Michael J. Kosnett, MD, MPH, FACMT
Director
University of Colorado 

Dr. Kosnett is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, an Associate Adjunct Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health, and an Attending Physician at the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Safety. He is board certified in internal medicine, preventive medicine (occupational medicine) and medical toxicology. He completed his medical degree and later his occupational medicine residency at the University of California, San Francisco. He is licensed to practice medicine in Colorado and California.

Dr. Kosnett has longstanding clinical, academic, and research interests regarding complex health problems arising from exposure to toxic substances in occupational and environmental settings. He has served in a leadership and advisory capacity to multiple national and international organizations, including appointments as President of the American College of Medical Toxicology; member of the Committee on Toxicology of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM); and NIOSH Board of Scientific Counselors. In 2016, Dr. Kosnett was the recipient of the American College of Medical Toxicology career achievement award in recognition of “extraordinary contributions to the field of medical toxicology.”

Dr. Kosnett recently completed a three year term on the ACOEM Council on Government Affairs and the ACOEM Council of Scientific Advisors. In this capacity, he played an active role with ACOEM and WOEMA in advocating for health protective revisions of Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA occupational lead standards. He has spoken on scientific and policy topics at [ast meetings of the Western Occupational Health Conference and the former Rocky Mountain Academy of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.