Toxicology Faculty

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

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Ellen Braun-Howland, Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1982)
bhowland@wadsworth.org
Occurrence and control of pathogens in the environment; molecular detection of environmentally significant organisms. 
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David Carpenter, M.D., Harvard University (1964)
dcarpenter@albany.edu
Neurotoxicity of metals (Pb, Hg) and PCBs using electrophysiological and flow cytometric techniques.
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Jun Gu, Ph.D., Shanghai Medical University (1993)
jxg19@health.state.ny.us
The mechanisms of environmental diseases and chemical toxicity.
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Bruce J. Herron, Ph.D., University at Albany, State University of New York (1999)
bherron@wadsworth.org
Functional analysis of the mouse genome: Investigation of defects in mammalian organogenesis.
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David Lawrence, Ph.D., Boston College (1971)
lawrencd@wadsworth.org
Cellular, molecular, and biochemical investigation of the effects of environmental factors on the immune system; regulatory interactions between the nervous and immune systems.
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Veronica Miller, Ph.D., University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom (2007)
vmiller@wadsworth.org
My research focuses into the role of environmental contaminants and immune responses in developmental and brain aging diseases with a focus on autism and dementia. 

Ramune Reliene, Ph.D., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich (2001)
rreliene@albany.edu
Gene, environment and nutrient interactions in the etiology and prevention of cancer.
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Richard F. Seegal, Ph.D., University of Georgia (1972)
seegal@wadsworth.org
Developmental neurotoxicity of PCBs and heavy metals; neuroimmune interactions and Parkinson's disease.
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David Spink, Ph.D., University of Maryland (1983)
spink@wadsworth.org
Effects of xenobiotics on the metabolism of drugs and steroid hormones.
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Robert Turesky, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1986)
turesky@wadsworth.org
Environmental and molecular epidemiology; assessment of human exposure to toxicants; biochemical toxicology of carcinogenic heterocyclic aromatic amines.
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JoEllen Welsh, Ph.D., Cornell University (1980)
jwelsh@albany.edu
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.
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Qing-Yu Zhang, Ph.D., University of Michigan (1989)
zhangq@wadsworth.org
Intestinal P450 enzymes in drug metabolism and chemical toxicity; regulation and biological functions of tissue-selective drug metabolism enzymes.
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Adjunct Faculty:

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Sara Brenner, M.D., University of Iowa (2006), M.P.H., University at Albany, State University of New York (2008)
sbrenner@albany.edu
Occupational and environmental health effects of exposure to engineered nanomaterials; Epidemiology and medical surveillance of the nanoelectronics workforce; Nanotoxicology; Ethical, legal, and societal implications of nanotechnology; Nanomedicine
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Anwar Y. Dunbar, Ph.D., University of Michigan (2005)

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

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

Brian Pentecost, Ph.D., University of London (1981)
pentecos@wadsworth.org
Control of steroid receptor expression including estrogen receptor and the PXR/RXR which regulates human Cytochrome P4503A4.
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Robert A. Waniewski, Ph.D., George Washington University (1980)