Donald Milton

Donald K. Milton is a professor of Environmental and Occupational Health in the University of Maryland School of Public Health, Department of Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health. He also holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is known for his research in the field of aerobiology and his pioneering work on the airborne transmission of respiratory viruses such as SARS-CoV-2. As a consultant to the World Health Organization he participated in developing the Global technical consultation report on proposed terminology for pathogens that transmit through the air. He currently serves on the World Health Organization Infection Prevention and Control of Epidemic- and Pandemic-prone Acute Respiratory Infections Guideline Development Group