Lauren M Zajac, MD, MPH
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Environmental Medicine & Public Health
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Pediatrics
Specialties:
Pediatrics, Public Health and General Preventive MedicineResearch Topics:
Environmental Health, Public HealthDr. Lauren Zajac is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health and the Department of Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is a board-certified pediatrician with fellowship training in pediatric environmental health. Dr. Zajac serves as the clinical director for both the Region 2 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (serving NJ, NY, PR and USVI) and the New York State Children's Environmental Health Center network. Dr. Zajac is the director of the Children's Environmental Health elective program at Mount Sinai. As faculty at the Graduate School in Public Health, she teaches MPH courses and serves as track advisor for the Environmental Health Track. Dr. Zajac is also an elected member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) executive committee for the Council on Environmental Health and Climate Change.
Education
MPH, University of Michigan School of Public Health
MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Residency, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Fellowship, Pediatric Enviromental Medicine, The Mount Sinai Hospital
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2018
Delta Omega Honor Society in Public Health -
2013
Chairman’s Award for Research -
2010
Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society -
2010
Bela Schick Pediatric Society Prize for Excellence in Pediatrics -
2008
Award for Outstanding Service Beyond the Mount Sinai Community -
2007
Award for Innovation
Social Determinants of Health
screening for social determinants of health in the primary care setting
Environmental Health
prenatal and childhood exposures to environmental toxins
Prenatal Lead Exposure
impact of prenatal lead exposure from toxic waste sites in low/middle income countries
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