 reviews and book

chapters and 12 other publications to his credit. He is host of a 30 minute public

health information show called "The Public Radio Health Show", which is carried on

more than 170 stations nationwide including the Armed Forces Radio Network and

Voice of America.