Andrea Baccarelli

Andrea Baccarelli is the Dean of the Faculty and a Professor of Environmental Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His research focuses on the intersection of environmental exposures and human health, particularly examining how air pollution, metals, and climate factors influence aging, maternal-child outcomes, and chronic disease.

His work involves extensive NIH-funded projects on topics including:

• Prenatal Traffic-Related Air Pollutants and Child Cognition
• Extracellular Vesicles in Aging Studies
• Epitranscriptomic Mechanisms of Arsenic-Induced Diabetes
• Maternal Obesity Risks from Particulate Pollution

Key research areas include DNA Methylation, Environmental Epidemiology, and Extracellular Vesicle Biology. His recent publications highlight collaborations across 1120 concepts with 135 co-authors, including Joel Schwartz and Petros Koutrakis.

He is actively involved in public health education initiatives, including the development of intensive short-term courses for health professionals.