National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR)

Staff Bio

Aaron (Ari) Bernstein, MD, MPH, serves as the Director for the National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR).

Headshot of Dr. Aaron (Ari) Bernstein, director of the National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Role at CDC

As Director of the National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR), Dr. Aaron Bernstein leads the nation's public health agencies dedicated to protecting communities from toxic exposures and environmental hazards.

Previous experience

Dr. Bernstein is an internationally respected leader in children's environmental health, having spent his career working to ensure that all children can grow up in environments that enable them to live up to their full potential. His scholarship has explored a broad range of subjects, from toxic exposures to mercury and air pollution, to infectious disease emergence due to environmental changes.

Education

He received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University, his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Chicago, and a Master of Public Health from Harvard University.

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