Michael D McClean, ScD
Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Advancement
Boston University School of Public Health

ScD, Harvard School of Public Health
MS, Harvard School of Public Health
BS, University of Massachusetts Amherst



Dr. Michael McClean is the Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Advancement and a Professor of Environmental Health at the Boston University School of Public Health. His research interests focus on the use of biological markers to assess environmental and occupational exposures with respect to exposure-related disease. Trained as an industrial hygienist, he is interested in improving upon traditional exposure assessment methods by developing innovative approaches for assessing exposure via multiple pathways and for analyzing biological data. Previously, Dr. McClean has investigated exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in indoor environments, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exposure among asphalt workers, jet fuel exposure among US military personnel, and gene-environment interactions in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Currently, he is investigating an epidemic of chronic kidney disease among Central American workers, as well as the long-term neurological consequences of exposure to head impacts.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility

As the Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Advancement, I feel fortunate to be in a position to advance our DEIJ priorities at SPH.

It has now been a few years since we overhauled our faculty search process at SPH to ensure that we follow best practices, in particular toward the goal of advancing both diversity and excellence. Since implementing those improvements, we have recruited a total of 40 faculty. Overall, 53% of recruited faculty identified as female, 45% as faculty of color, 28% from groups historically underrepresented in academia, and at least 3 new faculty members have been recruited to every academic department. Moving forward, we are committed to a process of continuous improvement to ensure that we continue to adhere to best practices.

As chair of the SRD faculty search committee, I ensured that all members participated in anti-bias training prior to serving on the committee. Our roster of 35 final candidates was balanced by gender, approximately half identified as BIPOC, of which approximately half of which were from historically underrepresented groups.

I have developed new faculty support mechanisms that are available to all faculty, but especially intended to ensure resources are available to subgroups such as women with young children and our faculty of color (eg Pandemic Recovery Research Awards, option of including Pandemic Hardship statement as part of promotion process, TTD Protected Time Award). Additionally, I served on our SPH DEIJ Committee, engaged in DEIJ training, Title IX training, and participated in the All School Retreat (which included a focus on DEIJ).

Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Environmental Health




Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings
07/01/2017 - 06/30/2022 (PI of Sub-Project / SP)
PI: Birgit G. Claus Henn, MPH, ScD
NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
5T32ES014562-15

Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on Brain Aging and Dementia
07/17/2016 - 06/30/2018 (Multi-PI)
PI: Michael D McClean, ScD
NIH/National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
5R21HD089088-02

Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings
07/01/2016 - 06/30/2017 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
4T32ES014562-10

Longitudinal Investigation of Chronic Kidney Disease in Central American Workers
01/01/2013 - 12/31/2016 (Subcontract PI)
CDC Foundation Azucar Centroamer.


Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings
07/01/2012 - 06/30/2016 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
5T32ES014562-09

Precursors and Prognosis of Traumatic Brain Injury in Young to Middle Aged Adults
09/30/2014 - 05/31/2016 (Multi-PI)
PI: Michael D McClean, ScD
NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
1R56NS089607-01

Receptor-based Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity of Superfund Chemicals
09/20/2012 - 03/31/2016 (Co-Investigator)
PI: David H. Sherr, PhD
NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
5P42ES007381-19

Personnel Agreement for research services of Alexis Maule
10/01/2011 - 09/30/2015 (PI)
Department of Defense/U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine


Investigating an epidemic of chronic kidney disease in Western Nicaragua
09/01/2014 - 09/25/2015 (Key Person / Mentor)
Environmental Protection Agency


Raman Blood Draw for Environmental Exposure
09/19/2012 - 08/31/2015 (Subcontract PI)
Agiltron, Inc NIH NIEHS
2R44ES018001-02A1

