Safe Work, Safe School, and Safe Travel
Publications of the Safe Work, Safe School, and Safe Travel Task Force express the findings, results, and views of members of the Safe Work, Safe School, and Safe Travel Task Force. They do not reflect the findings, results, and views of Commissioners not engaged on the Task Force or of the Lancet family of journals or other publication outlets unless explicitly specified. The Safe Work, Safe School, and Safe Travel Task Force does not contribute to other publications or statements issued by the Lancet COVID-19 Commission or the Task Forces or to other publications in the Lancet family of journals or other publication outlets, unless explicitly specified.
Task Force members serve in their individual capacities, on an honorary basis. The Secretariat of the Safe Work, Safe School, and Safe Travel Task Force is hosted by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Center for Sustainable Development (CSD), Columbia University.
Task Force Publications:
Members:
Dr. Joseph Allen (Chair) Associate Professor, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (USA)
Dr. Joseph G. Allen is an associate professor of exposure science at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and co-author of Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity, with John Macomber at Harvard Business School. MORE
Dr. Leslie Cadet Attending Physician, Loma Linda University Medical Center (USA)
Dr. Cadet is an accomplished Air Force Veteran whose work as a Flight Surgeon aided in the successful execution of 1,080 combat missions and 2,000 airlift missions in support of Operations INHERENT RESOLVE and ENDURING FREEDOM. MORE
Dr. Xiaodong Cao Associate Professor, Beihang University (China)
Dr. Xiaodong Cao currently works as an associate professor of indoor environmental health at the Department of Human Machine and Environment Engineering, School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University. MORE
Dr. Richard Corsi Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of California, Davis (USA)
Richard L. Corsi is Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of California, Davis. He previously served on the faculty of the University of Guelph prior to 24 years in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin and as Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Portland State University. MORE
Dr. Qingyan Chen Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University (USA)
Dr. Qingyan “Yan” Chen is James G. Dwyer Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University. He serves also as the Editor-in-Chief of the international journal “Building and Environment”. MORE
Ms. Kelly Grier US Chair and Managing Partner and Americas Managing Partner, EY (USA)
Kelly Grier is the EY US Chair and Managing Partner and Americas Managing Partner. As leader of EY’s largest area, she oversees more than 80,000 people in 31 countries, with an annual revenue of $17.2 billion. MORE
Prof. Meira Levinson Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education (USA)
Meira Levinson is a normative political philosopher who works at the intersection of civic education, youth empowerment, racial justice, and educational ethics. In doing so, she draws upon scholarship from multiple disciplines. MORE
Prof. Yuguo Li Professor of Building Environment, The University of Hong Kong (China)
Yuguo Li is a Chair Professor of Building Environment, and Honorary Professor of School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong. With a fluid dynamics background, he has a particular research interest on how air moves in a broad length scale of natural and human-made spaces. MORE
Mr. John Macomber Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School (USA)
John Macomber is a Senior Lecturer in the Finance unit at Harvard Business School. His professional background includes leadership of real estate, construction, and information technology businesses. At HBS, Mr. Macomber's work focuses on the future of cities. MORE
Dr. Linsey Marr Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech University (USA)
Dr. Linsey Marr is the Charles P. Lunsford Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. She applies the tools of aerosol science, atmospheric chemistry, and air quality engineering to study transmission of viruses in droplets and aerosols. MORE
Prof. David Michaels Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health, George Washington University (USA)
David Michaels is an epidemiologist and Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health of George Washington University. He is a member of the Biden Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board. MORE
Dr. Shelly L. Miller Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder (USA)
Shelly L. Miller, Ph.D., is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and faculty in the Environmental Engineering Program at the University of Colorado Boulder, holding an M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of California, Berkeley and a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from Harvey Mudd College. MORE
Prof. Lidia Morawska Professor, Queensland University of Technology (Australia)
Lidia Morawska is a Professor at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia, and the Director of the International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (ILAQH) at QUT, which is a Collaborating Centre of the World Health Organization on Research and Training in the field of Air Quality and Health. MORE
Dr. Alasdair Munro Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Southampton (UK)
Dr Alasdair Munro is a clinical research fellow specialising in pediatric infectious diseases, including early and late phase clinical trials of vaccines and antibiotics. Since March 2020 he has been leading the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health review of published evidence regarding COVID-19 in children. MORE
Dr. Nira Pollock Associate Medical Director Infectious Diseases Diagnostic Laboratory, Boston Children’s Hospital (USA)
Nira Pollock, MD, PhD is the Associate Medical Director of the Infectious Diseases Diagnostic Laboratory at Boston Children’s Hospital and a faculty member of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. She is an Associate Professor of both Pathology and Medicine at Harvard Medical School. MORE