Tom Matte recently joined Vital Strategies as Vice President for Environmental Health. Tom has more than 25 years of experience in environmental health research, practice and policy, most recently serving for 5 years as Assistant Commissioner for Environmental Surveillance and Policy at New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene where he directed studies of air pollution, extreme weather and other urban environmental hazards and represented the Department in applying public health evidence to the City's cross-sectoral sustainability and climate resilience initiatives.
Dr. Matte led the development of the New York City Community Air Survey, a unique urban air quality monitoring program that is informing local pollution control measures. He previously served as a medical officer at the National Center for Environmental Health of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention where his work spanned several environmental health areas, including assessment and control of lead exposure, housing and health, waterborne illness and health effects of prenatal and early childhood exposures.
