Joseph G. Allen is Director of Harvard’s Healthy Buildings Program and Associate Professor at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. A renowned forensic investigator of “sick buildings” and sought-after expert, he has advised the White House, state governments, and leading companies around the world on healthy building strategies. A key voice in communicating the science of COVID transmission to the public and debunking myths on how the virus spread, he has appeared on CBS, CNN, and Bloomberg, and has written many influential pieces for the Washington Post, the New York Times, The Atlantic, and USA Today. He is Chair of The Lancet COVID-19 Commission Task Force on Safe Work, Safe School, and Safe Travel and author of over 80 peer-reviewed scientific papers, including in such journals as JAMA and Science.
