Charles Levenstein, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator; Professor of Work Environment
Phone: 978.934.3268
Charles Levenstein is a professor of work environment policy and holds a doctorate in economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a master's degree in physiology (occupational health) from Harvard's School of Public Health, and a bachelor's degree in labor relations from Cornell University.
Dr. Levenstein belongs to many professional organizations and has published a substantial body of work. He is editor of New Solutions, an international journal of occupational and environmental health policy, previously published by the Alice Hamilton Library of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers union, and now acquired by Baywood publications. For several years he was principal investigator of a National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences-funded project providing health and safety training to hazardous waste workers and emergency responders. He now chairs an expert committee advising Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union on hazards involved in Department of Energy site clean up. His research has included policy development on lead-related problems in Hungary. He has also been Principal Investigator of a NIOSH-funded Silicosis Prevention Partnership. Dr. Levenstein chairs the Administrative Committee of the Work Environment Justice Fund, established in the WEP through the state Attorney General's office. He also is a principal organizer of the U.S.-Eastern Europe Occupational and Environmental Health Exchange. OTHER: National Association of Public Health Policy Executive Board, 1986 - date. He is a member of the NORA Committee on Social and Economic Consequences of Occupational Disease and Injury. Dr. Levenstein is Adjunct Professor of Occupational Health at Tufts University Medical School; Visiting Professor of Occupational Health Policy at DeMontfort University in the U.K.; Visiting Professor at Central European University, Budapest; and Lecturer in Occupational Health at Harvard School of Public Health.