Arnold
Brody, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice
Chairman
Department of Pathology
Tulane University Medical School
New Orleans, LA |
Dr. Brody received his
M.S. in anatomy from the University of Illinois, his Ph.D. in cell
biology from Colorado State University, and completed post-doctoral
studies at Ohio State University. Currently a professor and vice chairman
in Tulane University Medical School's Pathology Department, Dr. Brody
has received funding as PI from NIH's National Heart Lung and Blood
Institute (NHLBI) and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
(NIEHS), and the State of Louisiana. Dr. Brody has completed 140 peer
reviewed publications, 45 book chapters, proceedings and reviews,
and one book (The Science Class You Wish You Had, Berkley
Publishing, 1997).
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Vincent Castranova,
Ph.D.
Chief of the Pathology and
Physiology Research Branch Health Effects Laboratory Division (HELD)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Morgantown, WV |
Dr. Castranova received a Ph.D. in physiology from
West Virginia University and received post-doctoral training at Yale
University. Since that time, he has been a researcher at NIOSH and
an adjunct faculty member at West Virginia University. In addition
to his duties as Chief of the Pathology and Physiology Research Branch
at NIOSH, Mr. Castranova is also an Adjunct Professor in the Dept.
of Physiology and Pharmacology and the Dept. of Basic Pharmaceutical
Sciences at WVU, an Adjunct Professor in the Dept. of Environmental
and Occupational Health at the University of Pittsburgh, and a CDC
Distinguished Consultant. He has published over 300 manuscripts in
the area of pulmonary toxicology and occupational health.
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Andrew
Churg, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of
Pathology
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC |
Dr. Churg received his
B.A. from Columbia University, NY, and M.D. and Ph.D. from the University
of Chicago. He has been on the faculty of the University of British
Columbia in Vancouver, BC, for the past 20 years, and is currently
Professor of Pathology. His research interests are related to the
effects of environmental and occupational agents on the lung.
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Kevin E. Driscoll, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Cell & Molecular Core and Cardiovascular Research
Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals
Cincinnati, OH |
Dr. Driscoll received his Ph.D. in environmental health
science inhalation toxicology from New York University. In addition
to his position as associate director of cell and molecular core and
cardiovascular research at Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, he is
also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Medicine and
Dentistry, University of Rochester, New York and the Department of
Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Dr. Driscoll has participated in over 20 advisory councils and scientific
committees and has completed over 70 publications, including reviewed
articles, book chapters, and other publications.
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Bice
Fubini, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
Faculty of Pharmacy
University of Torino
Torino, Italy |
Dr. Fubini was educated
at the University of Torino where she is now full Professor of Chemistry
in the Faculty of Pharmacy. She has developed studies on the chemical
basis of the toxicity of solid materials, mainly inhaled particles,
and is currently the Head of the Interdepartmental Center "G.Scansetti"
for Studies on Asbestos and other Toxic Particulates, which coordinates
research & formation activities carried out in a large spectrum of
departments, from earth sciences to occupational medicine and epidemiology.
She authored a large number of original scientific papers, review
articles and book chapters devoted to the relationship between physico-chemical
properties and toxicity of particles and fibers. Since 1988, she has
been in scientific committees and/or delivered lectures at various
international meetings on particle toxicology. She took part in various
consensus workshops and served in IARC (International Agency for Research
on Cancer, 1996-2002), JRC-ECVAM (Joint Research Center-.European
Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods, 1996-1998) and ILSI
(International Sciences Institute, US, 2003) working groups for the
assessment of fiber and particle toxicity.
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Tom K. Hei, Ph.D.
Professor of Radiation Oncology
College of Physicians & Surgeons Professor of Environmental Health
Sciences
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
New York, NY |
Dr. Hei received his B.S. degree from the University
of Wisconsin and his Ph.D. degree in pathology from Case Western Reserve
University. He joined Columbia University in 1983 and is currently
Professor of Radiation Oncology in the College of Physicians & Surgeons
and Professor of Environmental Health Sciences in the Mailman School
of Public Health. Dr. Hei's research focuses on mechanisms of lung
and breast cancer induction by radiation and other environmental carcinogens.
He has published over 130 peer-reviewed articles in these areas and
his work on radon as well as on arsenic has been cited in many newspapers
and magazines around the world. Dr. Hei serves as session editor and
reviewer of several journals as well as a member of various NIH peer
review panels.
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Charles
H. Hobbs, D.V.M.
Director of Toxicology
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute (LRRI)
Albuquerque, NM |
Dr. Hobbs is the Director
of Toxicology at Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute (LRRI) in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. His primary research interests are the long-term
biological effects of inhaled materials and the mechanisms by which
they occur. His experience covers inhaled nuclear and chemical toxicants
as well as infectious diseases. Research in these areas has ranged
from physical and chemical characterization of airborne toxicants
to in vitro mechanistic and toxicologic studies and long-term studies
in laboratory animals of the relationships between dose to critical
tissues and resulting biological effects and the important mechanisms
active in determining these relationships.
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Agnes Kane, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology
and Laboratory Medicine
Brown University
Providence, RI |
Dr. Kane, M.D., Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of the
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Brown University.
She has 25 years of experience in experimental pathology studying
mechanisms of mineral fiber toxicity and carcinogenicity. Her research
is supported by NIEHS. She is also director of the NIEHS-funded training
Program in Environmental Pathology at Brown University.
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James
D. Lockey, M.D.
Professor of Environmental
Health
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, OH |
Dr. Lockey is professor
of environmental health at the University of Cincinnati College of
Medicine. He earned his M.D. from Temple University. Prior to joining
the faculty at the University of Cincinnati, he was assistant professor
at the University of Utah and in private practice in Wisconsin. Dr.
Lockey served as a member of the Office of Technology Assessment Advisory
Panel on Reproductive Hazards in the Workplace. He has served on many
scientific society committees, including as chair of the Occupational
Lung Disorders Committee of the American College of Occupational and
Environmental Medicine.
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Gene McConnell, D.V.M.
President, ToxPath, Inc.
Raleigh, NC |
Dr. McConnell received his D.V.M. from Ohio State University
and an M.S. in pathology from Michigan State University. In the past,
he was the Director of NIEHS's Division of Toxicology Research and
Testing Program. In addition to his position as president of ToxPath,
Inc., Dr. McConnell currently sits on the editorial board of Inhalation
Toxicology. He has published over 120 papers and 40 book chapters,
published symposia, and reviews and presented over 125 invited lectures/oral
presentations.
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Brooke
T. Mossman, Ph.D.
Professor of
Pathology
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Burlington, VT |
Dr. Mossman received
her Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology at the University of Vermont
College of Medicine and is presently a Professor of Pathology and
Director of the NIEHS training program in Environmental Pathology
at that Institution. Her research on mechanisms of asbestos-related
diseases has been funded for more than 20 years by NIH, American Cancer
Society, and EPA. She presently serves on the Board of Councilors
of the National Cancer Institute and the parent Program Project committee
of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and the External Scientific
Advisory Boards of the EPA PM Center at NYU, and the NIEHS Center
in Molecular Toxicology at Vanderbilt University. She also chairs
the Scientific Advisory Committees at the NIEHS Center at Oregon State
University and the CIIT Center for Health Research.
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