Beate Ritz

Beate Ritz is a Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology, Environmental Health Sciences and Neurology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the DG School of Medicine. Her research reaches across epidemiology, neuroscience, genetics, and clinical medicine with a focus on occupational and common environmental toxicants that play a role in brain health from neurodevelopment to neurodegeneration. She received the Society for Epidemiology Research (SER) 2022 Ken Rothman Career Achievement Award and the John Goldsmith Career Award from the International Society for Environment Epidemiology (ISEE) in 2024. In 2018 and 2025, she was among the top 1% most cited scientists worldwide (Clarivate).