Betsy Reed (Elizabeth)

Betsy Reed (Elizabeth) was a Research and Development Technologist at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in the early 1990s. Betsy joined RJRT following completion of her B .S. degree at Wake Forest University. She started as a lab technician, a position that was followed by promotions to Senior Lab Technician, Junior R&D Technologist, Assistant R&D Techologist, Associate R&D Technologist, and then R&D Technologist. Betsy was instrumental in the development of RJRT's Ames assay program, mammalian mutagenesis assays, cytogenetics assays, microbiological (i.e. Legionella) assays, asbestos identification program, DNA adduct assay. Betsy co-authored several publications in peer-reviewed journals.