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Office of Public
Health and Environmental Hazards
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Biography
Robert E. Allen, PhD
Special Assistant
After receiving his Ph.D. in
medical physiology from Vanderbilt Medical School, in 1969, Dr.
Allen accepted a position with the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA), where he accelerated to the position of
Branch Chief.
In 1976, Dr. Allen left NASA for the position of
Special Assistant to the Vice President for Health Affairs at the
University of Alabama. Shortly
thereafter, he accepted a fellowship at the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland.
While a fellow at NIH, Dr. Allen served as primary reviewer
for the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism and Digestive
Diseases (NIAMDD), in addition to serving as Chairman of the
Training Grant Appeal Board.
In 1978 he came to the VA Central Office, where
he has held several positions including Deputy Director of the
AIDS Program Office, until 1991, when he accepted the position of
Special Assistant to the ACMD for Environmental Medicine, now the
Office of Public Health and Environmental Hazards.
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March 05, 2007 |
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