Leon S. Robertson

Leon S. Robertson, Ph.D., is Professor Adjunct in the Department of Environmental Health, Yale University School of Public Health. During1978-98 he occupied various positions in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies and the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University. He previously served on the faculties of Harvard University Medical School (1966-70) and Wake Forest University (1962-65). He was also Senior Behavioral Scientist in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety(1970-78). He contributed 161 articles and chapters to the scientific literature. Dr. Robertson was a member of the National Research Council/Institute of Medicine Committee on Trauma Research that produced the report, INJURY IN AMERICA: A CONTINUING PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM and was vice chair of the NRC committee that reviewed the injury control program of the Centers for Disease Control. He also served on the National Research Council Panel on Occupational Safety and Health Statistics and chaired the special interest group on Injury Control and Emergency Health Services of the American Public Health Association. He was given the Distinguished Career Award by the latter group.