R. William Field

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University of Iowa
College of Public Health
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health
Department of Epidemiology
ProfessorAppointed: 2007
University of Iowa
Graduate College
Biosciences Program
Toxicology
ProfessorAppointed: 2007
University of Iowa
College of Public Health
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Environmental Health Sciences Research Center
Director - Environmental Lung Disease Research ClusterAppointed: 2006
University of Iowa
College of Public Health
NIOSH Heartland Center of Occupational Health and Safety
Director, Occupational Epidemiology Training ProgramAppointed: 2004
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Mailing Address

University of Iowa
College of Public Health
N222 Oakdale Hall
Oakdale Campus
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
United States

Previous Positions

2003-2007, Associate Professor, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
2003-2007, Associate Professor, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health
2000-2003, Faculty, University of Iowa, Graduate College
1998-2003, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, Occupational & Environmental Health
1994-2003, Research Scientist, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, Epidemiology
1982-1987, Health Physicist, University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Health and Safety, Radiologic Health

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, 1994.
M.S., Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Biology, 1985.
B.A., Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Biology, 1977.

Honors and Awards

2008, President's Cancer Panel, Invited Testimony, Charleston, SC, Environmental Causes of Cancer
2008-2011, Science Advisory Board (SAB), Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
2007, Co-founder Award, Ten Year Anniversary, Clean Air for Everyone (CAFÉ), Johnson County, IA
2007, Delta Omega, Public Health Honorary Society
2006, Children's Environmental Health Recognition Award, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
2006, Who's Who in Health Sciences Education (WWHSE), Academic Keys
2005, Inaugural U.S. EPA/NEHA Individual Achievement Award for Excellence in Radon Risk Reduction, National Environmental Health Association, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
2005, Faculty Research Award, College of Public Health, University of Iowa
2005, 2007, CPH Faculty Outreach Award Nominee, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, University of Iowa
2005-2007 NAS Review Committee, National Academy of Sciences
2004-2009, U.S. Science Representative, World Health Organization
2003-2009, Keynote Addresses, Numerous Keynote Addresses and Invited Presentations
2003, Featured Scientist, US EPA National Radon Education Outreach
2002, Inaugural Nexus Scientific Research Award, American Association of Radon Scientist and Technologist
2001, Inaugural Staff Research Award, College of Public Health, University of Iowa
1997, Who's Who: in Science and Engineering; in Medicine & Healthcare; in the World, Marquis
1993, Sigma Xi, International Scientific Research Society, University of Iowa

