Patricia Happ Buffler (August 1, 1938 — September 26, 2013) was an American epidemiologist and cancer researcher, known for her work on childhood leukemia and environmental health.
After moving to California in the 1960s, she pursued graduate studies at Berkeley, earning a master's degree in public health administration in 1965, and completing doctoral work in epidemiology in 1963.
[1] Her dissertation was titled "Coronary Risk Factors in Japanese-Caucasian Mixed Marriages," and followed the health of Japanese war brides, whose environments changed dramatically between childhood to adulthood.
[6] Buffler was an expert advisor to the World Health Organization, the United States Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and others.
She was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and served on the Texas Air Control Board's Research Advisory Council.