Dr. Enid Sisskin is an Adjunct Professor at the University of West Florida, teaching Environmental Health and Environmental Toxicology. She also works at the local public radio and community TV station producing an environmentally-themed TV show and radio spots. Sisskin worked at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health. She has conducted research at Everglades National Park’s South Florida Research Center and also worked in the park’s Resource Management division.
For more than 15 years, Sisskin has been an outspoken advocate against offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, and she has been interviewed and published widely on the environmental risks associated with offshore drilling, testifying before Congress on the issue in 2006. Sisskin also serves on the board of Gulf Coast Environmental Defense and the Florida Conservation Alliance, as well as on various state and local committees concerning a variety of environmental issues. She received a BA from Queens College of the City University of New York, an MS from Southern Illinois University, and a PhD in Pathobiology from Columbia University.