Publications

  • Sun K, Steck DJ, Field RW (2009) Field Evaluation of Temporal and Spatial Variations of Indoor Airborne Radon Progeny Dose Rate and Surface-Deposited Radon Progeny, Health Physics, Submitted
  • Laczniak AN, Gross NA, Fuortes LJ, Field RW (2009) Occurrence of Surface Deposited Beryllium at Various Worksites in Iowa, Submitted
  • Sun K, Steck DJ, Field RW (2009) Room Model Based Monte-Carlo Simulation Study of the Relationship between the Airborne Dose Rate and the Surface-Deposited Radon Progeny, Health Physics, In Press
  • Sun K, Steck D, Field RW (2009) Field Investigation of the Surface-deposited Radon Progeny as a Possible Predictor of the Airborne Radon Progeny Dose Rate, Health Physics, In Press
  • Field RW (2009) Radon - Introduction and Health Effects, Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, Oxford, UK, Elsevier,The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, UK, In Press (bookchapter)
  • World Health Organization (September 2009) WHO Guidelines for Residential Radon, Geneva, Switzerland (Book), In Press
  • Field RW, Jenkins P, Steck DJ (2009) Radon Measurement, Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, Oxford, UK, Elsevier, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, UK, In Press (bookchapter)
  • McCleskey TM, Field RW, Scott BL, Buchner V (2009) Recent Advances in Understanding the Biomolecular Basis of Chronic Beryllium Disease: A Review, Reviews on Environmental Health, 24 (2), 75-115
  • Field, RW (2008) Radon, Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society, Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications, Inc (bookchapter)
  • Field, RW, Environmental Factors in Cancer, President' Cancer Panel - White Paper , Charleston, South Carolina, 4 Dec 2008
  • Sanderson WT, Leonard SA, Ott DK, Fuortes LJ, Field RW (2008) Beryllium Surface Levels in a Military Ammunition Plant, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 5 (7), 475-481
  • Sun K, Budd G, McLemore S, Field RW (Jun 2008) Blind testing of commercially available short-term radon detectors., Health Physics, 94 (6), 548-57 Abstract
  • Jacobson A, Field RW (2008) Radiation Risks, Radon Training Manual, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (bookchapter)
  • Linet MS, Schubauer-Berigan MK, Weisenburger DD, Richardson DB, Landgren O, Blair A, Silver S, Field RW, Caldwell G, Hatch M, Dores GM (Dec 2007) Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: an overview of aetiology in light of recent developments in classification and pathogenesis., British Journal of Haematology, 139 (5), 672-86 Abstract
  • Smith BJ, Zhang L, Field RW (Nov 2007) Iowa radon leukaemia study: a hierarchical population risk model for spatially correlated exposure measured with error., Statistics in Medicine, 26 (25), 4619-42 Abstract
  • Zhang Z, Smith B, Steck DJ, Guo Q, Field RW (Oct 2007) Variation in yearly residential radon concentrations in the upper midwest., Health Physics, 93 (4), 288-97 Abstract
  • Lubin JH, Alavanja MC, Caporaso N, Brown LM, Brownson RC, Field RW, Garcia-Closas M, Hartge P, Hauptmann M, Hayes RB, Kleinerman R, Kogevinas M, Krewski D, Langholz B, Létourneau EG, Lynch CF, Malats N, Sandler DP, Schaffrath-Rosario A, Schoenberg JB, Silverman DT, Wang Z, Wichmann HE, Wilcox HB, Zielinski JM (Aug 2007) Cigarette smoking and cancer risk: modeling total exposure and intensity., American Journal of Epidemiology, 166 (4), 479-89 Abstract
  • Smith, BJ, Field, RW (2007) Effect of Housing Factors and Surficial Uranium on the Spatial Prediction of Residential Radon in Iowa, Environmetrics, 18 (5), 481-497
  • National Academy of Science Report, Division on Earth and Life Sciences, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board (2006) Review of the Worker and Public Health Activities Program Administered by the Department of Energy and the Department of Health and Human Services, ISBN-13: 978-0-309-1 Edition, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Lockbox 285, Washington, DC, National Academies Press, 296 pages
  • Bonner MR, Bennett WP, Xiong W, Lan Q, Brownson RC, Harris CC, Field RW, Lubin JH, Alavanja MC (Sep 2006) Radon, secondhand smoke, glutathione-S-transferase M1 and lung cancer among women., International Journal of Cancer. Journal International du Cancer, 119 (6), 1462-7 Abstract
  • Sun K, Majdan M, Field DW, Field RW (Sep 2006) Field comparison of commercially available short-term radon detectors., Health Physics, 91 (3), 221-6 Abstract
  • Zielinski, J, Field, R.W. (2006) Residential Radon and Lung Cancer - Preface, Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, 69 (7-8), 525-526
