Gurumurthy Ramachandran

Dr. Gurumurthy Ramachandran is a Professor and Deputy Chair in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering in the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. He is also the Director of the Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. He has conducted research in various areas relating to human exposure assessment in occupational and non-occupational settings. His research has included the development of robust occupational exposure assessment strategies for a variety of airborne contaminants. He has pioneered the use of novel Bayesian statistical methods that synthesize exposure models, monitoring data, and probabilistic expert judgment. He has been at the forefront of research in occupational hygiene decision-making and developing mathematical methods for exposure modeling and analyzing occupational measurements. He has led or participated in multi-disciplinary teams engaged in numerous community and occupational exposure assessment and epidemiological studies in the US, India, and Canada. He is currently involved in a study of brick kiln workers in South Asia and indoor air quality in Bangladesh. These projects have involved advanced techniques for exposure reconstructions. He is also in close contact with educators and researchers from a number of institutes in India including the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (my alma mater). He has served as a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and advisory committees for the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). He is also serving on the editorial boards of the Annals of Work Exposures and Health, and the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences and Engineering from the University of North Carolina.