Joel M. Moskowitz, PhD
Biography
Joel M. Moskowitz, Ph.D. is the Director of the Center for Family and Community Health, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley. Dr. Moskowitz has conducted research on disease prevention programs and policies for more than 40 years, most recently focusing on adverse health effects of cell phone and wireless radiation. In 2009 he served as the senior author on a hallmark paper reviewing research on mobile phone use and increased brain tumor risk published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. He has disseminated research related to wireless technology, public health, and policy since 2009. He is an advisor to the International EMF Scientist Appeal signed by more than 240 scientists who published peer-reviewed research on EMF and biology or health. His Electromagnetic Radiation Safety website is a valuable resource for scientists, journalists, and the public.
Research Interests
- Health promotion and disease prevention
- Tobacco control, smoking prevention, and cessation
- Substance abuse prevention
- Evaluation research and behavioral surveillance methods
- Health effects of mobile phone use
Education
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Postdoctoral Fellow – Evaluation Research and Methodology
Northwestern University, 1977 -
PhD – Psychology
University of California, Santa Barbara, 1976 -
MA – Social Psychology
University of California, Santa Barbara, 1974 -
BA – Mathematics
Rutgers College, 1970