Rosalie Bertell
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Rosalie Bertell (born 4 April 1929, Buffalo, New York) is an American physician and epidemiologist best known for her work in the field of ionizing radiation. A dual citizen of Canada and the United States, she has worked in environmental health since 1970.[1]
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[edit] Biography
Rosalie Bertell was born in Buffalo, the second most populous city in the US-state of New York. Her mother was Canadian, her father a citizen of the USA.
In 1966 she received the Ph. D. degree in Biometrics from the Catholic University of America.
From 1969 to 1978 Dr. Bertell was senior cancer research scientist at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. She has also been a consultant to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the US Environmental Protection Agency, and to Health Canada.[1]
In 1983 she received the "Hans-Adalbert Schweigart"-Medal from the World Union for Protection of Life.
Bertell was president of International Institute of Concern for Public Health from 1987 to 2004. She founded the 'International Medical Commission Chernobyl' in 1996 and is also member of the International Medical Commission on Bhopal since 1994.
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Dr. Bertell published many articles and was editor of the journal, "International Perspectives in Public Health". She wrote the books No Immediate Danger: Prognosis for a Radioactive Earth (1985) and Planet Earth: The Latest Weapon of War (2000).[2]
[edit] Awards
Dr. Rosalie Bertell had many awards such as:
- Hans-Adalbert-Schweigart-Medal (1983)
- Right Livelihood Award (1986)
- World Federalist Peace Award
- Ontario Premier's Council on Health
- Health Innovator Award
- the United Nations Environment Programme Global 500 award
- the Sean MacBride International Peace Prize
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