Please join us in welcoming our newest ASRM Research Institute Advisory Committee members, Dr. Michael Bloom & Dr. Leslie Appiah!
Dr. Michael S. Bloom is a Professor of Global and Community Health at George Mason University, where he teaches graduate-level epidemiologic methods. His research characterizes the human health risks of exposure to environmental pollutants in the U.S. and abroad, especially impacts on human reproduction and fetal development, and disparate effects among vulnerable and minoritized populations. He is a member of several peer-reviewed journal editorial review boards, including Fertility and Sterility, for which he is a methodologic reviewer. Dr. Bloom is the co-PI of the Reproductive Development Study, a prospective investigation of birth outcomes and gestational exposure to environmental pollutants found in personal care products and plastics among a diverse population from Charleston, South Carolina, and the co-PI of the Study of Metals and Assisted Reproductive Technologies, which investigates the effects of trace elements on reproductive outcomes among a diverse population of couples using in vitro fertilization (IVF) in San Francisco Bay Area of California. Dr. Bloom’s work has been supported by the National Institutes Health and the Fulbright Association.