Jonathan Michael Samet (born 1946 in

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) is an American pulmonary physician and epidemiologist who serves as dean of the

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. He is also the chair of the

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of the

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, as well as the

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of the

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Education

Samet received his A.B. from

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in 1966, his M.D. from the

University of Rochester School of Medicine A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, th ...

in 1970, and his M.S. in epidemiology from the

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in 1977.

Career

In 1978, Samet joined the faculty of the

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as an assistant professor, where he became an associate professor in 1982. In 1986, he became the Professor of Family, Community, and Emergency Medicine at the University of New Mexico's School of Medicine, as well as the chief of the Pulmonary Division there. From 1994 until 2008, he was a professor at

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, as well as the Chair of the Department of Epidemiology there. He also served as the director of Johns Hopkins' Institute for Global Tobacco Control from 1998 to 2008. In 2008, he joined the faculty of the University of Southern California as the Flora L. Thornton Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine, as well as the founding director of the USC Institute for Global Health. In 2011, he served as the chair of an

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working group regarding whether

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use was carcinogenic. In 2017 he became dean of th
Colorado School of Public Health

Research

Samet's research focuses on the health risks of pollutants such as

air pollution Air pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials. There are many different types ...

radon Radon is a chemical element with the symbol Rn and atomic number 86. It is a radioactive, colourless, odourless, tasteless noble gas. It occurs naturally in minute quantities as an intermediate step in the normal radioactive decay chains through ...

, and

passive smoking Passive smoking is the inhalation of tobacco smoke, called secondhand smoke (SHS), or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), by persons other than the intended "active" smoker. It occurs when tobacco smoke enters an environment, causing its inhalat ...

Honors and awards

Samet received the

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in 1990 and 2006, the 2004

Prince Mahidol Award The Prince Mahidol Award ( th, รางวัลสมเด็จเจ้าฟ้ามหิดล) is an annual award for outstanding achievements in medicine and public health worldwide. The award is given by the Prince Mahidol Award Found ...

for Global Health awarded by the King of Thailand, and the 2006 Public Service Award of the

American Thoracic Society The American Thoracic Society (ATS) is a nonprofit organization focused on improving care for pulmonary diseases, critical illnesses and sleep-related breathing disorders. It was established in 1905 as the American Sanatorium Association, and ch ...

. In 1997, he was inducted into the

Institute of Medicine The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), formerly called the Institute of Medicine (IoM) until 2015, is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Medicine is a part of the National Academies of Sciences, E ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Samet, Jonathan Michael 1946 births Living people People from Newport News, Virginia University of Southern California faculty American pulmonologists American epidemiologists Members of the National Academy of Medicine University of Rochester alumni Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health alumni Tobacco researchers