International Society of Exposure Analysis
Previous Distinguished Lecturers

Dr. Larry Needham is Chief of the Organic Analytical Toxicology Branch in the National Center for Environmental Health of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). His work has involved developing and applying analytical methods for assessing human exposures, via biomonitoring, to environmental chemicals, including persistent organic pollutants (POPs), perfluorinated chemicals, non-persistent organic chemicals (e.g., pesticides, phthalates, alkylphenols, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, phytoestrogens, volatile organic chemicals, chemicals of mass destruction), and heavy metals. His group is responsible for almost all of the analytical data in CDC’ biannual National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals (www.cdc.gov/exposurereport). In addition they collaborate with investigators both domestically and internationally on epidemiological studies involving the relations between human exposures to environmental chemicals and potential adverse health outcomes. Dr. Needham has authored or co-authored more than 400 scientific publications.

Dr. Needham is an active member of ISEA, former President (2003-2004), and the most recent recipient of ISEA’s Wesolowski Award. In addition to ISEA, he is a permanent member of the annual Dioxin meeting’s international advisory Board and editor of Chemosphere: Persistent Organic Pollutants and Dioxins. He also regularly consults with many groups, including the National Academy of Sciences, U.S. EPA, Health Effects Research Institute. Dr. Needham received his BS from Middle Tennessee State University in 1968 and his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in 1972.  In his first year as an ISEA Distinguished Lecturer he spoke on applications of biomonitoring data to several academic groups and professional societies in the U.S. and in Peru.

For information about the Distinguished Lecturer program or to request a speaker, contact the Chair of the ISEA Distinguished Lecturer Committee:

Yuri Bruinen de Bruin, PhD
Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
Postbus 1
3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Email: yuri.bruinendebruin@gmail.com