Beate Ritz
Beate R. Ritz is a German doctor and epidemiologist .
Life
Beate Ritz was born and raised in Germany. She studied medicine and medical sociology at the University of Hamburg (doctorates in 1983 and 1987, respectively). She did research at the Psychiatric University Clinic in Hamburg from 1987–1989 and obtained a further doctorate in epidemiology . She left her hometown Datterode and emigrated to California . There she worked from 1995 at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).
She then became a professor at the School of Public Health there (at the Dept. of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health ).
In Hamburg she met the puppeteer and filmmaker Steven Barr (later Steven Ritz-Barr), with whom she lived in Topanga, where her children Jules and Leo were born.
Her research focuses on the health effects of occupational and environmental toxins such as pesticides, ionizing radiation, air pollution and chronic diseases such as neurodegenerative disorders, cancer and asthma.
Publications (selection)
- with Barbara Hoffmann and Annette Peters: Effects of fine dust, ozone and nitrogen dioxide on health. In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt. Volume 116, Issue 51-52, December 23, 2019, pp. 881-886.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heimatverein Datterode: Datteröder settlers overseas .
- ^ The Puppet Master .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ritz, Beate |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ritz, Beate R. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |