National Center for Environmental Research
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mr. Fields began public service at the Louisiana Office of Public Health in New Orleans, where he conducted health assessments in partnership with local communities, EPA Region 6, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) as a part of Superfund cleanup efforts. Mr. Fields joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1997 to strengthen community involvement in Superfund and other federal- and state-managed clean-up processes as the national coordinator of the Technical Outreach Services to Communities Program, which linked community leaders with independent, university-based toxicologists, epidemiologists, engineers, and urban planners free of charge. Mr. Fields is currently an Environmental Health Scientist at EPA’s National Center for Environmental Research where he manages extramural basic science, epidemiology, and exposure science research with a special emphasis on children’s health, tribal populations, and environmental justice communities. Mr. Fields holds a Masters of Science in Public Health and a Bachelors of Science degree from Tulane University.