Dr. Darryl C. Zeldin, is a Senior Investigator and the Scientific Director at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. He is an internationally recognized expert in environmental causes of asthma. The major focus of his laboratory is P450- and cyclooxygenase-derived eicosanoids, with an emphasis on how they function in the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. Dr. Zeldin received his medical degree from Indiana University in 1986. He completed an internal Medicine Residency at Duke University Medical Center in 1989 and a Fellowship in Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt University in 1993. He was recruited to the NIH in 1994 and promoted to Senior Investigator with Tenure in 2001. He served as the NIEHS Clinical Director from 2007-2011.

Dr. Zeldin is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine, is a Fellow in the American College of Chest Physicians, and is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the American Association of Physicians. He has served on a number of Editorial Boards and has co-authored over 390 peer-reviewed articles.

*Dr. Zeldin is serving on the ERF Board in his personal capacity.