Dr. Locke is a nationally recognized public health scientist and attorney. He is a faculty member associated with the School's Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) and its Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute. As CAAT faculty, Dr. Locke is researching the evolving law of humane science, which is a key factor in how animal alternatives are developed and used in biomedical sciences. He is also an expert in risk assessment and radiation law and policy. In 2003, Dr. Locke was chosen as one of the plenary speaker respondents for the Society for Risk Analysis’ annual meeting. He was recently appointed to the National Academy of Sciences Board on Radioactive Waste Management, and serves on its committee evaluating risk-based approaches to transuranic and high level radioactive waste.

Dr. Locke has worked extensively on environmental health and policy issues, including radiation protection, indoor air quality, alternatives to animal testing, and risk assessment. He has authored and co-authored numerous articles, commentaries and reports, and served as principal co-author of the chapter entitled “Environmental Health and Protection” in Law in Public Health Practice (Oxford University Press, 2003).

environmental law, environmental policy, risk assessment, radiation, alternatives to animal testing

American Public Health Association Environment Section Distinguished Service Award (2003)

Yale School of Public Health Alumni Public Service Award (2001)

Good Neighbor Award (2000) – presented by the Williamsburg Civic Association for outstanding contribution to the Association

Heroes of Arlington County, Honorable Mention (1999) – presented by County Commissioners of Arlington County, Virginia, for citizen and civic activism

Outstanding Achievement Award (1993) – presented by the Environmental Protection Agency in recognition of leadership in reducing the public health risks from indoor radon gas exposure

Goldberg, AM and Locke, PA. To 3R is Humane. The Environmental Forum. July/August 2004

Locke, PA (principal investigator) and others. Birth Defects Tracking and Prevention: Too Many States Are Not Making The Grade. Trust for America’s Health, 2002.

Hearne, SA, Locke, PA and others. A Public Health Strategy for the 21st Century: Strengthening our Public Health Defense Against Environmental Threats. Pew Environmental Health Commission, 2001.

Goldman, LR, Locke, PA and others. Attack Asthma: Why America Needs a Public Health Defense System to Battle Environmental Health Threats. Pew Environmental Health Commission, 2000.

Burke, TA, Ferenc, S, Anderson, H, Hisham, AE, Greenberg, A, Locke, PA, Rhomberg, L, & Wilkinson, C. A Framework for Cumulative Risk Characterization. Report of the Risk Characterization Break Out Group (BOG) from the International Life Sciences Institute-Risk Science Institute (ILSI RSI) Workshop to develop a Framework for Cumulative Risk Assessment. September, 1998.

Goodman, RA, Lazzarini, Z, Moulton, A, Burns, S, Elsler, NR, Locke, PA and Gostin, LO. Other Branches of Science Are Necessary to Form A Lawyer: Teaching Public Health Law in Law School. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 30 (2002): 298-301.

Jackson, R, Locke, PA, Pirkle, J, Thompson, FE and Sussman, D. Will Biomonitoring Change How We Regulate Toxic Chemicals? Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 30 Suppl. (2002) 177-183.

Locke, PA, Grossman, B, Burke, T and Tran, N. Can Radiation and Chemical Risk Management Be Harmonized? Health Physics 2001; 80(4):390

Tran, NL, Locke, PA and Burke, TA. Chemical and Radiation Environmental Risk Management: Differences, Commonalities, and Challenges. Risk Analysis 2000; 20:163.

Hearne, SA, Locke, PA and others. Public Opinion About Public Health -- United States, 1999. 2000; Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 49:258.

Locke, PA and Elliott, P. Caveat Broker: What Can Real Estate Licensees Do About Their Potentially Expanding Liability for Failure to Disclose Radon Risks in Home Purchase and Sales Transactions? 2000: Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 25:71.