Joseph LaDou

Joseph LaDou (August 19, 1938 – November 10, 2023),[1][2] was an occupational and environmental medicine physician who practiced in Silicon Valley during the early years of the semiconductor and computer industries. In 1983, he was appointed the first Chief of the University of California, San Francisco (MC) Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,[2] and was co-director of the residency program there from 1982-1991.[citation needed] LaDou was founding editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, serving in that capacity from 1992 to 2005.[3] [4] During the same years, LaDou was director of UCSF's International Center for Occupational Medicine.[5]

  1. ^ Aspen Daily News, November 17, 2023. "Obituary: Joseph "Joe" LaDou". Accessed: November 28, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Harrison, Bob, et al. (2023, Nov. 16) "The passing of Joe LaDou, MD, UCSF emeritus professor and leader in occupational and environmental medicine." Chair's Corner, UCSF Department of Medicine. Accessed: November 28, 2023.
  3. ^ International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health website. Accessed: August 9, 2015.
  4. ^ LaDou, Joseph. 2020. "A World of False Promises: International Labour Organization, World Health Organization, and the Plea of Workers Under Neoliberalism," International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services, 50(3):314-323. doi:10.1177/0020731420917912
  5. ^ Miller, Jeff. (1999, January). "Joe LaDou: The Invisible Man," UCSF Magazine.