Gough, Michael

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GOUGH, Michael

GOUGH, Michael. American, b. 1939. Genres: Environmental sciences/Ecology. Career: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, assistant professor of microbiology, 1968-72; State University of New York, Stony Brook, assistant professor, 1972-75, associate professor, 1975-76; National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, health scientist administrator, 1976-78; United States Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, Washington, DC, director of special projects, 1978-85; Risk Science Institute, Washington, DC, director, 1985-86; Environ Corporation, Washington, DC, project manager, 1986-87; Center for Risk Management, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, director, 1987-90; U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment, senior associate, 1990-. U.S. Veterans Administration Advisory Committee on Health-Related Effects of Herbicides, chair, 1987-90; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on the U.S. Air Force's Health Study of the Effects of Agent Orange ("Ranch Hand Advisory Committee"), chair, 1990-95. Publications: Dioxin, Agent Orange: The Facts, 1986; (with A.M. Ujihara) Managing Ash from Municipal Waste Incinerators: A Report, 1989; (ed. with T.S. Glickman) Readings in Risk, 1990. Author of research papers on molecular biology, genetics, and environmental health. Contributor to books. Address: 6404 East Halbert Road, Bethesda, MD 20817, U.S.A.

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