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Toxicology: Faculty

Ellen Braun-Howland, Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1982)
Occurrence and control of pathogens in the environment; molecular detection of environmentally significant organisms. more info
bhowland@wadsworth.org

David Carpenter, M.D., Harvard (1964)
Neurotoxicity of metals (Pb, Hg) and PCBs using electrophysiological and flow cytometric techniques. more info
carpent@uamail.albany.edu

Xinxin Ding, Ph.D., University of Michigan (1988)
Molecular toxicology; pharmacogenetics; gene regulation and biological function of cytochrome P-450 monooxygenases; transgenic/knockout mouse models of human disease. more info
dingx@wadsworth.org

Jun Gu, Ph.D., Shanghai Medical University (1993)
The mechanisms of environmental diseases and chemical toxicity Jun Gu more info
jungu@wadsworth.org

Bruce J. Herron, Ph.D., SUNY Albany (1999)
Functional analysis of the mouse genome: Investigation of defects in mammalian organogenesis. more info
bherron@wadsworth.org

David Lawrence, Ph.D., Boston College (1971)
Cellular, molecular, and biochemical investigation of the effects of environmental factors on the immune system; regulatory interactions between the nervous and immune systems. more info
lawrencd@wadsworth.org

William T. Lee, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1986)
Cellular immunology; generation of immunologic memory; lymphocyte reactions. more info
leew@wadsworth.org

Brian Pentecost, Ph.D., University of London (1981)
Control of steroid receptor expression including estrogen receptor and the PXR/RXR which regulates human Cytochrome P4503A4. more info
pentecos@wadsworth.org

Ramune Reliene, Ph.D., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich (2001)
Gene, environment and nutrient interactions in the etiology and prevention of cancer.
rreliene@albany.edu

Richard F. Seegal, Ph.D., University of Georgia (1972)
Developmental neurotoxicity of PCBs and heavy metals; neuroimmune interactions and Parkinson's disease. more info
seegal@wadsworth.org

David Spink, Ph.D., University of Maryland (1983)
Effects of xenobiotics on the metabolism of drugs and steroid hormones. more info
david.spink@wadsworth.org

Robert Turesky, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1986)
Environmental and molecular epidemiology; assessment of human exposure to toxicants; biochemical toxicology of carcinogenic heterocyclic aromatic amines. more info
rturesky@wadsworth.org

JoEllen Welsh, Ph.D., Cornell University (1980)
Nutrition, nuclear receptors, genomics and cancer using cellular and whole animal approaches; the molecular mechanisms by which dietary-derived nuclear receptor ligands reduce the risk of breast cancer development. more info
jwelsh@albany.edu

Qing-Yu Zhang, Ph.D., Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan (1989)
Postdoctoral training: University of Michigan. more info
zhangq@wadsworth.org

Adjunct Faculty

John F. Gierthy, Ph.D., University of Vermont (1970)

Laurence S. Kaminsky, Ph.D., Cape Town University, South Africa (1966)

Brian Mayes, Ph.D., Albany Medical College (1979)

Jay Silkworth, Ph.D., Albany Medical College, Toxicology (1979)

Robert A. Waniewski, Ph.D., George Washington University (1980)


Additional information on faculty research interests and publications can be found at: http://www.wadsworth.org/resnres/bios/pifacframe.htm