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Dr. Ted Schettler is the science director of the Science and Environmental Health Network, and science advisor to Health Care Without Harm, an international campaign in support of environmentally responsible health care.

He has worked extensively with community groups and non-governmental organizations throughout the United States and internationally, addressing many aspects of human health and the environment. He has served on advisory committees of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Academy of Sciences, and he continues to work closely with Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Dr. Schettler is co-author of Generations at Risk: Reproductive Health and the Environment, which examines reproductive and developmental health effects of exposure to a variety of environmental toxicants. He is also co-author of In Harm's Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development, which discusses the impact of environmental exposures on neurological development in children. Ted has published numerous articles in the medical literature, and is frequently quoted in the popular press.

Among many others, Dr. Schettler's current projects include heading the science work group for the Collaborative on Health and Environment (CHE) and his aforementioned active participation in Health Care Without Harm, contributing to its international campaign to improve the environmental performance of hospitals and other healthcare institutions. He works with colleagues from other organizations and maintains an intensive public speaking schedule, giving frequent talks on environmental health, ecological health, and the precautionary principle.

Dr. Schettler received his medical degree from Case-Western Reserve University and earned a masters degree in public health from the Harvard School of Public Health. He practiced medicine for many years in New England.