Patricia Buffler, PhD, MPH, CPH
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Professor of Epidemiology and Dean Emerita, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Buffler is an epidemiologist with a primary interest in cancer and tobacco related malignancies. She has conducted research on active smoking and respiratory cancer, and passive exposures to tobacco smoke and lung cancer in nonsmokers.
Education:
PhD Epidemiology 1973 University of California, Berkeley
MPH PH Administration and Epidemiology 1965 University of California, Berkeley
BSN Nursing and Biology 1960 Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
Publications:
- Xiao Z, Greaves MF, BUFFLER PA, Smith MT, Segal MR, Dicks BM, Wiencke JK, Wiemels JL. , 2001 Molecularcharacterization of genomic AML1-ETO fusions in childhood leukemia. Leukemia, 15: 1906-13
- Ma, X., BUFFLER PA, Selvin, S, Wiemels, JK, Reynolds, P. 2002. Daycare/Preschool Attendance and the Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. British J. Cancer, 6;86(9), 1419-24.
- Ma, X, BUFFLER PA, Gunier, RB, Dahl G., Smith MT, Kyndaron R, Reynolds P. 2002. Critical Windows of Exposure to Household Pesticides and Risk of Childhood Leukemia. Environ. Health Perspect. 110: 955-960.
- Wiemels JL, Xiao Z, BUFFLER PA, Maia AT, Ma X, Dicks BM, Smith MT, Zhang L, Feusner J, Wiencke JK, Pritchard-Jones K, Kempski H, Greaves M. 2002 In utero origin of T(8;21) AML1-EYO translocations in childhood acute myeloid leukemia. Blood 99(10):3801-3805.
- Wiemels JL, Leonard B, Wang Y, Segal MR, Hunger SP, Smith MT, Ma X, BUFFLER PA, Pine SR. 2002. Site-specific translocation and evidence of postnatal origin of the t(1;19) E2A-PBX1 fusion in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Nov 12;99(23):15101-6.
- International Agency for Research on Cancer. 2002. Weight Control and Physical Activity. IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention, Vol. 6 (BUFFLER PA, Vice-Chairman of Working Group).
- International Agency for Research on Cancer. 2002. Non-Ionizing Radiation, Part1: Static and extremely Low-Frequency (ELF) Electric and Magnetic Fields. IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans (Vol. 80) (BUFFLER PA, Member of IARC Secretariat).
- International Agency for Research on Cancer. 2002. Man-made mineral fibers. IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans (Vol. 81) (BUFFLER PA, Member of IARC Secretariat).
- Corley DA, Levin TR, Habel LA, Weiss NS, BUFFLER PA.2002. Surveillance and survival in Barrett's adenocarcinomas: a population-based study. Gastroenterology, Mar;122(3):633-40.
- McHale CM, Wiemels JL, Zhang LP, Ma X, BUFFLER PA, Guo W, Loh ML and Smith MT. 2003 Pre-natal origin of TEL-AMLI positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children born in California, Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer 37:36-43.
- McHale CM, Wiemels JL, Zhang LP, Ma X, BUFFLER PA, Feusner J, Matthay K, Dahl G and Smith MT. 2003. Pre-natal origin of childhood acute promyelocytic leukemia and childhood acute myeloid leukemia: t(15;17) and inv(16) rearrangements backtracked to birth. Blood, 101:4640-4641.
- International Agency for Research on Cancer. 2003. Tobacco Smoke and Involuntary Smoking. IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans (Vol. 83) (In Press) (PA BUFFLER, Member of IARC of Working Group. Prepared chapters on Breast, Cervical and Uterine Cancers).
- Corley DA, Kerlikowske K, Verma R, BUFFLER PA. Protective Association of Aspirin/NSAIDs and Esophaleal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Gastroenterology 2003;124:47-56.
- Kelsh M, BUFFLER PA, Daaboul J, Rutherford G, Lau E, Exuzides A, Cahill J, Palmer L and Lorey F. Primary Congenital Hypothyroidism and Newborn Thyroid Function Among Residents of a Southern California Community. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, (In Press).
- BUFFLER PA, Boffetta P, Bird MG and Rice JM (Editors). Mechanistic considerations in the molecular epidemiology of cancer. IARC Scientific Publications #157. International Agency for Cancer, Lyon, 1002 (In Press).
- Brennan P, BUFFLER PA, Reynolds, P, Wu A, Wichmann HE, Agudo A, Pershagen G, Jockel KH, Benhamou S, Greenberg R, Merletti F, Winck E, Fontham E, Kreuzer M, Darby S, Francesco F, Simonato L, Boffetta P. Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Adulthood and Risk of Lung Cancer Among Never-Smokers. A Pooled Analysis of Two Large Studies. (In Press) International Journal of Cancer May 2003.
- Kwan M, BUFFLER PA, Abrams B, Kiley VA, Breastfeeding and the Risk of Childhood Leukemia: A Meta-Analysis. Public Health Reports, Vol. 119, November-December 2004.
- Ma X, BUFFLER PA, Layefsky M, Does M., Reynolds P. Control Selection Strategies in Case-Control Studies of Childhood Diseases. American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 159 No. 10, May 15, 2004.
- Smith, MT, McHale CM, Wielmels JL, Zhang L, Wiencke JK, Zheng S, Gunn L, Skibola C, Ma X, BUFFLER PA. Molecular Biomarkers for the Study of Childhood Leukemia. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology (In Press) August 2004.
- BUFFLER PA, Kelsh M, Chapman P, Wood S, Edmund L, Golembesky A, Wood R, Kalmes R, Brorby G. Primary Brain Tumor Mortality at a Petroleum Exploration and Extraction Research Facility. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 46, No. 3, March 2004.
- Vineis, P, Alavanja J, BUFFLER PA, Fontham E, Franceschi S, Gao YT, Gupta PC, Hackshaw A, Matos E, Samet J, Sitas F, Smith J, Stayner L, Straif K, Thun MJ, Wichmann HE, Wu AH, Zaridze D, Peto R, Doll R. Tobacco and Cancer: Recent Epidemiological Evidence. Journal National Cancer Institute, Vol. 96, No. 2 January 21, 2004.
- BUFFLER PA, Rice JM, Baan R, Bird MG, Boffetta P (Editors). Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis Contributions of Molecular Epidemiology. IARC Scientific Publications No. 157. International Agency for Cancer, Lyon, 2004.
- Jensen C, Block G, BUFFLER PA, Ma X, Selvin S, Month S. Maternal dietary risk factors in childhood acute lymphblastic leukemia. Cancer and Control, 15: 559-570, 2004.
- Reinier K, BUFFLER PA, Hammond SK, Gunier RB, Lea CS, Quinlan P, Kirsch J. Development and evaluation of parental occupational exposure questionnaires for a childhood leukemia study. Scand J Work Environ Health Vol. 30 No. 6 (In Press) 2004.
- BUFFLER PA, Kwan M, Reynolds P, Urayama K. Environmental and Genetice Risk Factors for Childhood Leukemia: Appraising the Evidence. Cancer Investigation (In Press) September 2004.
- Wiemels JL, Zhang Y, Chang J, Zheng S, Metayer C, Zhang L, Smith MT, Ma X, Selvin S, BUFFLER PA, Wiencke J. Ras Mutation is Associated with Hyperdiploidy and Parental Characteristics in Pediatric Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia. Leukemia (In Press) November 3, 2004.