Cynthia Palmer Olsen, JD, MPH, Senior Editor

Cynthia has been editing Environmental Health News since 2004.  Her environmental career began two decades earlier as the editor of Environment Times magazine at New York’s science-oriented Stuyvesant High School.  

At Harvard College, Cynthia majored in environmental science and public health policy; at Harvard Law School she focused on international and environmental law; and at the Harvard School of Public Health she concentrated on environmental and occupational health.

Cynthia has worked in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.  Her efforts have included co-authoring a report on biologically-based pest controls for the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment; overseeing chemical- and radiation-safety programs at weapons facilities for the US Department of Energy; coordinating legislative activities for the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health; and engaging in international chemical-treaty negotiations on behalf of the toxics program of the World Wildlife Fund.  Her most scenic job was to develop a plan for waste management in the Galapagos Islands.

Cynthia and her family reside in the Washington, D.C. area.  She is an avid runner and biker.