Irva Hertz-Picciotto

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Irva Hertz-Picciotto (born c. 1948) is an environmental epidemiologist best known for her studies of autism. She is Professor and Chief of the Division of Environmental and Occupational Health in the Department of Public Health Sciences, at the University of California, Davis (UC-Davis). [1] In addition, she is on the Research Faculty of the MIND (Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders) Institute at UC-Davis; [2] the Deputy Director of the UC-Davis Center for Children's Environmental Health; [3] and on the faculty of the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health of the Universities of California at Berkeley, Davis, and San Francisco. [4] Hertz-Picciotto serves on the advisory board of the anti-toxic chemical NGO Healthy Child, Healthy World. [5]

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Biography

Hertz-Picciotto received four degrees from the University of California at Berkeley: a B.A. in Mathematics in 1970, an M.P.H. in Epidemiology in 1984, a M.A. in Biostatistics in 1985, and a Ph.D. in Epidemiology in 1989. [6] She was on the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for 12 years before joining UC-Davis. [7]

She has published over 170 scientific articles, [8] including:

Selected research projects

Current research projects for which Hertz-Picciotto is principal investigator include:

Hertz-Picciotto also collaborates on the following studies, among others:

Selected awards, recognition, and service

Selected publications

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References

  1. ↑ Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis. Faculty. Archived 2010-06-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2010 October 15.
  2. ↑ UC Davis MIND Institute. Research faculty. Archived 2010-10-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2010 October 15.
  3. ↑ UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Center for Children's Environmental Health home page. Retrieved 2010 October 15.
  4. ↑ Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. Irva Hertz-Picciotto, PhD, MPH. Retrieved 2010 October 16.
  5. ↑ Healthy Child, Healthy World. Irva Hertz-Picciotto, board member. Retrieved 2014 June 18.
  6. ↑ "Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Ph.D., M.P.H. (curriculum vitae)" (PDF). Archived from the original on January 19, 2012. Retrieved 2010-10-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). Retrieved 2010 October 15.
  7. ↑ UC Davis Health System. Irva Hertz-Picciotto. Retrieved 2010 October 15.
  8. ↑ U.S. National Library of Medicine. PubMed search results for "Hertz-Picciotto I [Author]". Retrieved 2010 October 15.
  9. ↑ Hertz-Picciotto I, Delwiche L. The rise in autism and the role of age at diagnosis. Epidemiology. 2009 Jan;20(1):84-90. PMID   19234401
  10. ↑ Cone M. Autism epidemic not caused by shifts in diagnoses; environmental factors likely. Environmental Health News 2009 January 9. Retrieved 2010 October 15.
  11. ↑ Van Meter KC, Christiansen LE, Delwiche LD, Azari R, Carpenter TE, Hertz-Picciotto I. Geographic distribution of autism in California: a retrospective birth cohort analysis. [ permanent dead link ] Autism Res. 2010 Feb;3(1):19-29. PMID   20049980
  12. ↑ Hamilton J. Autism 'clusters' linked to parents' education. National Public Radio News 2010 January 6. Retrieved 2010 October 15.
  13. ↑ Shelton JF, Tancredi DJ, Hertz-Picciotto I. Independent and dependent contributions of advanced maternal and paternal ages to autism risk. Autism Res. 2010 Feb;3(1):30-9.
  14. ↑ Putting off motherhood increases risk of autistic child: researchers. The Telegraph 2010 Feb 9. Retrieved 2010 October 15.
  15. ↑ MIND Institute. CHARGE study homepage. Retrieved 2010 October 15.
  16. ↑ MIND Institute. MARBLES study homepage. Retrieved 2010 October 15.
  17. ↑ Griffith D. Area's kids in major study - county children, mothers to be enlisted for nationwide look at environmental effects on health. Sacramento Bee 2007 October 5.
  18. ↑ Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI). Meet the EARLI investigators of northern California-UC Davis. Retrieved 2010 October 15.
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  21. ↑ Institute of Medicine, Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides. Veterans and Agent Orange: update 2000. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001. ISBN   0-309-07552-1
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  24. ↑ International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. Past Officers and Councilors. Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine Updated 2010 January 12. Retrieved 2010 October 15.
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  26. ↑ National Academies. Project Information. Project Title: Breast Cancer and the Environment: The Scientific Evidence, Research Methodology, and Future Directions. Retrieved 2010 October 15.
  27. ↑ Environmental Health. Professor Irva Hertz-Picciotto. Editorial Board. Archived 2010-10-30 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2010 October 15.
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  29. ↑ California Air Resources Board Research Screening Committee. 2010 October 7. Retrieved 2010 October 15.
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