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Mueller, Patricia Westbrook was born on September 1, 1948 in Atlanta. Daughter of James Arthur and Winifred (Andrews) Westbrook.
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Patricia Westbrook Mueller
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Patricia Westbrook Mueller, American Research chemist. Achievements include development of sensitive tests and genetic risk factors for health effects of toxic exposures and early effects of chronic diseases; patent for use of aminoalkyl phenyl sulfide derivatives for treatment of hypertension; doctoral research in mechanistic and novel substrate inhibitors of the neurochemical enzyme dopamine beta-monooxygenase.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, U. Tennessee, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, Georgia Institute Technology, 1981.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1981-1983; chief health effects laboratory, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, since 1983. Member Executive Committee Nutrition and Health Sciences Graduate Program, Graduate Division Biological and biomedical Sciences Emory University, Atlanta, since 1991, Adjunct Professor Biochemistry.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Association Clinical Chemistry, American Chemical Society, New York Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi (Outstanding Doctoral Research in Science award 1981).
Connections
Married Heinz Juergen Mueller, March 24, 1968. Children: Christina Marie, Stefanie Elizabeth.
