Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service, Grant Application

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FF Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, first, middle): Raabe, Otto G.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Give the following information for the key personnel and consultants and collaborators. Begin with the principal
investigator/program director. Photocopy this page for each person.
NAME( POSITION TITLE
Otto G. Raabe Professor-in-Residence
EDUCATION (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursinq, and include postdoctoral traininq.)
YEAR
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE CONFERRED FIELD OF STUDY
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM B.S. 1958 Physics, with Distinction
University of Rochester, NY Ph.D. 1967 Biophysics
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Concluding with present position, list, in chronological order, previous employment, experience, and
honors. Key personnel include the principal investigator and any other individuals who participate in the scientific development or execution of the
project. Key personnel typically will include all individuals with doctoral or other professional degrees, but in some projects will include individuals at the
masters or baccalaureate level provided they contribute in a substantive way to the scientific development or execution of the project. Include present
membership on any Federal Government public advisory committee. List, in chronological order, the titles, all authors, and complete references to all
publications during the past three years and to representative earlier publications pertinent to this application. DO NOT EXCEED TWO PAGES.
1985-present Professor-in-Residence, Dept. of Molecular Biosciences (School of Veterinary Medicine) and Dept. of
Civil and Environmental Engineering University of California, Davis; CA 95616
1988-present Director, Laboratory for Energy-Related Health Research, U.C. Davis
1979-present Associate Director, Institute of Toxicology and Environmental Health, U.C. Davis
1976-present Biophysics Graduate Group Faculty Member, Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Group Faculty Member,
Pharmacology and Toxicology Graduate Group Faculty Member, College of Engineering Graduate Group
Faculty Member, University of California, Davis
1987-1988 Acting Director, Institute for Environmental Health Research and Laboratory for Energy-Related
Health Research, University of California, Davis
1980-1985 Adjunct Professor, Laboratory or Energy-related Health Research, Dept. of Radiological Sciences (Vet
Med) and of Civil Engineering, University of California, Davis
'1976-1980 Assoc. Adjunct Professor, Radiobiology Laboratory, Dept. of Radiological Sciences (Vet Mcd) and Dept.
of Civil Engineering; U.C. Davis
1966-1976 Head,.Dept. of Aerosol Physics and Asst. Director (1975-1976) Inhalation Toxicology Research
Institute, Lovelace Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1958-1961 Officer, US Navy (Ltjg) Instructor, Atomic Weapons and Nuclear Emergency Training, Atomic Weapons
Training Group, Field Command, Defense Atomic Support Agency, Sandia Base, New Mexico
Research Interests
Inhalation Toxicology, Risk Assessment, Carcinogenesis, Dose-response Relationships, Health Physics, Radiation
Biophysics, Radiation Protection, Radiation Risk Analysis, Aerosol Science, Airborne Particle Sampling and
Characterization, Airborne Radionuclides and Radon, Airborne Toxics, Inhalation Exposure Equipment and Methods,
and Environmental Engineering.
Honors, Memberships and Additional Information
Certified for Comprehensive Practice: American Board of Health Physics (1970-present);
Recipient (March 1980) of Society of Toxicology's Frank R. Blood Award for best research publication during 1979 in
TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY;
AEC Special Fellowship for Advanced Training in Health Physics (1960-1965); Phi Kappa Phi;
Society of Toxicology, American College of Toxicology, American Industrial Hygiene Association, American
Association for Aerosol Research, American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, American Association
for the Advancement of Science, Health Physics Society, Gesellschaft fdir Aerosolforschung, British Occupational

Hygiene Society, International Society for Aerosols in Medicine.
PHS 398 (Rev. 9/91) (Form Page 6) Page 12. FF
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