Melissa Perry
Dean, College of Public Health, George Mason University
Dr. Melissa Perry, recently named of the area’s top 50 most influential people of 2024 by Nothern Virginia Magaizine, is a member of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology; a past president and fellow of the American College of Epidemiology; chair of the Research Committee of the Health Effects Institute; past co-chair of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Emerging Science; and past chair of the Board of Scientific Counselors of the Center for Environmental Health’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Prior to coming to George Mason, Perry served as a professor and chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at George Washington University. She has published more than 150 frequently cited manuscripts, technical reports, book chapters, commentaries, and book reviews, and has presented at over 25 American universities and in over 17 countries.
