Dr Jamaji Nwanaji-Enwerem

Jamaji Nwanaji-Enwerem is an Emergency Medicine Resident Physician at the School of Medicine and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental Health at the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, in Georgia, United States of America. Dr Nwanaji-Enwerem’s areas of expertise include environmental health, occupational health, clinical medicine, epigenetics, biomarkers, and policy. Dr Nwanaji-Enwerem has a Bachelor’s degree in Biology, a Master’s degree in Public Policy, a PhD in Public Health (Environmental Health), and is a Doctor of Medicine. Dr Nwanaji-Enwerem is an NIH National Research Service Award Principal Investigator, a former elected member of the International Society of Exposure Science Board of Directors, and served on the White House Office of Public Engagement’s Roundtables for Clinician Innovation and Health Equity. Dr Nwanaji-Enwerem has led projects with collaborators from the world’s leading scientific impact bodies including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He has published numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts and delivered domestic and international presentations. Dr Nwanaji-Enwerem’s work leverages molecular health biomarkers to improve our understanding of how chemical, physical, occupational, and social environmental exposures impact human aging and health – particularly for the underserved. It also emphasizes the need for public policy solutions in efforts aimed at achieving greater health equity and occupational/environmental justice. Dr Nwanaji-Enwerem was awarded the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine’s Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award, was included in the National Minority Quality Forum 40 Under 40 Leader in Minority Health, and received the Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine/DGUV’s Award for Young Exposure Scientists.