Professional Profile
Mr. Alan Hale is a certified health physicist in ToxStrategies’ Exposure Sciences practice. He has 20 years of experience in the fields of radiation health and bioenvironmental engineering, gained throughout a distinguished service career in the U.S. Air Force.
Mr. Hale began his career as a Health Physicist at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, where he provided support and oversight for radioactive material safe handling. As a Bioenvironmental Engineer at MacDill AFB, Florida, he served as the Radiation Safety Officer for two radioactive material permits. Moving into his second decade of service, Mr. Hale provided worldwide consultation services as Chief, Radiation Health Consulting Branch, for the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine. His next station was at Aviano Air Base in Italy. There, as a Bioenvironmental Engineer Flight Commander, he led a 17-person team supporting the base in matters of industrial hygiene, environmental compliance, and radiation support.
Mr. Hale’s final 4 years of service were with the Air Force Medical Readiness Agency, in Falls Church, Virginia. As the Agency’s Medical Service Chief, Radiation Health, he led radiation health policy development, provided radiation safety guidance for the Air Force, and managed radioactive material permitting actions for the Air Force’s sole Nuclear Regulatory Commission–issued Master Material License.
As a consultant, Mr. Hale provides professional support to clients on matters of radiological health protection, industrial hygiene, and environmental hazard assessment and prevention.