Robert O Wright, MD, MPH
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PROFESSOR AND SYSTEM CHAIR | Environmental Medicine & Public Health
PROFESSOR | Pediatrics
Research Topics
Biostatistics, Epigenetics
Multi-Disciplinary Training Area
Neuroscience [NEU]
Dr. Robert Wright’s research focuses on environmental factors which influence child health and neurodevelopment. He is specifically interested in chemical mixtures and exposomic approaches to study neurodevelopment and reproductive health. His research combines state of the art research techniques in both environmental health, exposure science, and epigenetic epidemiology. As an interdisciplinary scientist, he bridges the communication gap between these fields and is leading the design and conduct of sophisticated epidemiologic research in children’s environmental health. He has been the PI of multiple NIH RO1’s (R01 ES013744, R01ES020268, R01ES021357, R01ES026033) supporting epidemiologic cohort studies in Mexico City. He is the director and founder of the Mount Sinai P30 Core Center in Transdisciplinary Environmental Health Research and the Mount Sinai CHEAR (Child Health Exposure Analysis Resource) Lab Hub. Before joining Mount Sinai he directed an NIH funded Superfund Program Project grant (P42 ES016454). He founded and leads the Senator Frank Lautenberg Laboratory in Environmental Health Sciences and the newly established Mount Sinai Institute for Exposomic Research.

BS, University of Michigan-Dearborn

MD, University of Michigan

MPH, Harvard School of Public Health

Young Investigator Award, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Charlotte Promersberger Johnston Endowed Lectureship, Medical College of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Mount Sinai Establishes Institute for Exposomic Research
Mount Sinai Spotlight: Climate Change Effects On Health
NY1 Talks with Drs  Robert Wright and Manish Arora about their latest research
Exposomics: The Last Frontier in Biological Science
Uncovering the Potential of the Exposome to Understand Health with Robert Wright, MD, MPH
Introductory Remarks with Robert Wright, MD, MPH
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