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Biography Wendy Heiger-Bernays, Ph.D.
Expertise Wendy Heiger-Bernays, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the Department of Environmental Health at the Boston University School of Public Health where she teaches graduate courses in toxicology, risk assessment, and environmental health. She has been consulting in the field of regulatory toxicology and risk assessment for the past 15 years. During this time she has conducted and reviewed multi-pathway human health risk assessments, developed risk-based clean-up and exposure levels, and prepared guidance documents for regulatory agencies. Her current research focuses on exposure of metals and semi-volatile compounds from urban soils in community gardens.
Dr. Heiger-Bernays’ education includes a BS in biology from the U. of Connecticut, a PhD in biochemistry from the U. of Nebraska, and post-doctoral work at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and in the Program in Toxicology at MIT. She has served as a reviewer on several NIH study sections and as a member of an EPA NDWCC committee. She currently serves as a member of the Massachusetts DEP Waste Site Advisory Committee and the Safe Drinking Water Act Advisory Committee. Dr. Heiger-Bernays is chair of her local board of health. Education Post-Doctoral Fellow 1987-1988 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Post-Doctoral Fellow 1988-1990 MIT Program in Toxicology
Ph.D. 1987 Biochemstry, University of Nebraska, Omaha
B.S. 1981 Biology - University of Connecticut
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