Background
Buist, A. Sonia was born on June 27, 1940 in Naini Tal, India. Daughter of Edward Frederick Gilbert Chapman and Aline de Courcy (Ireland) Ford Robertson. came to the United States, 1964.
Buist, A. Sonia was born on June 27, 1940 in Naini Tal, India. Daughter of Edward Frederick Gilbert Chapman and Aline de Courcy (Ireland) Ford Robertson. came to the United States, 1964.
Doctor of Medicine, St. Andrews (Scotland) U., 1964.
Intern, then resident, U. Colorado Medical School, 1964-1966; fellow in pulmonary medicine, Oregon Health Sciences U. (formerly U. Oregon Medical School), Portland, 1966-1968; fellow in pulmonary physiology, Oregon Health Sciences U. (formerly U. Oregon Medical School), Portland, 1968-1969; assistant professor medicine, Oregon Health Sciences U. (formerly U. Oregon Medical School), Portland, 1972-1976; associate professor medicine and physiology, Oregon Health Sciences U. (formerly U. Oregon Medical School), Portland, 1976-1981; professor medicine, Oregon Health Sciences U. (formerly U. Oregon Medical School), Portland, since 1981; professor physiology, public health and preventive medicine, Oregon Health Sciences U. (formerly U. Oregon Medical School), Portland, since 1991; head pulmonary and critical care division, Oregon Health Sciences U. (formerly U. Oregon Medical School), Portland, since 1983. Member of advisory county National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.,1990-1994.
Author: Hikes and Walks on Mount Hood, 1994. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Thoracic Society (president 1990-1991, numerous other offices), European Respiratory Society, American Society for Epidemiologic Research, International Epidemiologic Association, American Federation for Clinical Research.
Married Neil Robertson McKenzie Buist, June 21, 1964. Children: Catriona Mary de Courcy Buist, Alison Rosemary Latto Buist, Diana Susan MacKenzie Buist.