Background
Woods, James Sterrett was born on February 26, 1940 in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James Sterrett and Jane Smith (Parker) Woods.
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James Sterrett Woods
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AB, Princeton University, 1962; Master of Science, U. Washington, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Washington, 1970; Master in Public Health, U. North Carolina, 1978.
Career
Research associate department pharmacology, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, 1970-1972; staff fellow environmental toxicology., National Institute Environmental Health Sciences branch National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1972-1975; head biochemistry toxicology section, National Institute Environmental Health Sciences branch National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1975-1977; senior research leader environmental-occupational health risk evaluation, Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation, Seattle, since 1978; research professor, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1979. President American Board Toxicology, 1997-1998.
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Membership
With United States Navy, 1962-1966. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Cancer Research, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Pacific Northwest Association Toxicologists (founding president), Society Epidemiology Research, Sox. Toxicology, American College of Epidemiology, American Bd.Toxicology (president 1997-1998).
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Married Nancy Fugate, December 20, 1969. 1 daughter, Erin Elizabeth.
