Ellen Kovner Silbergeld (born 1945)[1] is a leading American expert in the field of environmental health.
Her parents were Joseph Kovner, a lawyer (then with the Congress of Industrial Organizations) and Mary Helen Gion.
[2][3][4] After graduating from Vassar College summa cum laude in 1967,[5] she earned a Ph.D. in environmental engineering at Johns Hopkins University in 1972.
Her current research focuses on the role is food animal production in the selection and dissemination of antimicrobial resistance.
She has written a book on this topic, Chickenizing Farms and Food published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2016.