Associate Professor of Exposure Assessment Science at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Director of Public Health and Business Leadership: Director of Healthy Buildings Program; and Deputy Director, Harvard Center for Education and Research on Occupational Health and Safety, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Joseph G. Allen is associate professor of exposure assessment science at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and director of the School’s Healthy Buildings program. He is also co-author of the book “Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity.” He began his career conducting forensic health investigations of sick buildings and continues to work across a diverse range of industries, including health care, biotechnology, education, finance, law, commercial office real estate, and manufacturing. He is also a certified industrial hygienist and deputy director of the Harvard Center for Education and Research on Occupational Health and Safety.
Allen is an internationally renowned expert on the topic of healthy buildings, and his work has been featured widely in the popular press, including the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, National Geographic, Time, NPR, Newsweek, Washington Post, New York Times, and Fortune. His research has also been published in numerous academic journals, and he serves as associate editor for Indoor Air and the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology.
A leading voice in the response to COVID-19, Allen is an expert member of the Lancet COVID-19 Commission and is principal investigator of three large studies examining transmission risk in buildings. He has been advising CEOs across major sectors of the economy, including health care, academia, finance, media, manufacturing, courts, prisons, shelters, and the arts. He has also been translating the science into actionable tips for the business community and the general public, publishing more than 25 op-eds in leading newspapers, including the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Financial Times, and STAT. One of the world’s leading experts on healthy buildings, Allen is a regular keynote speaker and advises leading global companies.
Allen earned his doctor of science and master of public health degrees from the Boston University School of Public Health and a bachelor of science degree in biology from Boston College.
