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Each and every day we breathe, ingest, apply, and dispose
of chemicals. The effects of these chemicals on our health
and well being and on our environment range from miraculous
to disastrous. As our technology driven culture continues
to develop new chemicals for agricultural, medicinal, military,
and industrial uses, we need to understand what the ecological,
societal, and health risks/effects of these chemicals will
be.
If these kinds
of problems/issues interest you, then you should consider
training in the area of Applied
and Predictive Toxicology. You will find many
opportunities to expand your knowledge and contribute
to the advancement of this field among the faculty from
the three departments (Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, and Pharmacology and Toxicology) who are actively
engaged in research addressing toxicological problems.
The inherently interdisciplinary nature of this area utilizes
the latest molecular biological, chemical detection, and
immunocytochemical techniques and applies them to a broad
range of problems of immediate and long-term relevance.
Areas of faculty
expertise include:
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Aquatic toxicology
Dermal toxicology
Ecotoxicology
Environmental toxicology
Immunotoxicology
Risk assessment
Toxicogenomics
Stress/toxicant interactions
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State of the art approaches currently employed include:
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DNA
and protein chip array analysis
Laser
scanning confocal microscopy
In
vitro and in vivo monitoring of toxicant effects
HPLC
and LC/MS-based detection and quantification of chemicals
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Participating
faculty and areas of research
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- David Cool, Ph.D. Molecular mechanisms
of intracellular sorting of prohormones. [home][e-mail]
- John
Frazier, Ph.D. In vitro toxicology, biologically-based
modeling, hepatocyte culture [home][e-mail]
- Robert
Grubbs, Ph.D. Signal transduction/growth
factors/muscarinic receptors. [home][e-mail]
- Thomas
Lockwood, Ph.D. Toxicology; environmental interactions.
[home][e-mail]
- Jim
Lucot, Ph.D. Neurochemical/behavioral
response to toxins. [home][e-mail]
- James
N. McDougal, Ph.D. Skin irritation. Biologically-based
pharmacokinetic modeling of chemical interactions of
the skin [home][e-mail]
- Mariana
Morris, Ph.D. (Department Chair)
Neuroendocrinology/cardiovascular function. [home][e-mail]
- Courtney Sulentic, Ph.D.
Cellular and molecular immunotoxicology. [][e-mail]
- Wayne
Carmichael, Ph.D. Aquatic toxicology; blue-green algae
[bio]
[home][e-mail]
- Keith
Grasman, Ph.D. Ecotoxicology, immunotoxicology, endocrine
disrupters [home][e-mail]
- Nicholas
V. Reo, Ph.D. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies
of liver metabolism; hepatotoxicity and effects of peroxisome
proliferators. Dissertation qualified. [home][e-mail]
- Mateen Rizki, Ph.D. Pattern recognition, machine learning (self-computing), ATR, image processing [home][e-mail]
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