Dr. Laura Anderko PhD RN, adjunct lecturer for the Environmental Studies program at Georgetown University, is also Co-Director of the federally funded Region 3 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit at Villanova University College of Nursing, the Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment. She is a nurse, educator and scholar focusing on environmental health for over 20 years, publishing widely on a variety of children's environmental health topics such as climate change. She has served on a number of boards and federal advisory committees, and is currently a member of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) committee establishing Guidance on PFAS testing and health outcomes. Dr. Anderko has received numerous awards for her work in environmental health. Most notably, in 2013 she was recognized by the Obama White House as a Champion of Change for her advocacy efforts in Climate Change and Public Health.
