Jonathan Samet

Jonathan Michael Samet (born March 26, 1946 in Newport News, Virginia) is an American pulmonary physician and epidemiologist who served as dean of the Colorado School of Public Health. He was also the chair of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee of the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration.

Education Samet received his A.B. from Harvard College in 1966, his M.D. from the University of Rochester School of Medicine in 1970, and his M.S. in epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health in 1977. He also served as the director of Johns Hopkins' Institute for Global Tobacco Control from 1998 to 2008. In 2008, he joined the faculty of the University of Southern California as the Flora L. Thornton Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine, as well as the founding director of the USC Institute for Global Health.

In 2017 he became dean of the Colorado School of Public Health, serving in that capacity until 2023. He was a Professor in the Departments of Epidemiology and Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health.

Research Samet's research focused on the health risks of pollutants such as air pollution, radon, and passive smoking.