Public Health

Executive Director

Tim is PEER’s Executive Director, leveraging more than 30 years of experience working on environmental issues with governments, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and community groups. Prior to joining PEER, he was a senior attorney at the United States Environmental Protection Agency and was head of the Law and Policy Program at the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation in Montreal, Canada. He has worked as a consultant for companies on environmental compliance issues, and with nonprofit organizations focusing on clean energy issues. Most recently, he was executive director of Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility, a health advocacy group working to address climate change, toxics pollution, and nuclear disarmament issues. Tim’s interest is in the intersection of science, policy, and civil service. He believes in protecting employees who raise concerns about their workplace and in exposing undue influence on government for private gain. He holds a JD and BA from Emory University and an MA from New York University.

FDA Ignores CT Scan Misdiagnosis Risks

by PEER | August 7, 2025
Complaint Faults FDA Failure to Address Post-Market Warnings ...

TAKE ACTION | Protect America’s Farms and Food

by PEER | July 22, 2025
Letter calling on the House of Representatives to remove Section 507 from the Interior & Environment Appropriations Bill and allow EPA to complete and act on its Risk Assessment for PFAS in sludge ...

Challenge to Disastrous Santa Susana Cleanup Advances

by PEER | July 14, 2025
Newsom-Boeing Backroom Deal Illegally Condemns Site to Uninhabitability ...

EPA Putting Lab Animals Up for Adoption

by PEER | July 1, 2025
Research Cuts and Lab Closures Create Surplus of Experimental Subjects ...

COMMENTARY | Trump’s Attack on Science Will Leave Us All Sicker

by Tim Whitehouse | June 23, 2025
The Trump administration’s evisceration of the federal agencies that protect our health and environment is a full-throttled attack on science that will set our nation back for years, if not decades to come ...
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