Dr. Maida Galvez, a board certified Pediatrician, is currently a Professor in the Departments of Environmental Medicine and Public Health and Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She directs the Region 2 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (NJ, NY, PR and USVI) and practices General Pediatrics. She currently serves as the Assistant Director of Community Engagement for the Mount Sinai Clinical and Translational Science Award and also serves as the Assistant Director of the NIEHS P30 Transdisciplinary Center for Early Environmental Exposures Community Outreach and Engagement Core. She is a member of the CDC/APHA National Environmental Health Partnership Council and is past president of District II Chapter 3 American Academy of Pediatrics.