Dr. Baruch Fischhoff

Biography

Baruch Fischhoff is the Howard Heinz University Professor in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. He graduated from the Detroit Public Schools and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and psychology from Wayne State University, followed by a PhD in psychology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he was advised by notable scholars Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman. Fischhoff is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine. He has served as the past president of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making and the Society for Risk Analysis. He also chaired the FDA’s Risk Communication Advisory Committee and has been a member of various scientific advisory boards, including the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee and the EPA Scientific Advisory Board. Fischhoff has received numerous accolades for his teaching and mentorship, including the Ryan Award from Carnegie Mellon, the APA Award for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology, and an honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Lund University. His research interests lie in risk communication and decision-making under uncertainty, and he has authored several influential works, including 'Acceptable Risk' and 'Risk: Short Introduction.'

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