  • Field RW, Krewski D, Lubin JH, Zielinski JM, Alavanja M, Catalan VS, Klotz JB, Létourneau EG, Lynch CF, Lyon JL, Sandler DP, Schoenberg JB, Steck DJ, Stolwijk JA, Weinberg C, Wilcox HB (Apr 2006) An overview of the North American residential radon and lung cancer case-control studies., Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. Part A, 69 (7), 599-631 Abstract
  • Krewski D, Lubin JH, Zielinski JM, Alavanja M, Catalan VS, Field RW, Klotz JB, Létourneau EG, Lynch CF, Lyon JL, Sandler DP, Schoenberg JB, Steck DJ, Stolwijk JA, Weinberg C, Wilcox HB (Apr 2006) A combined analysis of North American case-control studies of residential radon and lung cancer., Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. Part A, 69 (7), 533-97 Abstract
  • Steck DJ, Field RW (Apr 2006) Dosimetric challenges for residential radon epidemiology., Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. Part A, 69 (7), 655-64 Abstract
  • Neuberger JS, Mahnken JD, Mayo MS, Field RW (2006) Risk factors for lung cancer in Iowa women: implications for prevention., Cancer Detection and Prevention, 30 (2), 158-67 Abstract
  • Krewski D, Lubin JH, Zielinski JM, Alavanja M, Catalan VS, Field RW, Klotz JB, Létourneau EG, Lynch CF, Lyon JI, Sandler DP, Schoenberg JB, Steck DJ, Stolwijk JA, Weinberg C, Wilcox HB (Mar 2005) Residential radon and risk of lung cancer: a combined analysis of 7 North American case-control studies., Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.), 16 (2), 137-45 Abstract
  • Steck DJ, Berglund JA, Field RW (1 Feb 2006) 210Po Implanted in Glass Surfaces: Calibration and Improved Performance for Retrospective Radon Gas and Radon Progeny Reconstruction, Radioactivity in the Environment Book Series, Volume 7 Edition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Elsevier (bookchapter)
  • Field RW (2005) Three Mile Island epidemiologic radiation dose assessment revisited: 25 years after the accident., Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 113 (2), 214-7 Abstract
  • Field RW, Smith BJ, Platz CE, Robinson RA, Neuberger JS, Brus CP, Lynch CF (Jul 2004) Lung cancer histologic type in the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results registry versus independent review., Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 96 (14), 1105-7 Abstract
  • Neuberger JS, Field RW, Occupation and Lung Cancer in Non-Smokers, Reviews on Environmental Health, 18(4), 251-267, 2004
  • Neuberger JS, Field RW (2004) Occupation and lung cancer in nonsmokers., Reviews on Environmental Health, 18 (4), 251-67 Abstract
  • Field RW (Apr 2003) Exposure to residential radon causes lung cancer. For the proposition., Medical Physics, 30 (4), 485-6 Abstract
  • Field, RW, Duport, PJ, Hendee, W.R (15 Mar 2003) Point/Counter-Point, Exposure to Residential Radon Causes Lung Cancer, Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research
  • Krewski D, Lubin J, Zielinski J, Alavanja M, Catalan V, Field RW, Klotz J, Lé´¯urneau E, Lynch C, Lyon J, Sandler D, Schoenberg J, Steck D, Stolwijk J, Weinberg C, Wilcox HA, A Combined Analysis of North American Case control Studies of Residential Radon and Lung Cancer: An Update, Radiation Research, 158(6), 785-790, December 2002
  • Steck DJ, Alavanja MC, Field RW, Parkhurst MA, Bates DJ, Mahaffey JA (Aug 2002) 210Po implanted in glass surfaces by long term exposure to indoor radon., Health Physics, 83 (2), 261-71 Abstract
  • Field RW, Smith BJ, Steck DJ, Lynch CF (May 2002) Residential radon exposure and lung cancer: variation in risk estimates using alternative exposure scenarios., Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 12 (3), 197-203 Abstract
  • Roberts, W.C., Gist, G., Morris, W.E., Betts, L.S., Cammer, P.A., Dickey, T., DiFazio Jr., J.E., Field, R.W., Gilley, N.M., Hart, C., Hart, T., McGurk, J., Wozniak, A.L. (Technical Report), A Process for Developing an Indoor Air Quality Standard, A Recommendation by The Indoor Air Quality Committee Commissioned by The National Environmental Health Association for Underwriters Laboratorie, 75, 2002
  • Steck, D,J. J.A. Berglund, J.A., and Field, R.W, 210Po Implanted in Glass Surfaces: Calibration and Improved Performance for Retrospective Radon Gas and Radon Progeny Reconstruction, Proceedings of the Natural Radiation Environment (NRE-VII), 2002
  • Alavanja MC, Field RW, Sinha R, Brus CP, Shavers VL, Fisher EL, Curtain J, Lynch CF (Oct 2001) Lung cancer risk and red meat consumption among Iowa women., Lung Cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 34 (1), 37-46 Abstract
