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Professor Anthony SeatonProfessor Anthony Seaton CBE, MD (Cantab), FRCP (London), FRCP (Edinburgh), FFOM, FMedSci was head of the department from 1988-2002. He is now emeritus professor in the department and is an honorary senior consultant at the Edinburgh Institute of Occupational Medicine. Earlier, from 1978-1990 he was director of the Institute of Occupational Medicine. Professor Seaton graduated in Medicine in 1962 from Cambridge and Liverpool universities. After junior posts he became assistant professor of medicine at West Virginia University USA, and later consultant chest physician in Cardiff, where he developed his interests in respiratory medicine and the links between occupational exposures and ill-health. He was editor of Thorax from 1976-82 and is presently an examiner for both the UK Royal Colleges of Physicians and Faculty of Occupational Medicine. His continuing research interests include environmental factors in the development of asthma, chemical neurotoxicity, the biological effects of air pollution and the interaction of environmental exposures and genetic factors in the causation of disease. He served as chairman on the Department of the Environment's expert panel on air quality standards (EPAQS) from the time of its institution in 1991 until December 2001, overseeing the production of eleven reports, the first two being on Benzene and Ozone in 1994 and the most recent on Particles and 1:3 Butadiene in 2001/2. He was also a member of the Department of Health's committee on medical aspects of air pollution from 1981-2003 and was the president of the British Thoracic Society in 1999. He is a member of the Royal Academy of Engineering/Royal Society working group on nanoscience and nanotechnology. To contact Professor Anthony Seaton email: a.seaton@abdn.ac.uk To view Professor Seaton's recent presentation to the Society of Occupational Medicine on 'Occupational medicine in medical schools: where are we heading?' click here. To view a list of Professor Seaton's recent publications click here.
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