Risks and Public Policy

John D. Graham is widely regarded as one of the nation`s leading experts on risk analysis. A professor of policy and decision sciences at the Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Graham also is the founding director of the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis. The center promotes analytical thinking about societal responses to health, safety and environmental hazards. A prolific writer and speaker on these subjects, Dr. Graham has testified before Congress on a number of occasions. The Lamp interviewed him about this field of study and its application to public policy in the US.