Melissa Perry (epidemiologist)

Melissa Perry is an American epidemiologist and microbiologist, who is the inaugural dean of the College of Public Health at George Mason University. Previously, she served as chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at George Washington University between 2011 and 2022. Perry was chair of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention between 2015 and 2019. Perry was appointed to the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (BEST) in 2023. In 2025, Perry was appointed as a National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) member of the Committee on Clinical Follow-Up and Care for those Impacted by the JP-5 Releases at Red Hill. Provided by Wikipedia