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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
EDUCATION
| 1973 | Ph.D. | Statistics | University of Georgia |
| 1968 | M.S. | Statistics | University of Georgia |
| 1964 | B.A. | Mathematics | Summa cum laude, St. Bernard College |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Brief Chronology of Employment
| 2000- Present | Co-Director Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, USF, Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, USF |
| 1996- 2000 | Professor and Chairperson, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL |
| 1995- | Professor and Interim Chairperson |
| 1993 - | Professor of Cancer Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL |
| 1993 - | Senior Cancer Epidemiologist, Genito-Urinary Oncology Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL |
| 1993 - | Adjunct Member, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1987 - 1993 | Director of Epidemiologic Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1976 - | Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University, School of Medicine, Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology |
| 1971 - 1987 | Statistician (Health), NIH, NCI, Bethesda, MD (1978 - Chief, Population Studies Section) |
| 1967 - 1969 | Lt. (03), U.S. Public Health Service, CDC, Atlanta, GA |
| 1964 - 1965 | Aerospace Engineer, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, TX |
Prior Faculty Appointments
Adjunct Professor: Medicine Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, Division of Environmental Medicine and Toxicology, 1988 -1993. Medicine Temple University, School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, 1988 - 1993. Epidemiology in Medicine University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, 1991 - 1994 Visiting Professor: Epidemiology University of South Florida, College of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 1988 - 1993. Military Service and Awards
- Lt. (03), U.S. Public Health Service, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia: September 1967 - September 1969.
- CAPT. (06), U.S. Public Health Service, OD, DCEG, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland: October 1987 - 2000 (Intermittent Tour of Active Duty)
- 1993 U.S. Public Health Service Commendation Medal
Awards, Honors and Membership in Honorary Societies
- 1960 - 1964 Four-year full tuition, St. Bernard College
- 1964 Valedictorian, Summa Cum Laude Delta Epsilon Sigma, National Honorary Fraternity Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities
- 1965 National Science Foundation Traineeship
- 1966 - 1967 NASA Traineeship
- 1968 Sigma Xi
- 1969 - 1970 NASA Traineeship
- 1976 U.S. Public Health Service Special Recognition Award
- 1977 Who's Who Among American Men and Women of Science
- 1993 Full membership in Sigma Xi
- 1994 Membership in Delta Omega National Honor Society for Public Health
- 1997 Visiting Scientist, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C.
Memberships in Professional and Scientific Societies
- American Society for Preventive Oncology
- Society for Occupational and Environmental Health
- Sigma Xi
- AAAS
- New York Academy of Sciences
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Land, CE, Shimosato Y, Saccomanno G, Tokuoka, S, Auerbach, O, Tateishi, R, Greenberg, SD, Nambu, S, Carter, D, Akiba, S, Keehn, R, Madigan, P, Mason, TJ, and Tokunaga M. Radiation-associated lung cancer: A comparison of the histology of lung cancers in uranium miniers and survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Radiation Research 134:234-243, 1993.
Clark LC, Giuliano A, Walsh B, Guernsey de Zapien J, Alberts DS, Meister J, and Mason TJ: The Santa Cruz County Community Health Survey. Arizona Department of Health Sciences. December 1994.
Land CE, Shimosato Y, Saccomanno G, Tokuoka S, Auerbach O, Tateishi R, Greenberg SD, Nambu S, Carter D, Akiba S, KR, Madigan P, Mason TJ and Tokunaga M: Radiation - associated Lung Cancer: A Comparison of the Histology of Lung Cancers in Uranium Miners and Survivors of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima an Nagasaki. Radiation Effects Research Foundation TR 20-92, 1995.
King JT Jr. Glick HA, Mason TJ and Flamm ES. Elective Surgery for Asymptomatic Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. J Neurosurg 83:403-412, 1995.
Taylor JA, LI Y, He M, Mason TJ, Mettlin C, Vogler WJ, Maygarden S and Liu E. p53 Mutations in Bladder Tumors from Arylamine - exposed workers. Cancer Res. January 15, 1996.
Ziegler RG, Colavito EA, Hartge P, McAdams MJ, Schoenberg JB, Mason TJ and Fraumeni JF Jr. The Importance of Alpha-carotene, Beta-carotene and other Phytochemicals in the Etiology of Lung Cancer. JNCI 88(9):612-615, 1996.
Blettner M, Alexander F, Mason T, Preston-Martin S, and Schlehofer B. Synopsis of the International Workshop on ?Risk Factors for Adult Leukaemias and Lymphomas?, Heidelberg, Germany, 15-16 January 1996. Leukemia (1996) Vol. 10, No. 10:1662-1666.
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