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Appendix A: Biographic Information on the Committee on Beryllium Alloy Exposures
Pages 160-164

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... Breysse is a professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences and director of the Division of Environmental Health Engineering of the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is also program director of the Industrial Hygiene Training Program and director of the Center for Childhood Asthma in the Urban Environment.
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From page 161...
... He is associate dean for research at the college, director of the New Mexico Center for Environmental Health Sciences, and a member of the University of New Mexico Cancer Research and Treatment Center. His research interests are in immunotoxicology, cancer research, pharmacogenomics, and biotechnology.
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... He is also director of the Immunomodulators and Immunopathogenesis Program at the university's Environmental Health Sciences Center. His research interests are in the mechanisms of immunomodulation by metals.
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... She served on the Institute of Medicine Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides. She received her MD from the Boston University School of Medicine and her MPH in occupational and environmental medicine from the Harvard School of Public Health.
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... Her research interests are in asbestos-related diseases, other occupational lung diseases, and musculoskeletal disorders. She is also a lecturer in environmental and occupational health at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.
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