Background
Shaikh, Rashid Ahmed was born on January 20, 1950 in Bombay, India. Son of Mohammed Usman and Quraisha Shaikh. came to the United States, 1973.
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Rashid Ahmed Shaikh
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Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Microbiology, Bombay U., Bombay, 1970; Master of Science in Chemistry, Indian Institute Technology, Kanpur, India, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978.
Career
Coordinator science teaching program, Kishore Bharati (India), 1972-1973;
postdoctoral fellow department Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1978-1980;
research fellow interdisciplinary programs in Health, Harvard University, Boston, 1980-1982;
director program in Environmental Health and Public Policy, Harvard University, Boston, 1982-1985;
staff scientist, Health Effects Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1985-1987;
acting co-executive director, Health Effects Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1988-1989;
director science review and evaluation, Health Effects Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1987-1989;
associate executive director Health Effects Institute^Asbestos Research, Health Effects Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1989-1993;
executive director, Health Effects Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1993. Visiting scholar Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center U. Washington, Seattle, 1976-1977. Consultant Center on Transnational Corps.
United Nations, New York City, 1982-1983. Chairman, Board Of Directors Coolidge Center for Environmental Leadership, Cambridge, 1989-1991. Adjunct assistant professor Environmental Health Boston University, since 1987.
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Member APHA, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Married Sharon DeVos, January 30,1982. Children: Gabriel A.D., Sofia D.