  • Field RW, Steck DJ, Smith BJ, Brus CP, Fisher EF, Neuberger JS, Lynch CF (May 2001) The Iowa radon lung cancer study--phase I: Residential radon gas exposure and lung cancer., The Science of the Total Environment, 272 (1-3), 67-72
  • Field RW (2001) A review of residential radon case-control epidemiologic studies performed in the United States., Reviews on Environmental Health, 16 (3), 151-67 Abstract
  • Field RW, Becker K (2001) Does exposure to residential radon increase the risk of lung cancer?, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 95 (1), 75-81
  • Field RW (Jul-Sep 2001) A review of residential radon case-control epidemiologic studies performed in the United States., Reviews On Environmental Health, 16 (3), 151-67
  • Field, R.W., Lynch, C.F, Steck, D.J (01 Nov 2000) Response to Alavanja et al. RE: The Iowa Radon Lung Cancer Study, American Journal of Epidemiology, 151 (11), 895-896
  • Fisher EL, Fuortes LJ, Valentine RL, Mehrhoff M, Field RW (Aug 2000) Dissolution of 226Radium from pipe-scale deposits in a public water supply., Environment International, 26 (1-2), 69-73 Abstract
  • Field RW, Steck DJ, Smith BJ, Brus CP, Fisher EL, Neuberger JS, Platz CE, Robinson RA, Woolson RF, Lynch CF (Jun 2000) Residential radon gas exposure and lung cancer: the Iowa Radon Lung Cancer Study., American Journal of Epidemiology, 151 (11), 1091-102 Abstract
  • Field RW, Steck DJ, Parkhurst MA, Mahaffey JA, Alavanja MC (Nov 1999) Intercomparison of retrospective radon detectors., Environmental Health Perspectives, 107 (11), 905-10 Abstract
  • Field RW, Smith BJ, Lynch CF (Sep 1999) Cohen's Paradox., Health Physics, 77 (3), 328-9 Abstract
  • Steck DJ, Field RW, Lynch CF (Feb 1999) Exposure to atmospheric radon., Environmental Health Perspectives, 107 (2), 123-7 Abstract
  • Field, R.W. , Lynch, C.F., Steck, D.J., Smith, B.J., Brus, C.P., Neuberger, J.S., Woolson, R.F., Fisher, E.F. Platz, C.E., Robinson, R.A, Iowa radon lung cancer study, Radiation Research, 151, 101-103, 1999
  • Steck, D.J., Field, R.W., The use of track registration detectors to reconstruct contemporary and historical airborne radon (222Rn) and radon progeny co ncentrations for a radon-lung cancer epidemiologic study, Radiation Measurements, 31, 401-406, 1999
  • Steck, D.J., Field, R.W, The Iowa Radon Lung Cancer Study: Contemporary and Historical Airborne Radon (222Rn) and Radon Progeny Concentrations, Directorate General for Science, Research and Development Radiation Research Unit, Radon in the Living Environment, Athens, Greece, 1999
  • Field, R.W., Steck, D.J., Smith, B.J., Brus, C.P., Fisher, E.F., Neuberger, J.S., Lynch, C.F., The Iowa Radon Lung Cancer Study Phase I: Residential Radon Gas Exposure and Lung Cancer, European Commission, Directorate General for Science, Research and Development Radiation Research Unit, Radon in the Living Environment, Athens, Greece, 1999
  • Field RW (1999) Radon Occurrence and Health Risks, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Secrets, First Edition, Philadelphia, PA, Hanley and Belfus, ISBN=1560531614 (bookchapter)
  • Fisher EL, Field RW, Smith BJ, Lynch CF, Steck DJ, Neuberger JS (Nov 1998) Spatial variation of residential radon concentrations: the Iowa Radon Lung Cancer Study., Health Physics, 75 (5), 506-13 Abstract
  • Field RW, Smith BJ, Brus CP, Lynch CF, Neuberger JS, Steck DJ (Oct 1998) Retrospective temporal and spatial mobility of adult Iowa women., Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis, 18 (5), 575-84 Abstract
  • Smith BJ, Field RW, Lynch CF (Jul 1998) Residential 222Rn exposure and lung cancer: testing the linear no-threshold theory with ecologic data., Health Physics, 75 (1), 11-7 Abstract
  • Fisher EL, Fuortes LJ, Ledolter J, Steck DJ, Field RW (Feb 1998) Temporal and spatial variation of waterborne point-of-use 222Rn in three water distribution systems., Health Physics, 74 (2), 242-8 Abstract
  • Fisher EL, Fuortes LJ, Ledolter J, Steck DJ, Field RW (Feb 1998) Temporal and spatial variation of waterborne point-of-use 222Rn in three water distribution systems., Health Physics, 74 (2), 242-8
  • Field RW, Kross BC (Feb 1998) Iowa survey of waterborne 222Rn concentrations in private wells., Health Physics, 74 (2), 249-52
  • Field, R.W., Smith, B.J. and Lynch, C.F., Ecologic Bias Revisited, A Rejoinder to CohenÃfÂ,Ã,Â's Response to Residential radon-222 exposure and lung cancer: testing the linear no-threshold theory with ecologic data, Health Physics, 75(1), 31-33, 1998
  • Field, R.W., Lynch, C.F., Steck, D.J. and Fisher, E.F., Dosimetry Quality assurance: the Iowa residential radon lung cancer study, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 78(4), 295-303, 1998
