Jun 22, 2021
Shanna H. Swan, PhD, is one of the world’s leading environmental
and reproductive epidemiologists and a professor of environmental
medicine and public health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount
Sinai in New York City. An award-winning scientist, her work
examines the impact of environmental exposures, including chemicals
such as phthalates and bisphenol A, on men’s and women’s
reproductive health and the neurodevelopment of children.
For more than twenty years, Dr. Swan and her colleagues have been
studying the dramatic decline in sperm count around the world and
the impact of environmental chemicals and pharmaceuticals on
reproductive tract development and neurodevelopment. Her July 2017
paper “Temporal Trends in Sperm Count: A Systematic Review and
Meta-Regression Analysis” ranked #26 among all referenced
scientific papers published in 2017 worldwide.
Dr. Swan has published more than two hundred scientific papers and
myriad book chapters and has been featured in extensive media
coverage around the world. Her appearances include ABC News, NBC
Nightly News, 60 Minutes, CBS News, PBS, the BBC, PRI, and NPR, as
well as in leading magazines and newspapers, ranging from the
Washington Post to Bloomberg News to New Scientist. You can find
her at shannaswan.com.
