Background
Etzel, Ruth Ann was born on April 6, 1954 in Milwaukee. Daughter of Raymond Arthur and Marian Dorothy (Neu) Etzel.
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Ruth Ann Etzel
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Student, St. Olaf College, 1972-1973; Bachelor in Biology summa cum laude, University of Minnesota, 1976; Doctor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy, U. North Carolina, 1985.
Career
Pediatrics resident, North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, 1980-1983; adjunct assistant professor pediatrics, Emory University School Medicine, Atlanta, 1985-1987; epidemic intelligence service officer Center Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, 1985-1987; medical epidemiologist Center Environmental Health and Injury Control, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, 1987-1990; chief air pollution and respiratory health branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, 1991-1996; assistant director preventive medicine residency program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, 1992-1997; director division epidemiology and risk assessment, Office Public Health and Science, Food Safety and Inspection Svc., USDA, Washington, since 1998. Member preventive medicine public health test committee National Board Medical Examiners, 1992-1994. Member United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 2 Preventive Medicine and Public Health Test Material Development Committee, 1992-1994.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Academy Pediat. commission on environmental hazards, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention liaison 1986-1992, chairman of the section on epidemiology 1988-1992, ex-officio 1993-1994, Chairman of Commission on environmental health since 1995). Member APHA, Ambulatory Pediatric Association (research committee since 1987), Society for Pediatric Epidemiological Research, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Omega.