  • Smith BJ, Field RW, Lynch CF, Residential 222Rn exposure and lung cancer: testing the linear no-threshold theory with ecologic data, Health Physics, 75(1), 11-7, 1998
  • Steck, D.J., Field, R.W, Outdoor Radon in Central North America, Proceedings of SPERA 1998: Environmental Radioactivity and its Application in Environmental Studies, 1998
  • Steck, D.J., Field, R.W. (1998) The Use of Track Registration Detectors to Reconstruct Contemporary and Historical Airborne Radon (222Rn) and Radon Progeny Concentrations for a Radon-Lung Cancer Epidemiologic Study, Proceedings of the International Conference on Nuclear Tracks in Solids
  • Field RW, Steck DJ, Neuberger JS, Accounting for random error in radon exposure assessment., Health Physics, 73(1), 272-3, Jul 1997 Abstract
  • Field RW, Steck DJ, Neuberger JS (Jul 1997) Accounting for random error in radon exposure assessment., Health Physics, 73 (1), 272-3 Abstract
  • Neuberger JS, Field RW, Radon and breast cancer., Risk Analysis : an Official Publication of the Society for Risk Analysis, 16(6), 729-30, Dec 1996 Abstract
  • Fisher EL, Fuortes LJ, Field RW (Aug 1996) Occupational exposure of water-plant operators to high concentrations of radon-222 gas., Journal of occupational and environmental medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 38 (8), 759-64 Abstract
  • Field, R.W., Kross, B.C., Intercomparison of waterborne 222Rn collection methods: professional versus homeowner collection, Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, 16(4), 106-112, 1996
  • Neuberger, J.S. and Field, R.W. (1996) Radon and Breast Cancer, Risk Analysis: An International Journal, 729 (6), 729
  • Field RW, Steck DJ, Lynch CF, Brus CP, Neuberger JS, Kross BC (Apr-Jun 1996) Residential radon-222 exposure and lung cancer: exposure assessment methodology., Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 6 (2), 181-95
  • Field RW, Fisher EL, Valentine RL, Kross BC (Apr 1995) Radium-bearing pipe scale deposits: implications for national waterborne radon sampling methods., American Journal of Public Health, 85 (4), 567-70
  • Neuberger J S, Lynch C F, Kross B C, Field R W, Woolson R F, Residential radon exposure and lung cancer: evidence of an urban factor in Iowa, Health Physics, 66(3), 263-9, March 1994
  • Field RW, Kross BC, Weih LM, Vust LJ, Nicholson HF (Aug 1993) Factors associated with elevated 222Rn levels in Iowa., Health Physics, 65 (2), 178-84
  • Field RW, Kross BC, Vust LJ (Aug 1993) Radon testing behavior in a sample of individuals with high home radon screening measurements., Risk Analysis : an Official Publication of the Society for Risk Analysis, 13 (4), 441-7
  • Field RW (Jun 1993) 137Cs levels in deer following the Three Mile Island accident., Health Physics, 64 (6), 671-4
  • Neuberger, J., Lynch, C., Kross, B., Field, R.W., and Woolson, R., Residential Radon Exposure and Lung Cancer: Evidence of an Urban Factor in Iowa, Cancer Detection and Prevention, 17(1), 1993
  • Libra, R.D., Hallberg, G.R., Rex, K.D., Kross, B.C., Seigley, L.S., Culp, M.A., Field, R.W., Quade, D.J., Selim, M., Nations, B.K., Hall, N.H., Etre, L.A., Johnson, Nicholson, H.F., Berberich, S.L., and Cherryhomes, K.L., The Iowa State-Wide Rural Well-Water Survey: Repeat Sampling of the 10% Subset, June 1991, Technical Information Series 26, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, 26, 1993
  • Steck, D.J., Field, R.W., Brus, C.P., Allnutt, K.A. (1993) Embedded Surface Radioactivity, Radon, and Radon Progeny in Domestic Atmospheres, Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Rex, K.D., Libra, R.D., Hallberg, G.R., Kross, B.C., Field, R.W., Etre, L.A, Seigley, Culp, M.A., Nations, B.K., Quade, D.J., Johnson, J.K., Nicholson, H.F., Cherryholmes, K.L., and Hall, N.H., The Iowa State-Wide Rural Well-Water Survey: October 1990 Repeat Sampling of the 10% Subset, Technical Information Serie 25, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, DesMoines, Iowa, 1991
  • Field RW, Kross BC (Aug 1990) Field comparison of several commercially available radon detectors., American Journal of Public Health, 80 (8), 926-30
  • Witkowski SA, Ault SR, Field RW (May 1982) Lead concentrations in white-tailed deer mandibles and teeth., Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 28 (5), 561-5
  • Field RW, Field EH, Zegers DA, Steucek GL (Aug 1981) Iodine-131 in thyroids of the meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) in the vicinity of the Three Mile Island nuclear generating plant., Health Physics, 41 (2), 297-301

