Background
Buffler, Patricia Ann was born on August 1, 1938 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Edward M. and Evelyn G. (Axenroth) Happ.
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Patricia Ann Buffler
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Bachelor of science in nursing, Catholic U. American, 1960; Master in Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley, 1973.
Career
Professor epidemiology school public health, University Texas Health Science Center, Houston, 1979-1991;
professor, University of California, Berkeley, since 1991;
dean school public health, University of California, Berkeley, 1991-1998;
dean emerita, University of California, Berkeley, since 1998. Member expert advisory panel on occupational health World Health Organization, since 1985. Member environment, safety and health advising committee United States Department of Energy, 1992-1995.
Member board on water science and technical National Research Council, 1992-1994. Chair, board directors Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center, 1994-1997, Societal Institute of Mathematics Sciences. Member National Commision on Superfund, Keystone Center, 1992-1994.
Member of advisory panel on managing nuclear materials from warheads United States Congress OfficeTech. Assessment, 1992-1993. Board scientific counselors National Institute for Occupl.
Safety and Health, 1991-1993. Member science advisory board radiation advanced.com. subcommittee on cancer risks associated with electric and magnetic fields United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1990-1993. Member science advisory board United States Environmental Protection Agency, since 1996.
Member National Advisory Council on Environmental Health Sciences, 1995-1998. Member NAS, National Council Radiation Protection.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Associate of Applied Science, American College Epidemiology (president-elect 1990-1991, president 1991-1992), Institute Medicine. Member Society for Epidemiological Research (president-elect, president, past president 1984-1988), American Public Health Association (epidemiology section since 1964), American Epidemiological Society, Society for Occupl. and Environmental Health, International Epidemiological Association, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (president-elect 1989-1991, president 1992-1994), International Society for Exposure Assessment (charter, board international councillors since 1993), International Commision on Occupl. Health, Collegium Ramazzini, Society of Toxicology.
Connections
Married Richard T. Buffler, January 20, 1962. Children: Martyn R., Monique L.
