Company: Principals
Barbara D. Beck, Ph.D., DABT
Dr. Beck is an expert in toxicology and in health risk assessment for environmental chemicals, especially metals and air pollutants and the author of over 50 book chapters and journal articles on these topics. Dr. Beck directs Gradient's toxicology and risk assessment practice. She has performed site-specific risk assessments, developed exposure and risk assessment methodologies, risk assessment, and has presented the results to different audiences including regulatory agencies, the U.S. Congress and the public. Before joining Gradient, she was Chief of Air Toxics Staff in Region I EPA. Prior to that she was a Fellow in the Interdisciplinary Programs in Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. She is at present a Lecturer in Toxicology at Harvard.