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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2020 Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings 5T32ES014562-14 58
2019 Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings 5T32ES014562-13 58
2018 Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings 5T32ES014562-12 58
2017 Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on Brain Aging and Dementia 5R21HD089088-02
2017 Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings 2T32ES014562-11 58
2016 Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on Brain Aging and Dementia 1R21HD089088-01
2016 Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings 4T32ES014562-10 58
2015 Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings 5T32ES014562-09 58
2014 Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings 5T32ES014562-08 58
2013 Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings 5T32ES014562-07 58
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  1. Friedman DJ, Leone DA, Amador JJ, Kupferman J, Francey LJ, Lopez-Pilarte D, Lau J, Delgado I, Yih WK, Salinas A, Wang M, Genovese G, Shah S, Kelly J, Tattersfield CF, Raines NH, Amador M, Dias L, Pitsillides A, Ramirez-Rubio O, Amador AG, Cortopassi M, Applebaum KM, Alper SL, Banks AS, McClean MD, Leibler JH, Scammell MK, Dupuis J, Brooks DR. Genetic risk factors for Mesoamerican nephropathy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Dec 03; 121(49):e2404848121. PMID: 39585978; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2404848121;
     
  2. Banks SJ, Yhang E, Tripodis Y, Su Y, Protas H, Adler CH, Balcer LJ, Bernick C, Mez JB, Palmisano J, Barr WB, Wethe JV, Dodick DW, Mcclean MD, Martin B, Hartlage K, Turner A, Turner RW, Malhotra A, Colman M, Pasternak O, Lin AP, Koerte IK, Bouix S, Cummings JL, Shenton ME, Reiman EM, Stern RA, Alosco ML. Clinical Outcomes and Tau Pathology in Retired Football Players: Associations With Diagnosed and Witnessed Sleep Apnea. Neurol Clin Pract. 2024 Apr; 14(2):e200263.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38425491; PMCID: PMC10900387; DOI: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000200263;
     
  3. Su Y, Protas H, Luo J, Chen K, Alosco ML, Adler CH, Balcer LJ, Bernick C, Au R, Banks SJ, Barr WB, Coleman MJ, Dodick DW, Katz DI, Marek KL, McClean MD, McKee AC, Mez J, Daneshvar DH, Palmisano JN, Peskind ER, Turner RW, Wethe JV, Rabinovici G, Johnson K, Tripodis Y, Cummings JL, Shenton ME, Stern RA, Reiman EM. Flortaucipir tau PET findings from former professional and college American football players in the DIAGNOSE CTE research project. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Mar; 20(3):1827-1838.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38134231; PMCID: PMC10984430; DOI: 10.1002/alz.13602;
     
  4. Ly MT, Tuz-Zahra F, Tripodis Y, Adler CH, Balcer LJ, Bernick C, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Peskind ER, Au R, Banks SJ, Barr WB, Wethe JV, Bondi MW, Delano-Wood LM, Cantu RC, Coleman MJ, Dodick DW, McClean MD, Mez JB, Palmisano J, Martin B, Hartlage K, Lin AP, Koerte IK, Cummings JL, Reiman EM, Shenton ME, Stern RA, Bouix S, Alosco ML. Association of Vascular Risk Factors and CSF and Imaging Biomarkers With White Matter Hyperintensities in Former American Football Players. Neurology. 2024 Jan 23; 102(2):e208030.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38165330; PMCID: PMC10870736; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000208030;
     
  5. Stern RA, Trujillo-Rodriguez D, Tripodis Y, Pulukuri SV, Alosco ML, Adler CH, Balcer LJ, Bernick C, Baucom Z, Marek KL, McClean MD, Johnson KA, McKee AC, Stein TD, Mez J, Palmisano JN, Cummings JL, Shenton ME, Reiman EM. Amyloid PET across the cognitive spectrum in former professional and college American football players: findings from the DIAGNOSE CTE Research Project. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2023 Oct 05; 15(1):166.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37798671; PMCID: PMC10552261; DOI: 10.1186/s13195-023-01315-5;
     
