Dr. Jonathan M. Samet

Jonathan M. Samet, a pulmonary physician and epidemiologist, is Former Dean of the Colorado School of Public Health and Professor in the departments of Epidemiology and Environmental & Occupational Health.  His research has focused on the health risks of inhaled pollutants, both outdoor and indoor air pollution, and he has also investigated the occurrence and causes of cancer and respiratory diseases, emphasizing the risks of active and passive smoking.  He has served on and chaired numerous committees of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine and he also chaired the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) of the U.S. EPA and the FDA’s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC). Dr. Samet has served as editor and author for Reports of the Surgeon General on Smoking and Health since 1984, receiving the Surgeon General’s Medallion in 1990 and 2006 for these contributions. Dr. Samet received the 2004 Prince Mahidol Award for Global Health awarded by the King of Thailand, the Edward Livingston Trudeau Medal from the American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association, the Luther L. Terry Award for Distinguished Career from the American Cancer Society, and the Fries Prize for Health.  He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine (Institute of Medicine) of the National Academy of Sciences in 1997 and received the Academy’s David M. Rall Medal for his contributions in 2015.