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Ruth A. Etzel, MD, PhD, FACPM
Ruth
Etzel graduated with a B.A. summa cum laude in biology
from the University of Minnesota in 1976 and with an
M.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1980. After
completing a three-year residency in Pediatrics at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she was
awarded a two-year fellowship from the Robert Wood
Johnson Clinical Scholars Program. She received her
Ph.D. in epidemiology from the University of North
Carolina School of Public Health in 1985.
Dr.
Etzel was a Trustee of the American Board of
Preventive Medicine from 1992 until 2001 and Vice
Chair for Public Health/General Preventive Medicine
from 1997-2001. Since 2002 she has been Vice Chair of
the American College of Preventive Medicine
Environmental Health Committee. She is the founding
Editor of the American Academy of Pediatrics’
Pediatric Environmental Health, now in its 2nd
edition. She is adjunct Professor at the George
Washington University School of Public Health and
Health Services in Washington, D.C. For the past 20
years, her research has focused on the effects of
environmental hazards on children.
Dr.
Etzel has received numerous research awards, including
the Arthur Flemming Award from the Washington, D.C.
Jaycees and the 1998 United States Public Health
Service Professional Association Clinical Society
Award for her discovery of the link between infant
pulmonary hemorrhage and indoor molds.
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