Joseph Kevin McLaughlin
Rockville, Maryland, United States
Joseph Kevin McLaughlin, Ph.D., is a highly accomplished epidemiologist based in Rockville, Maryland. Intensely active in his field, he currently serves as president of the International Epidemiology Institute and chairman of the International Epidemiology Foundation. In academia, Joseph Kevin McLaughlin serves as a researcher in the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and as an adjunct professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
His work as a researcher focuses on topics like the epidemiology of cancer and other chronic diseases, occupational epidemiology, health risks associated with implanted medical devices, and pharmacoepidemiology. Over the course of his career, Dr. McLaughlin has published his findings in the leading peer-reviewed medical journals. He presently serves as associate editor of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute and the American Journal of Epidemiology, among other research publications.
Educated at the University of Minnesota, Joseph McLaughlin earned his Ph.D. in epidemiology in 1981. Beyond his professional interest in the field of epidemiology, he actively supports a range of cultural and charitable organizations. He currently serves as a board member of the Cosmos Club of Washington DC, the Film Noir Foundation in San Francisco and is a leading donor of the Wikipedia Foundation.