Expertise and Research Interests

Environmental epidemiology, Occupational epidemiology, Cancer epidemiology, Radioepidemiology, Radioactive particles, Health physics, Biomonitoring, Retrospective dose assessment, Risk communication, Public Health policy development, Toxicant exposure analysis, Environmental health, Risk perception, Water quality, Radioactive nanoparticles, Human toxicology, Exposure assessment, Health Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records, EMR

Other Expertise

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

U.S. EPA's Science Advisory Board's (SAB), Radiation Advisory Committee (2008 - 2011)

ATSDR's Toxicological Profile for Radon - Final Reviewer (2008)

World Health Organization Radon Project (2005 - 2009)
- WHO, Radon Project Committee, Chair- Working group on radon measurement
- WHO, Radon Project Committee, Member - Working group on world burden of radon related lung cancer
- WHO, Radon Project Committee, Member - Working group on radon mitigation

National Academy of Sciences - Committees (2005-2006)
- Review of the Worker and Public Health Activities Program Administered by the Department of Energy and the Department of Health and Human Services


EDITORIAL BOARDS
- Editorial Board, Reviews on Environmental Health (2000-Present)

- Guest Associate Editor, Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health (2002-2006)

- Guest Associate Editor, Health Physics (1998-2003)


GRANT REVIEWER

Various private organizations, Others including State Department, Scientific Study Sections including NIH, CDC, and NIOSH


NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

- Member, International Residential Radon Epidemiology Pooling Committee

- Member, Advisory Committee for North American residential radon epidemiologic studies (2000 - 2006)

- Former consultant to the Three Mile Island Public Health Fund

- USEPA, Regional Indoor Air Contact

- Numerous National and International Keynote Addresses

- Consultant to Public Health Agencies

- Consultant to the Department of Defense and State Department

- Collaborator: Science and Technology Center in Ukraine (STCU)\Republic of Georgia

- Consultant - Consumer's Union

- Former Member, National Environmental Health Association/Underwriter's Laboratory, Indoor Air Committee

- University of Iowa Centers: Member, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa

- Advisory Board; Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contaminants, University of Iowa


BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

- Medical-legal Consultant

- Private Consultant

Memberships

American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists
American College of Epidemiology
American Public Health Association
Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
Health Physics Society
International Commission on Occupational Health
International Society for Environmental Epidemiology
International Society of Exposure Analysis
National Environmental Health Association
R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, University of Ottawa
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Society for Epidemiologic Research
Society for Risk Analysis

Industrial Relevance

Pro Bono Consultant to Environmentally Disadvantaged and Low-income Individuals

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