Ann Behrmann, MD

Dr. Ann Behrmann is a retired pediatrician for Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin, an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Pediatrics at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, and on the Board of Visitors at the UW-Madison Global Health Institute. She is currently serving as the Program Director for the American Academy of Pediatrics’ International Community Access to Child Health (ICATCH) grants program.

Dr. Behrmann is interested in a wide variety of child health issues, including school health and disabled children in low resource settings.

Her interest in environmental health began when her patients who lived adjacent to the Badger Army Ammunition Plant in Baraboo, WI asked for help looking at the connection between health problems and contamination of their well water with volatile organic compounds.  She has worked for decades with Physicians for Social Responsibility Wisconsin in Madison on abolition of nuclear weapons, violence prevention and now environmental health issues with the Wisconsin Environmental Health Network. 

Susan Davidson, MD

Dr. Susan Davidson practiced Maternal Fetal Medicine at St Marys Hospital Medical Center and is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Family Practice at UW-Madison.  

Dr. Davidson founded the Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison after she recognized that their Birth Center program was incomplete without expanded services for women with at-risk pregnancies. She also helped plan the Dean & St. Mary’s Women and Children’s Comprehensive Clinical Center, providing coordinated and holistic health care for women and children throughout their lifespan. 

Dr. Davidson has spoken across Wisconsin on obstetrical issues. Her experience in high-risk obstetrics has led to her passion for understanding how environmental impacts affect pregnancy.  She is a member of the Council on Birth Defect Prevention and Surveillance for Wisconsin, which is charged with making recommendations to the Department of Health Services (DHS) regarding the Wisconsin Birth Defects Registry (WBDR).

Claire Gervais, MD

Dr. Claire Gervais is Clinical Associate Professor with the University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. She actively works on a number of environmental issues including pest management policy, climate change, eliminating coal/fossil fuel dependence, eliminating triclosan use, and fragrance use policy.

She is one of the founders of Healthy Lawn Team, a non-profit organization which educates communities about the risks of lawn care pesticides. In the last 1-2 decades, Dr. Gervais continues to work with both UW Health and the City of Madison on pesticide policy to reduce the use of pesticides.

This last year, she helped found the Wisconsin Health Professionals for Climate Action, a group of health professionals whose mission it is to get the word out to other health professionals, policy makers and the public that the global climate crisis is a public health emergency.

She offers presentations on the health risks of pesticides, climate change, and coal fired power plants to community, classroom and professional groups.

Beth Neary, MD

Dr. Beth Neary, co-president of WEHN, is Clinical Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. She is the Wisconsin champion for the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU), Region 5. She is a member of the Council on Environmental Health of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

After practicing primary care pediatrics for nearly 20 years, Dr. Neary has devoted her time to educating clinicians and legislators about the health impacts of environmental exposures, esp children. In 2017, Dr. Neary presented to legislators at the WI State Capitol in support of a lead bill to replace lead service lines. After the bill passed in 2018, Dr. Neary was recognized as an "Everyday Hero" by the Environmental Defense Find. In 2020 and 2021, she testified on bills related to PFAS and PAH's. She recently served on a committee with National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine to develop guidelines for clinicians with regard to PFAS.

She currently teaches environmental health to medical students and pediatric residents at UW-Madison.

Henry Anderson, MD

Dr. Henry Anderson is a current Adjunct Professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and retired in 2016 from his position as a Wisconsin State Environmental and Occupational Disease Epidemiologist, and Chief Medical Officer in the Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Department of Health Services.

He has conducted public health population surveillance and numerous epidemiological studies, most recently using biomarkers of chemical exposure working closely with multiple state public health agencies and laboratories. He has authored over 285 publications.

Dr. Anderson currently serves as Chair of the Presidential Advisory Board on Radiation Worker Compensation.  He is a fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is associate editor of the American Journal of Industrial Medicine. Throughout his career he has supported volunteer advocacy organizations both nationally and within Wisconsin.