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 John R. Froines
Dr.
Froines received his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of California at
Berkeley in 1963. He received his
M.S. (in 1964) and Ph.D. (in 1966) in Physical-Organic Chemistry from Yale
University. Dr. Froines was a NIH postdoctoral fellow with Nobel Laureate,
Sir George Porter at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. From 1974 to 1977, he was the Director
of the Occupational and Radiological Health Division of the Vermont
Department of Health and the Director of Occupational Lung Disease at the
Vermont Lung Center. Dr. Froines was the Director of Toxic Substances
Standards at Occupational Safety and Health Administration from 1977 to
1979. From 1979 to 1981, he was
the Deputy Director of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH). In 1981, Dr.
Froines was recruited to the UCLA School of Public Health and from 1991 to
1998 he was the Chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences. As
the Director of the UCLA Center for Occupational and Environmental Health,
Dr. Froines leads a multidisciplinary Center comprised of the UCLA schools of
Public Health, Medicine, and Nursing.
Dr. Froines' air pollution related research includes the health
effects of particulate matter and vapor phase co-pollutants in the ambient
environment, mechanisms of action of toxicants, chemical toxicology, health
effects attributable to air pollution. He directs the Southern California
Particle Center, a major research center devoted to studying the effects of
particulate matter on human health.
Dr.
Froines is Director of the NIH Fogarty's UCLA Program in Occupational and
Environmental Health and he is Associate Director of the NIEHS Southern
California Environmental Health Sciences Center. In addition to his research on air
pollution he has conducted research on the toxicity of arsenic, beryllium,
lead and chromium during the past decade. His report on MTBE was crucial in
seeking of other alternatives. He
has served on the National Toxicology Board of Scientific Counselors as Chair
of the Carcinogen Subcommittee.
He is a co-Director of the UCLA Center for Sustainable Technology
which focuses on green chemistry.
He is currently a member of a committee of the National Academy of
Sciences on the performance of NIOSH.
He serves on three committees of the Southcoast Air Quality Management
District. He has been Chair of California’s Scientific Review Panel
since 1997.
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