Much of the work carried out by DTT is in support of the National Toxicology Program (NTP), an interagency partnership of the Food and Drug Administration, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and NIEHS.
Report on Carcinogens
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Suril S. Mehta, Dr.P.H., M.P.H.
Epidemiologist -
Tel 984-287-3159
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P.O. Box 12233Mail Drop K2-14Durham, NC 27709
Suril S. Mehta, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., is a staff scientist in the Integrative Health Assessments Branch of the Division of Translational Toxicology (DTT) at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Mehta conducts cancer hazard evaluations for the Report on Carcinogens (RoC), a science-based public health document that identifies and discusses agents, mixtures, substances, or exposure circumstances that may pose a cancer hazard to humans. Mehta provides expertise in environmental and occupational epidemiology, cancer health effects, exposure science, regulatory policy, impact evaluations, and systematic review methodology. Mehta’s portfolio includes the evaluation of the carcinogenicity of organohalogen flame retardants for potential listing in the RoC. Additionally, Mehta serves on a number of DTT, NIEHS, and interagency committees, including DTT's Safe and Sustainable Alternatives Program.
From 2023-2024, Mehta served on a one-year assignment as Senior Advisor for Chemical Safety at the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), a component of the Executive Office of the President. At CEQ, Mehta advised on critical chemical safety issues and policies, including developing regulations and policies related to air pollution, drinking water contamination, lead, ethylene oxide, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, chemical accidents, and carcinogenic substances. Mehta also served as the White House’s interagency coordinator for the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment response, and led efforts to ensure environmental hazards were considered as part of President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative.
Prior to joining NIEHS in 2017, Mehta served as a health scientist and Presidential Management Fellow in the Office of Children’s Health Protection’s Regulatory Support and Science Policy Division at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). There he provided scientific and children’s health expertise on EPA’s science and regulatory actions to account for children’s unique vulnerabilities to environmental health risks. Additionally, Mehta studied spatial and temporal trends of excessive temperatures linked to climate change on children as an ORISE fellow at the National Center for Health Statistics at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and investigated the links between public housing, asthma, and hospitalizations in children living in East and Central Harlem as an Epidemiology Scholar at New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Mehta received his B.A. in psychology, M.P.H. in epidemiology and biostatistics, and a Dr.P.H. in environmental and occupational health from The George Washington University in Washington D.C.