Expert Details
Toxicology, Environmental Medicine, Biochemistry, Cancer Causation, DNA Damage & Repair, Genetics, Arsenic, Metals
ID: 724866
New York, USA
In other research, Expert studied the toxicology of environmental agents such as ultraviolet light, chromium, nickel, and other metals. Expert has been an expert witness in food contamination.
Expert has served on a number of Federal Committees to determine risk and mechanism of toxicity of a number of toxicants. She has also consulted for industry and for the legal profession on issues of toxicology. Expert has served on the Chemical Pathology Study Section (NIH), the National Toxicology Program Study Section, the American Cancer Society Study Section (Genetics), twice on the Environmental Health Sciences Review Committee (NIEHS), on NIH Small Business Grants (Genetics) study section, and on the Metabolic Pathology Study Section (NIH). She served on the editorial boards of Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, Mutation Research, Molecular Toxicology, and Teratogenesis, Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis, and is a reviewer for many other journals as well as Federal documents.
She wrote background papers on the role of arsenic compounds in human disease (risk assessments) for a class action lawsuit involving environmental arsenic exposure. In this case, she worked for the defense, and was able to show that the various diseases listed by plaintiffs were not associated with arsenic exposure, but had other causes.For the plaintiff in a case of food contamination causing chemical burn to the mouth, she developed a PowerPoint presentation showing that, contrary to defense's position, there was a very substantial level of contaminant that was enough to cause the burn.She analyzed whether a particular exposure scenario might have contributed to the lung disease in a plaintiff who, it was claimed, had an immune deficiency. She showed that, in fact, the alleged immune deficiency had not been proved.She advised on a case of childhood exposure to a contaminated playground, and examined data of the chemicals found. Among these chemicals were three that had a causal link to the disease in the plaintiff. (Still ongoing).She arranged to have an attorneys office tested for x-ray leakage from a chemotherapy office downstairs. The results showed that there was no leakage.
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 1968 | Degree: Ph.D. | Subject: Basic Medical Sciences | Institution: NYU School of medicine |
Year: 1965 | Degree: | Subject: Biochemistry | Institution: Brandeis University |
Year: 1964 | Degree: A.B. | Subject: Biology/Chemistry | Institution: N.Y.U. College of Arts and Sciences |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 1971 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Professor | Department: |
Responsibilities:She is a Principle Investigator on research grants from the NIH, EPA, and other agencies, having published over 120 articles on environmental causes of disease. Her research focus is on metals and radiation and deals mainly with cancer. She also teaches, acts as an editor of scientific journals, and serves on federal and international committees that evaluate causes of disease. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1969 to 1971 | Employer: Bellevue Hospital | Title: Postdoctoral Fellow | Department: Dept. of Pathology |
Responsibilities:Research on liver tumors in rats, chief of Pathology |
Government Experience
Years | Agency | Role | Description |
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Years: 1980 to 1985 | Agency: National Institutes of Health | Role: Member, study section | Description: She served as a member of the National Institute of She served as a member of the Environmental Health Sciences Special Study Section, which reviews Center grants, Program Projects, and Training Grants. |
Years: 1993 to 1996 | Agency: National Institutes of Health | Role: Member, study section | Description: She served as a Member of the Metabolic Pathology Study Section, which reviewed Research Grants. |
Years: 2007 to 2007 | Agency: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) | Role: Peer-reviewer | Description: She reviewed the Draft Provisional Peer-Reviewed Toxicity Value Manuscript for Antimony (Soluble Compounds and Antimony Trioxide). |
Years: 2005 to 2006 | Agency: USEPA | Role: Science Advisory Board | Description: She was a Member of the USEPA Science Advisory Board on Arsenic. |
International Experience
Years | Country / Region | Summary |
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Years: 1993 to 2009 | Country / Region: Lyon, France | Summary: At various times, she served on a World health Organization expert panel (International Agency for Research on Cancer) that met at their headquarters in Lyon, France. The purpose of these panels was to determine whether specific chemicals should be considered human carcinogens. |
Career Accomplishments
Associations / Societies |
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She is a member of: Society of Toxicology, Environmental Mutagen Society, American Association of Cancer Research, and American Chemical Society. |
Professional Appointments |
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Director, Molecular and Genetic Toxicology, Department of Environmental Medicine, NYU-Langone School of Medicine, Director, Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis, Department of Environmental Medicine, NYU-Langone School of Medicine Chairperson, Graduate Student Recruitment Committee, Department of Environmental Medicine, NYU School of Medicine Science Advisory Board (Arsenic), US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) NIH study section member, various times |
Awards / Recognition |
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Woman of Achievement, Orange County, NY |
Publications and Patents Summary |
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She has over 120 published full length papers and book chapters and many more abstracts. |
Additional Experience
Expert Witness Experience |
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She has been an expert witness in a case involving chemically-induced damage to an individual by a contaminant. She has also served as a "behind the scenes" expert in a number of cases involving environmental and occupational exposures to toxicants. She has prepared reviews on toxicants and causes of diseases written for the lay audience, and has responded to statements by the opposing Toxicologist, as well as given depositions. |
Training / Seminars |
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Developed the first graduate course in Genetic Toxicology in the New York metropolitan area. This deals with effects of environmental agents on genes. Developed and taught a course for patent lawyers on Recombinant DNA. Organized the Hudson Valley Science cafe. |
Marketing Experience |
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Has some knowledge of preclinical testing for pharmaceuticals. |
Other Relevant Experience |
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Her special expertise is writing about scientific and medical issues for the lay person. She has published many text book chapters on toxicants. She has great skill in developing PowerPoint presentations that explain scientific ideas to a lay audience, including juries. |
Language Skills
Language | Proficiency |
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French | She has slight proficiency in reading and speaking French. |
Fields of Expertise
chemical toxicology, environmental medicine, arsenic, cancer causation, toxic chemical, genetic mutation process, molecular toxicology, cancer pathology, food contamination, environmental toxicology, toxicology, environmental health, mutagenicity, DNA repair, cancer risk, chemical mutagenesis, cancer diagnosis, radiation toxicology, occupational toxicology, DNA damage, toxicology risk assessment, in vitro toxicology, applied toxicology, teratology, cancer research, environment-related assessment, gene, genetics, genetic probe technology, environmental risk assessment, arsenic environmental effect