Faculty/Staff Detail

Joanna  Burger, PhD, MS
Professor, ENOH;
Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience, Division of Life Sciences, Rutgers University

Primary Affil: Rutgers University
SPH Department: Environmental and Occupational Health
Units: N/A
Campus: Piscataway/New Brunswick
Building: Nelson Bio Lab
Room: B218
Phone: 732.445.4318
Fax: 732.445.5870
Email: burger@biology.rutgers.edu

Degrees/Certifications:

PhD, 1972, University of Minnesota
MS, 1962, Cornell University

Global Public Health Experience:

No

Research Interests:

Environmental health; risk perception and communication of the hazards of fish consumption; contaminant levels in fish and other wild-caught foods and the risk from eating fish;  and effects of lead, mercury and cadmium on neurological behavior development

Community Service/Community Research Projects:

  • Examining radionucleides in fish. Partner: Aleut/Pribolof Island Association
  • Population dynamics of birds. Partner: Barnegat Bay Association

Professional Service:

  • Member, New Jersey Endangered Non-Game Species Council

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