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Personal Biography of Dr. Richard Fenske
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Dr. Richard A. Fenske is Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington (UW) and director of the NIOSH-supported Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center since its establishment in 1996. He is a core faculty member of the NIEHS-supported Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health. He also served as Deputy Director of the EPA/NIEHS-supported UW Center for Child Environmental Health Risks Research from 1998-2003, and Director of the UW Field Research and Consultation Group from 1992-1996. Dr. Fenske has focused his research on the assessment and mitigation of chemical hazards through workplace and community studies. He has developed new procedures for the assessment of skin exposure through the use of fluorescent tracers. He has also contributed to the elucidation of pesticide exposure pathways for children living in agricultural communities and in residential settings. His current research includes studies of pesticide spray drift, novel biomonitoring techniques, and para-occupational exposures of children in rural communities. He currently receives research support from the NIOSH Agricultural Centers Program, the EPA/NIEHS Children's Environmental Health Centers Program, and an EPA STAR grant.
Dr. Fenske currently serves on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Science Advisory Board (Integrated Human Exposure Committee), and is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences/Institute of Medicine Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides.
From 1984-1990 Dr. Fenske was Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences at Rutgers University. Prior to this position, he received his doctoral degree and master's in public health from UC Berkeley in Environmental Health Sciences. He was also awarded a master's degree in geography from UC Berkeley and a master's degree in comparative religion from Columbia University in New York. His bachelor's degree was in history from Stanford University.