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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON D.C. 20460
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD
September 13, 2017
EPA-SAB-17-009
The Honorable E. Scott Pruitt
Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20460
Subject: Science Advisory Board Invitation to Attend a Future Meeting
Dear Administrator Pruitt:
The Chartered Science Advisory Board (SAB) would like to invite you to a future SAB meeting
to share your vision of the SAB's ongoing role in providing scientific advice and to hear about
your priorities for the Environmental Protection Agency.
In carrying out its mission of protecting human health and the environment, the EPA must ensure
that its decisions and actions are based on the best available science. Congress established the
SAB pursuant to the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization
Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C 4365) to provide independent advice to the Agency's administrator on the
adequacy of the scientific and technical basis for Agency actions.
The SAB has for decades evaluated scientific information and provided advice to the EPA in a
variety of ways. Frequently, the Agency requests that the SAB peer review EPA's scientific and
technical products to ensure their scientific rigor, comprehensiveness and transparency. The EPA
also requests in-depth studies and reports on new scientific issues emerging before the Agency.
The SAB evaluates the semi-annual regulatory agenda to identify actions that would benefit from
review of the adequacy of the underlying science supporting the action. It is also tasked with
evaluating nominees for the Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards. Finally, since its
inception, the SAB has undertaken a wide variety of independent evaluations of some of the
most challenging emerging scientific issues that the Agency faces.
At our August 29-30, 2017 meeting, the SAB tasked me in my role as Chair to formally invite
you to meet with us at a future meeting. Such a meeting would afford you the opportunity to

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highlight EPA activities and priorities and would allow for a dialog on how best the SAB can
work to ensure the highest quality science supports Agency's policies and decisions. Members of
the SAB come from a wide array of disciplines, geographic areas and employment sectors
including industry, state government, non-governmental organizations and academia. Although
the SAB embodies many viewpoints, all members share a commitment to the application of
exemplary peer-reviewed science to guide EPA decisions. The SAB stands ready to serve and
encourages you to take full advantage of the vital resource we can provide.
The SAB looks forward to working with you to advance EPA's mission and "ensure that all
Americans are protected from significant risks to human health and the environment where they
live, learn and work."
Enclosure
(1) Roster of SAB Members
Sincerely,
/s/
Dr. Peter S. Thorne, Chair
Science Advisory Board
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Science Advisory Board
BOARD
CHAIR
Dr. Peter S. Thorne, Professor and Head, Department of Occupational & Environmental Health, College
of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
MEMBERS
Dr. Joseph Arvai, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise and Director, Erb Institute, School
of Natural Resources & Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Dr. Deborah Hall Bennett, Professor and Interim Chief, Environmental and Occupational Health
Division, Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis,
Davis, CA
Dr. Kiros T. Berhane, Professor, Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Sylvie M. Brouder, Professor and Wickersham Chair of Excellence in Agricultural Research,
Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Dr. Joel G. Burken, Curator's Professor and Chair, Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering,
College of Engineering and Computing, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO,
United States
Dr. Janice E. Chambers, William L. Giles Distinguished Professor and Director, Center for
Environmental Health and Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University,
Starksville, MS
Dr. Alison C. Cullen, Professor, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA
Dr. Ana V. Diez Roux, Dean, School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Also Member: CASAC
Dr. Otto C. Doering III, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, W.
Lafayette, IN
Dr. Joel J. Ducoste, Professor, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering,
College of Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Dr. Susan P. Felter, Research Fellow, Global Product Stewardship, Procter & Gamble, Mason, OH
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Dr. R. William Field, Professor, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and Department
of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Dr. H. Christopher Frey, Glenn E. Futrell Distinguished University Professor, Department of Civil,
Construction and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, NC
Dr. Joseph A. Gardella, SUNY Distinguished Professor and John and Frances Larkin Professor of
Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Dr. Steven P. Hamburg, Chief Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund, Boston, MA
Dr. Cynthia M. Harris, Director and Professor, Institute of Public Health, Florida A&M University,
Tallahassee, FL
Dr. Robert J. Johnston, Director of the George Perkins Marsh Institute and Professor, Department of
Economics, Clark University, Worcester, MA
Dr. Kimberly L. Jones, Professor and Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Howard University, Washington, DC
Dr. Catherine J. Karr, Associate Professor - Pediatrics and Environmental and Occupational Health
Sciences and Director - NW Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA
Dr. Madhu Khanna, ACES Distinguished Professor in Environmental Economics, Director of Graduate
Admissions and Associate Director, Institute of Sustainability, Energy, and Environment, Department of
Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Dr. Francine Laden, Professor of Environmental Epidemiology, Associate Chair Environmental Health
and Director of Exposure, Departments of Environmental Health and Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan
School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Dr. Robert E. Mace, Deputy Executive Administrator, Water Science & Conservation, Texas Water
Development Board, Austin, TX
Dr. Clyde F. Martin, Horn Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, Department of Mathematics and
Statistics, Texas Tech University, Crofton, MD
Dr. Sue Marty, Senior Toxicology Leader, Toxicology & Environmental Research, The Dow Chemical
Company, Midland, MI
Dr. Denise Mauzerall, Professor, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Dr. Kristina D. Mena, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences,
School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, El Paso, TX
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Dr. Surabi Menon, Director of Research, ClimateWorks Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Dr. Kari Nadeau, Naddisy Family Foundation Professor of Medicine, Director, FARE Center of
Excellence at Stanford University, and Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at,
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Dr. James Opaluch, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental and Natural Resource
Economics, College of the Environment and Life Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Dr. Thomas F. Parkerton, Senior Environmental Associate, Toxicology & Environmental Science
Division, ExxonMobil Biomedical Science, Houston, TX
Mr. Richard L. Poirot, Independent Consultant, Burlington, VT
Dr. Kenneth M. Portier, Independent Consultant, Athens, GA
Dr. Kenneth Ramos, Associate Vice-President of Precision Health Sciences and Professor of Medicine,
Arizona Health Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Dr. David B. Richardson, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Dr. Tara L. Sabo-Attwood, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental and Global
Health, College of Public Health and Health Professionals, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Dr. William Schlesinger, President Emeritus, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY
Dr. Gina Solomon, Deputy Secretary for Science and Health, Office of the Secretary, California
Environmental Protection Agency, Sacramento, CA
Dr. Daniel O. Stram, Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, University
of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Jay Turner, Associate Professor and Vice Dean for Education, Department of Energy, Environmental
and Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering & Applied Science, Washington University, St. Louis,
MO
Dr. Edwin van Wijngaarden, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, School of
Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Dr. Jeanne M. VanBriesen, Duquesne Light Company Professor of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, and Director, Center for Water Quality in Urban Environmental Systems (Water-QUEST),
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
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Dr. Elke Weber, Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment, Professor of
Psychology and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton
University, Princeton, NJ
Dr. Charles Werth, Professor and Bettie Margaret Smith Chair in Environmental Health Engineering,
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering,
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Dr. Peter J. Wilcoxen, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence, Director,
Center for Environmental Policy and Administration, The Maxwell School, Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY
Dr. Robyn S. Wilson, Associate Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Ohio State
University, Columbus, OH
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD STAFF
Mr. Thomas Carpenter, Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Washington, DC
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