--- title: David Michaels | TIME description: David Michaels, PhD, MPH is a professor at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. He was assistant secretary of labor for OSHA from 2009 to 2017, and is the author of The Triumph of Doubt: Dark Money and the Science of Deception(Oxford University Press, 2020). canonical: https://time.com/author/david-michaels/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/david-michaels/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # David Michaels ## David Michaels [David Michaels, PhD, MPH](https://www.drdavidmichaels.com/about) _is a professor at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. He was assistant secretary of labor for OSHA from 2009 to 2017, and is the author of_ [_The Triumph of Doubt: Dark Money and the Science of Deception_](https://www.drdavidmichaels.com/books)_(Oxford University Press, 2020)._ ## David Michaels *  Mar 14, 2023 ### [East Palestine Residents Should Be Skeptical of Cleanup Efforts](https://time.com/6262343/east-palestine-train-toxic-cleanup-conflicts-of-interest/) Norfolk Southern has hired the Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health to test for toxins in ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 30, 2021 ### [We Ran OSHA. Here's the Truth About the So-Called 'Vaccine Mandate'](https://time.com/6124687/osha-vaccine-mandate-explained/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 21, 2021 ### [The CDC's Mask Guidance Ignores Employees' COVID-19 Risks](https://time.com/6050445/cdc-mask-guidance-workers/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/david-michaels/","name":"David Michaels"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/david-michaels/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/david-michaels/"},"name":"David Michaels","jobTitle":"","description":"David Michaels, PhD, MPH is a professor at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. He was assistant secretary of labor for OSHA from 2009 to 2017, and is the author of The Triumph of Doubt: Dark Money and the Science of Deception(Oxford University Press, 2020).","url":"https://time.com/author/david-michaels/","sameAs":["https://x.com/drdavidmichaels"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```