Joseph LaDou

Joseph LaDou (born 1938) is an occupational and environmental medicine physician and founding editor of the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health. From 1992 to 2005, he was director of the International Center for Occupational Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He is currently a Clinical Professor Emeritus at the University of California-San Francisco.

From 1983 to 2002, in addition to his other responsibilities, LaDou was Director, Advances in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, a continuing medical education course that trained more than 3,000 physicians (500 from developing countries) in occupational medicine.

LaDou's study of the global migration of hazardous industries has led to efforts to control occupational and environmental hazards. As one example, his study of asbestos in developing countries led to a call for an international ban on asbestos mining and use in commercial products.

Among LaDou's notable publications:

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