Professor of Medicine
Endowed Chair in Occupational and Environmental Medicine
School of Medicine
Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
University of California
San Francisco, CA 94143-0924
paul.blanc@ucsf.edu
415-476-7377 Fax: 415-476-6426
 
Current Research Interests
• Epidemiology of occupational lung disease
• Asthma outcomes
• Occupational toxicology
 
Key Publications
• Blanc PD, Trupin L, Eisner M, Earnest G, Katz PP, Israel I, Yelin EH. 2001. The work impact of asthma and rhinitis: findings from a population-based survey. J Clin Epidem 54:610-18.
• Eisner MD, Katz PP, Yelin EH, Hammond SK, Blanc PD. 2001. Measurement of environmental tobacco smoke exposure among adults with asthma. Environ Health Persp 109:809-14.
• Blanc PD, Toren K. 1999. How much adult asthma can be attributed to occupational factors? Am J Med 107:580-87.
• Eisner MD, Smith AK, Blanc PD. 1998. Bartenders' respiratory health after establishment of smoke-free bars and taverns. JAMA 280:1909-14.
• Kuschner WG, Wong H, D'Alessandro A, Quinlan P, Blanc PD. 1997. Human pulmonary responses to experimental inhalation of high concentration fine arid ultrafine magnesium oxide particles. Environ Health Perspect 105:1234-37.
• Blanc PD, Cisternas M, Smith S, Yelin E. 1996. Asthma, employment status, and disability among adults treated by pulmonary and allergy specialists. Chest 109:688-96.
 
Teaching
• ICM - Occupational medicine section (with John Balmes) (UCSF)
• Management of Clinical Occupational Health Problems (with Barbara Burgel) (UCSF)
 
Honors
• Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar
• Fulbright Award
 
Public and University Service
• Member, Scientific Review Panel, Air Resources Board
• Associate Medical Director, California Poison Control System, San Francisco Division