Lynn Goldman is one of the most popular and richest Academic who was born on April 24, 1951 in Galveston, Texas, United States. Lynn R. Goldman was born April 24, 1951. She is Dean of the Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University. She is an American pediatrician, epidemiologist, and American public health doctor.
She was formerly a professor of environment health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Perhaps her most notable contribution is the 1996 Food Protection Act, which Congress passed. This law required that children be protected from pesticides.
In 2016, Goldman received the Walsh McDermott Award for distinguished service to the National Academy of Medicine, recognizing her more than 30-year-history of volunteering.
In 2018, Goldman was nominated as a member of the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars.
Goldman was appointed in 1993 by President Bill Clinton. She was also confirmed by the US Senate to be Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances, the US Environmental Protection Agency. This made her the first physician to hold this position. She was active in reforming pesticide legislation, assessing industrial-chemical hazards, as well as children’s health.
