Patty Quinlan is an Industrial Hygienist in the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. In addition to teaching and research projects, she is involved in clinical work at the UC Occupational Health Clinic and various community service projects, such as the Community Occupational Health Project (COHP). Prior to coming to UCSF she worked as an industrial hygienist for the Labor Occupational Health Program at UC Berkeley. She was one of the founding members of BACOSH in the 1980's and is on the Worksafe Executive Committee. She has served on numerous Cal/OSHA committees and is currently a member of the Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee and the Cal/OSHA 5155 Air Contaminants Committee. She is also active in the industrial Hygiene committee of the Occupational Health Section of the APHA.