Faculty Profile

Dr. Franzblau graduated from the University of California School of Medicine in San Diego, completed residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Washington, and had advanced training in Occupational and Environmental Medicine at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York before joining the faculty at the University of Michigan School of Public Health in 1989. He also holds academic appointments at the University of Michigan Medical School and College of Engineering. He served as Associate Dean for Research of the University of Michigan School of Public Health (January, 2011 to May 2013), and then served as Vice Provost for Academic and Budgetary Affairs for the University of Michigan (May 2013 to December 2015). He is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Preventive/Occupational Medicine. His professional/academic activities have included teaching, research, and the clinical practice of occupational and environmental medicine. Research interests include occupational and environmental lung disease and their radiological techniques (e.g., asbestosis, asthma, hypersensitivity pneumonitis), evaluation of chemical exposures in the workplace and general environment (e.g., dioxins and metals), and work-related musculoskeletal disorders (e.g., carpal tunnel syndrome, tendinitis and osteoarthritis). From 2003-2006 he co-chaired the Health IRB at the University of Michigan, and from 2001-2009 he served as a scientific advisor to the UAW-GM National Joint Committee for Health and Safety. He was a member of the USEPA Science Advisory Board Exposure and Human Health Committee, and he has served as a reviewer for numerous scientific journals, government agencies and the Institute of Medicine.