Ph.D. Program in Toxicology

Training Faculty

Neurotoxicology

Deborah A. Cory-Slechta (environmental neurotoxicants as risk factors for behavioral disorders and neurodegenerative diseases)
Robert S. Freeman (early molecular events triggering cell death)
Harris Andrew Gelbard (molecular and electrophysiologic mechanisms of synaptic plasticity)
Gail V. W. Johnson-Voll (molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration)
Anna Majewska (structure and function of single synapses in brain networks)
Margot Mayer-Proschel (CNS precursor cells and their derivatives in human disease paradigms)
Mark Noble (neuronal degeneration)
Michael. K. O’Banion (Alzheimer’s disease pathology)
Lisa A. Opanashuk (toxicant exposure and brain development)
Edwin Van Wijngaarden (epidemiology of occupational and environmental exposures)

Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Toxicology

Burns C. Blaxall (development and regression of cardiac disease)
Patricia R. Chess (regulation of pulmonary growth and repair)
David A. Dean (models of acute lung injury and asthma)
Alison C. P. Elder (toxicology of inhaled ambient ultrafine and engineered nanoparticles)
Jacob N. Finkelstein (cellular responses to pulmonary injury)
Mark W. Frampton (cardiovascular effects of ultrafine particles)
Steve N. Georas (asthma and obstructive lung diseases; clinical immunology)
Thomas J. Mariani (genetic mechanisms of susceptibility to chronic lung diseases)
Günter Oberdörster (biological effects of airborne environmental particles)
Michael A. O’Reilly (DNA damage signaling in oxidative lung injury)
Richard P. Phipps (role of fibroblasts in lung injury)
Gloria S. Pryhuber (prevention and treatment of inflammatory lung disease)
Arshad Rahman (signalling mechanisms involved in lung injury)
Irfan Rahman (oxidant and cigarette smoke-mediated chromatin remodeling)
David Rich (health effects of exposures to environmental agents)
Patricia J. Sime (environmentally-induced lung inflammation and scarring)

Osteotoxicology

Danielle Benoit (biomedical engineering/orthopedics)
Brendan F. Boyce (regulation of the formation, activation and survival of osteoclasts)
Robert A. Mooney (osteotoxicology)
Regis J. O’Keefe (lead’s effects on chondrocyte differentiation and skeletal development)
J. Edward Puzas (molecular and cellular biology of the skeletal system)
Michael Zuscik (lead-induced changesp in skeletal growth)

Molecular Modifiers of Toxicity

Burns C. Blaxall (development and regression of cardiac disease)
Robert S. Freeman (early molecular events triggering cell death)
Alan E. Friedman (proteomics and the nature of disease)
Thomas A. Gasiewicz (receptor-mediated modulation of gene expression)
Robert A. Mooney (regulation of cell growth and metabolism)
Harold C. Smith (regulating gene expression at the level of messenger RNA)

Immunotoxicology

Jacob N. Finkelstein (cellular responses to pulmonary injury)
Thomas A. Gasiewicz (receptor-mediated modulation of gene expression)
Steve N. Georas (asthma and obstructive lung diseases; clinical immunology)
B. Paige Lawrence (environmental agents as modifiers of host response to infection and cellular function)
Thomas J. Mariani (genetic mechanisms of susceptibility to chronic lung diseases)
Richard P. Phipps (role of fibroblasts in lung injury)
David J. Topham (virus infections of the respiratory tract)

Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Deborah A. Cory-Slechta (environmental neurotoxicants as risk factors for behavioral disorders and neurodegenerative diseases)
B. Paige Lawrence (environmental agents as modifiers of host response to infection and cellular function)
Richard K. Miller (chemical-induced birth defects and altered placental function)
Gloria S. Pryhuber (prevention and treatment of inflammatory lung disease)
David Rich (health effects of exposures to environmental agents)
Edwin Van Wijngaarden (epidemiology of occupational and environmental exposures)

Stem Cells and Epigenetics

Thomas A. Gasiewicz (receptor-mediated modulation of gene expression)
B. Paige Lawrence (environmental agents as modifiers of host response to infection and cellular function)
Margot Mayer-Proschel (CNS precursor cells and their derivatives in human disease paradigms)
Mark D. Noble (neuronal degeneration)
Michael A. O’Reilly (transforming growth factor-beta and p53 in lung development)
Irfan Rahman (oxidant and cigarette smoke-mediated chromatin remodeling)

Resource Mentors: Epidemiological, Occupational, Community Outreach and Education

Shaw-Ree Chen (community outreach and educational programs)
Li-Shan Huang (nonparametric curve estimations)
Ollivier Hyrien (stochastic processes and their biological applications)
Katrina S. Korfmacher (community outreach and education programs)
Victor G. Laties (Web Master)
Dina G. Markowitz (community outreach and education programs)
David Oakes (epidemology and experimental therapeutics)
John O’Donoghue (forensic toxicology)
Sally Thurston (statistical problems arising in environmental and occupational health research)
Mark J. Utell (human clinical studies of the health effects of air pollution)

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Gene Watson (influence of toxic environmental compounds on saliva and dental caries)

Some names appear more than once, representing the breadth of the person’s research interests.

Revised April 18, 2012 (vgl & gbi)