Paul Schulte

Division Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Paul A. Schulte, Ph.D., is the Director of the Division of Science Integration, and Co-Manager of the Nanotechnology Research Center, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Dr. Schulte has 40 years experience in conducting research and developing guidance on occupational cancer, nanomaterials, risk communication, workplace well-being, and genetics.  He also has examined the convergence of occupational safety and health and green chemistry and sustainability.  He is the co-editor of the textbook entitled, “Molecular Epidemiology: Principles and Practices.”  He has served as guest editor of the Journal of Occupational Medicine and the American Journal of Industrial Medicine and was on the initial editorial board of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention.  He currently is on the International Advisory Board of the Annals of Occupational Hygiene. Dr. Schulte has developed various frameworks for addressing the aging workforce, burden of occupational disease and injury, well-being of the workforce, translation research, climate-related hazards, and synthetic biology and occupational risk.