Howard W Mielke teaches and researches in Pharmacology on the topic of Environmental Signaling in Medicine. His work focuses on the “metabolism” of cities which concerns the inputs, transformation and outputs of materials and energy and their influence on human health in urban environments. He conducted his first soil lead study in Baltimore, Maryland in 1976. His early studies assisted with Congressional action for the January 1, 1986 rapid phase-down of lead additives in US vehicle fuels. He began a series of studies in New Orleans as a faculty member of Xavier University of Louisiana and joined the faculty of Tulane University after Hurricane Katrina. Howard W Mielke teaches and researches in Pharmacology on the topic of Environmental Signaling in Medicine. His work focuses on the “metabolism” of cities which concerns the inputs, transformation and outputs of materials and energy and their influence on human health in urban environments. He conducted his first soil lead study in Baltimore, Maryland in 1976. His early studies assisted with Congressional action for the January 1, 1986 rapid phase-down of lead additives in US vehicle fuels. He began a series of studies in New Orleans as a faculty member of Xavier University of Louisiana and joined the faculty of Tulane University after Hurricane Katrina.

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