# Jonathan Samet > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jonathan_Samet > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jonathan_Samet.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Samet > Source revision: 1321931442 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Jonathan Michael Samet** (born March 26, 1946 in [Newport News, Virginia](/source/Newport_News,_Virginia))[1] is an American pulmonary physician and epidemiologist who served as dean of the [Colorado School of Public Health](/source/Colorado_School_of_Public_Health). He was also the chair of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee of the [Environmental Protection Agency](/source/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency), as well as the [Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee](/source/Tobacco_Products_Scientific_Advisory_Committee) of the [Food and Drug Administration](/source/Food_and_Drug_Administration).[2] ## Education Samet received his A.B. from [Harvard College](/source/Harvard_College) in 1966, his M.D. from the [University of Rochester School of Medicine](/source/University_of_Rochester_School_of_Medicine) in 1970, and his M.S. in epidemiology from the [Harvard School of Public Health](/source/Harvard_School_of_Public_Health) in 1977.[1] ## Career In 1978, Samet joined the faculty of the [University of New Mexico](/source/University_of_New_Mexico) as an assistant professor, where he became an associate professor in 1982.[1] In 1986, he became the Professor of Family, Community, and Emergency Medicine at the University of New Mexico's School of Medicine, as well as the chief of the Pulmonary Division there.[1] From 1994 until 2008, he was a professor at [Johns Hopkins University](/source/Johns_Hopkins_University)'s [Bloomberg School of Public Health](/source/Bloomberg_School_of_Public_Health), as well as the Chair of the [Department of Epidemiology there](/source/JHSPH_Department_of_Epidemiology).[3] He also served as the director of Johns Hopkins' Institute for Global Tobacco Control from 1998 to 2008.[4] In 2008, he joined the faculty of the University of Southern California as the Flora L. Thornton Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine, as well as the founding director of the USC Institute for Global Health.[3] In 2011, he served as the chair of an [International Agency for Research on Cancer](/source/International_Agency_for_Research_on_Cancer) working group regarding whether [mobile phone](/source/Mobile_phone) use was carcinogenic.[5] In 2017 he became dean of the [Colorado School of Public Health](http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/PublicHealth/Pages/default.aspx), serving in that capacity until 2023. He is currently a Professor in the Departments of Epidemiology and Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health. ## Research Samet's research focuses on the health risks of pollutants such as [air pollution](/source/Air_pollution), [radon](/source/Radon), and [passive smoking](/source/Passive_smoking).[2][3] ## Honors and awards Samet received the [Surgeon General's Medallion](/source/Surgeon_General's_Medallion) in 1990 and 2006, the 2004 [Prince Mahidol Award](/source/Prince_Mahidol_Award) for Global Health awarded by the King of Thailand, and the 2006 Public Service Award of the [American Thoracic Society](/source/American_Thoracic_Society).[2] In 1997, he was inducted into the [Institute of Medicine](/source/Institute_of_Medicine).[2] In 2025, Samet was awarded the [Calderone Prize](/source/Calderone_Prize), the most prestigious award in the field of public health.[6] ## References 1. ["Jonathan Samet Curriculum Vitae"](https://web.archive.org/web/20151228091014/http://hscdm.unm.edu/hslic/oralhist/PDF/SametJOH.pdf). Archived from [the original](http://hscdm.unm.edu/hslic/oralhist/PDF/SametJOH.pdf) on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015. 1. ["Jonathan Samet"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150909200741/http://globalhealth.usc.edu/Home/About%20Us/Directors%20and%20Staff/Jonathan%20Samet). *University of Southern California*. Archived from [the original](http://globalhealth.usc.edu/Home/About%20Us/Directors%20and%20Staff/Jonathan%20Samet) on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015. 1. Brust, Jane (Winter 2009). ["Faculty Profile: Making the World a Healthier Place"](https://web.archive.org/web/20151023002312/http://www.usc.edu/hsc/info/pr/keckmed/winter09/samet.html). *Keck Medicine Magazine*. Archived from [the original](http://www.usc.edu/hsc/info/pr/keckmed/winter09/samet.html) on 2015-10-23. Retrieved 19 September 2015. 1. ["Jonathan Samet Curriculum Vitae"](https://www.fda.gov/downloads/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/TobaccoProductsScientificAdvisoryCommittee/UCM202333.pdf). FDA. 24 February 2010. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160311075543/https://www.fda.gov/downloads/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/TobaccoProductsScientificAdvisoryCommittee/UCM202333.pdf) 11 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 September 2015. 1. Sample, Ian (31 May 2011). ["Mobile phone radiation is a possible cancer risk, warns WHO"](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/may/31/mobile-phone-radiation-cancer-risk). *The Guardian*. Retrieved 19 September 2015. 1. ["Calderone Honors Recognize Public Health Leadership"](https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/calderone-honors-spotlight-public-health-leadership). *Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health*. Columbia University. 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