Professor, Department of Medicine, UCSF
Research Summary
My research program focuses primarily on the epidemiology and toxicology of the pulmonary system, with additional research work on injury epidemiology (including poisoning and drug overdose) and on the history of occupational health. My research program has been composed of two principal components: (1) examining the etiologic burden and outcomes of lung disease, with an emphasis on interactions between workplace exposures and disease severity; and (2) epidemiologic and controlled human exposure studies of toxin and drug exposure effects. Outcomes in adult asthma, COPD, and interstitial disease comprise the principal thrust of these research efforts.
Education
Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont, BA, 1974, Liberal Arts
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA MSPH, 1977, Industrial Hygiene
Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Bronx, NY, MD, 1982, Medicine
Professional Experience
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1976
Industrial Hygiene Trainee, Shell Oil Company, New Orleans
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1978
Research Intern, California Public Policy Center, Los Angeles
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1982-1985
Internal and Occupational Medicine, Cook County Hospital, Chicago
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1985-1987
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, University of California San Francisco (UCSF)
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1987-1988
Fulbright Senior Research Scholar, Israel
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1988-1989
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF
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1989-1994
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCSF
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1994-2000
Associate Professor of Medicine, UCSF
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2000-present
Professor of Medicine, UCSF
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2001-present
Endowed Chair, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, UCSF
Honors & Awards
- 1975-1977
NIOSH Training Grant, Harvard School of Public Health - 1985-1987
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar - 1987-1988
Fulbright Award, Senior Research Fellow - 1989-1991
Research Award, American Lung Association of California Research Fund - 1990-1993
Special Emphasis Research Career Award, NIOSH (CDC) - 1991-1994
New Investigator Award, UC Tobacco Related Diseases Research Program - 1998
Burroughs Wellcome Travel Award - 1999
Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Fellow - 2002
Visiting Scholar, American Academy in Rome - 2005
Dozer Visiting Professor, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel - 2007
Jubilee Medal recipient, Swedish Medical Society, Section of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Selected Publications
- Blanc PD, Torén K. COPD and occupation: resetting the agenda. Occup Environ Med. 2016 Jun; 73(6):357-8.
View on PubMed - Blanc PD, Seaton A. Pneumoconiosis Redux. Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis and Silicosis Are Still a Problem. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 Mar 15; 193(6):603-5.
View on PubMed - Katz P, Iribarren C, Sanchez G, Blanc PD. Obesity and Functioning Among Individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). COPD. 2016 Jun; 13(3):352-9.
View on PubMed - Singer JP, Diamond JM, Gries CJ, McDonnough J, Blanc PD, Shah R, Dean MY, Hersh B, Wolters PJ, Tokman S, Arcasoy SM, Ramphal K, Greenland JR, Smith N, Heffernan P, Shah L, Shrestha P, Golden JA, Blumenthal NP, Huang D, Sonett J, Hays S, Oyster M, Katz PP, Robbins H, Brown M, Leard LE, Kukreja J, Bacchetta M, Bush E, D'Ovidio F, Rushefski M, Raza K, Christie JD, Lederer DJ. Frailty Phenotypes, Disability, and Outcomes in Adult Candidates for Lung Transplantation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Dec 1; 192(11):1325-34.
View on PubMed - Vinnikov D, Blanc PD, Steinmaus C. Is Smoking a Predictor for Acute Mountain Sickness? Findings From a Meta-Analysis. Nicotine Tob Res. 2016 Jun; 18(6):1509-16.
View on PubMed - Rosental PA, Rosner D, Blanc PD. From silicosis to silica hazards: An experiment in medicine, history, and the social sciences. Am J Ind Med. 2015 Nov; 58 Suppl 1:3-5.
View on PubMed - Malo JL, Tarlo SM, Sastre J, Martin J, Jeebhay MF, Le Moual N, Heederik D, Platts-Mills T, Blanc PD, Vandenplas O, Moscato G, de Blay F, Cartier A. An official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report: presentations and discussion of the fifth Jack Pepys Workshop on Asthma in the Workplace. Comparisons between asthma in the workplace and non-work-related asthma. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2015 Jul; 12(7):S99-S110.
View on PubMed - Blanc PD. "Acute" silicosis at the 1930 Johannesburg Conference on silicosis and in its aftermath: Controversies over a distinct entity later recognized as silicoproteinosis. Am J Ind Med. 2015 Nov; 58 Suppl 1:39-47.
View on PubMed - Shtraichman O, Blanc PD, Ollech JE, Fridel L, Fuks L, Fireman E, Kramer MR. Outbreak of autoimmune disease in silicosis linked to artificial stone. Occup Med (Lond). 2015 Aug; 65(6):444-50.
View on PubMed - Kern RM, Singer JP, Koth L, Mooney J, Golden J, Hays S, Greenland J, Wolters P, Ghio E, Jones KD, Leard L, Kukreja J, Blanc PD. Lung transplantation for hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Chest. 2015 Jun; 147(6):1558-65.
View on PubMed - Blanc PD, Järvholm B, Torén K. Prospective risk of rheumatologic disease associated with occupational exposure in a cohort of male construction workers. Am J Med. 2015 Oct; 128(10):1094-101.
View on PubMed - Lee SJ, You D, Gillen M, Blanc PD. Psychosocial work factors in new or recurrent injuries among hospital workers: a prospective study. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2015 Nov; 88(8):1141-8.
View on PubMed - Vinnikov D, Brimkulov N, Blanc PD. Smoking increases the risk of acute mountain sickness. Wilderness Environ Med. 2015 Jun; 26(2):164-72.
View on PubMed - Paulin LM, Diette GB, Blanc PD, Putcha N, Eisner MD, Kanner RE, Belli AJ, Christenson S, Tashkin DP, Han M, Barr RG, Hansel NN. Occupational exposures are associated with worse morbidity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Mar 1; 191(5):557-65.
View on PubMed - Mullen K, Gillen M, Kools S, Blanc P. Hospital nurses working wounded: motivations and obstacles to return to work as experienced by nurses with injuries. Work. 2015 Jan 1; 50(2):295-304.
View on PubMed - Fishwick D, Lewis L, Darby A, Young C, Wiggans R, Waterhouse J, Wight J, Blanc PD. Determinants of health-related quality of life among residents with and without COPD in a historically industrialised area. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2015 Aug; 88(6):799-805.
View on PubMed - Singer JP, Chen J, Katz PP, Blanc PD, Kagawa-Singer M, Stewart AL. Defining novel health-related quality of life domains in lung transplantation: a qualitative analysis. Qual Life Res. 2015 Jun; 24(6):1521-33.
View on PubMed - Bissell DM, Lai JC, Meister RK, Blanc PD. Role of delta-aminolevulinic acid in the symptoms of acute porphyria. Am J Med. 2015 Mar; 128(3):313-7.
View on PubMed - Moitra S, Blanc PD, Brashier BB. Airflow obstruction among street vendors who refill cigarette lighters with liquefied petroleum gas. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2014 Sep; 18(9):1126-31.
View on PubMed - MacIsaac JK, Gerona RR, Blanc PD, Apatira L, Friesen MW, Coppolino M, Janssen S. Health care worker exposures to the antibacterial agent triclosan. J Occup Environ Med. 2014 Aug; 56(8):834-9.
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