Linda S. Birnbaum, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., A.T.S, retired as Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Toxicology Program (NTP). Now a Special Volunteer to NIEHS, she also conducts research as part of the Mechanistic Toxicology Branch.
The group’s research goals are to investigate the extent of human exposure to man-made chemicals of environmental concern and to investigate the fate and mechanisms of toxicity of these pollutants. The expected outcome of this research is to achieve a better understanding of the risk of exposure to humans and management of this risk for protection of human health.