DAVID MICHAELS
“A champion for workers’ safety.”
—The New York Times
Dr. David Michaels is an epidemiologist and professor at George Washington University. He served as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) from 2009 to 2017 and was the longest serving administrator in the agency's history. His work primarily focuses on three areas: worker safety and health, defending the integrity of the science underpinning our public health and environmental protections, and COVID-19.
WORKER SAFETY
The New York Times
April 28, 2021
Strategies for linking safety and operational excellence to improve performance
Harvard Business Review
March 21, 2018
American Journal of Public Health
March 19, 2019
Washington Post
July 19, 2018
DEFENDING SCIENCE
Mercenary Science: A Field Guide to Recognizing Scientific Disinformation
American Educator, Winter 2021-22
A government insider exposes the industry playbook for undermining evidence-based policy
Science, February 10, 2020
Truth Decay: When Uncertainty is Weaponized
Nature, February 03, 2020
Inside Corporations’ War on Science
Vox, May 26, 2020
The Tobacco Strategy Entrenched
Science, Sept 5, 2008
Doubt Is Their Product: How Industry’s Assault on Science Threatens Your Health
Environ Health Perspect, May 2009
COVID-19
JAMA, January 6, 2022
The Washington Post, January 26 2022
The Century Foundation, November 26, 2019