Gwen W. Collman

Gwen W. Collman is an American environmental epidemiologist. Collman is acting deputy director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and works as director of the division of extramural research and training.

Life Collman received a Ph.D. in Environmental Epidemiology from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health in 1984.

Collman joined National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) in 1984 in the epidemiology branch. In 1992, she became a program administrator in NIEHS Division of Extramural Research and Training (DERT). She is credited with building the NIEHS grant portfolio in environmental and molecular epidemiology, and she developed several complex multidisciplinary research programs. These included the NIEHS Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers Program, the NIEHS/EPA Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention, and the Genes, Environment and Health Initiative. Under her guidance, a team created a vision for the Partnerships for Environmental Public Health programs for the next decade. She became director of the NIEHS Office of Scientific Coordination, Planning and Evaluation (SCOPE) in 2022.