  6. Bruce HJ, Tripodis Y, McClean M, Korell M, Tanner CM, Contreras B, Gottesman J, Kirsch L, Karim Y, Martin B, Palmisano J, Abdolmohammadi B, Shih LC, Stein TD, Stern RA, Adler CH, Mez J, Nowinski C, McKee AC, Alosco ML. American Football Play and Parkinson Disease Among Men. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Aug 01; 6(8):e2328644.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37566412; PMCID: PMC10422187; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.28644;
     
  7. Daneshvar DH, Nair ES, Baucom ZH, Rasch A, Abdolmohammadi B, Uretsky M, Saltiel N, Shah A, Jarnagin J, Baugh CM, Martin BM, Palmisano JN, Cherry JD, Alvarez VE, Huber BR, Weuve J, Nowinski CJ, Cantu RC, Zafonte RD, Dwyer B, Crary JF, Goldstein LE, Kowall NW, Katz DI, Stern RA, Tripodis Y, Stein TD, McClean MD, Alosco ML, McKee AC, Mez J. Leveraging football accelerometer data to quantify associations between repetitive head impacts and chronic traumatic encephalopathy in males. Nat Commun. 2023 Jun 20; 14(1):3470.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37340004; PMCID: PMC10281995; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39183-0;
     
  8. Petropoulos ZE, Keogh SA, Jarquín E, López-Pilarte D, Amador Velázquez JJ, García-Trabanino R, Amador Sánchez MR, Guevara R, Gruener A, Allen DR, Leibler JH, Delgado IS, McClean MD, Friedman DJ, Brooks DR, Scammell MK. Heat stress and heat strain among outdoor workers in El Salvador and Nicaragua. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2023 Jul; 33(4):622-630.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37041408; PMCID: PMC10403352; DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00537-x;
     
  9. Alosco ML, Barr WB, Banks SJ, Wethe JV, Miller JB, Pulukuri SV, Culhane J, Tripodis Y, Adler CH, Balcer LJ, Bernick C, Mariani ML, Cantu RC, Dodick DW, McClean MD, Au R, Mez J, Turner RW, Palmisano JN, Martin B, Hartlage K, Cummings JL, Reiman EM, Shenton ME, Stern RA. Neuropsychological test performance of former American football players. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2023 Jan 03; 15(1):1.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36597138; PMCID: PMC9808953; DOI: 10.1186/s13195-022-01147-9;
     
  10. Alosco ML, Tripodis Y, Baucom ZH, Adler CH, Balcer LJ, Bernick C, Mariani ML, Au R, Banks SJ, Barr WB, Wethe JV, Cantu RC, Coleman MJ, Dodick DW, McClean MD, McKee AC, Mez J, Palmisano JN, Martin B, Hartlage K, Lin AP, Koerte IK, Cummings JL, Reiman EM, Stern RA, Shenton ME, Bouix S. White matter hyperintensities in former American football players. Alzheimers Dement. 2023 Apr; 19(4):1260-1273.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35996231; PMCID: PMC10351916; DOI: 10.1002/alz.12779;
     
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This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 189 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 19 publications in 2011 and 2013

YearPublications
20011
20031
20043
20051
20065
20078
200810
200915
20107
201119
201215
201319
20147
201516
20169
20179
20185
201910
202011
20215
20224
20237
20242


2014 British Occupational Hygiene Society to Most Outstanding Paper in the Annals of Occupational Hygiene: Finalist
2013 Boston University School of Public Health: Excellence in Teaching Award
2008 Boston University School of Public Health: Excellence in Teaching Award
2007 National Institutes of Health: LRP Award for Clinical Research
2006 National Institutes of Health: LRP Award for Clinical Research
2006 Boston University School of Public Health: Excellence in Teaching Award
2004 National Institutes of Health: LRP Award for Clinical Research
2003 National Institutes of Health: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
1997-1999 ORISE Department of Energy Industrial Hygiene Fellowship
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