Steven Patierno, PhD Duke Cancer Institute School of Medicine: Pharmacology & Cancer Biology Studies mechanisms of respiratory toxicity and carcinogenesis by toxic metals. Focus Areas: Environmental Health & Disease: Cancer & the Environment Environmental Toxicology Profile: https://medicine.duke.edu/faculty/steven-patierno-phd
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Susan K Murphy, PhD School of Medicine: Obstetrics & Gynecology Nicholas School of the Environment Pronouns: She / Her / Hers Analyzes epigenetic changes that occur as a result of environmental exposures in utero as well as those that predispose to malignancy in humans. Focus Areas: Environmental Health & Disease: […]
Joel N Meyer, PhD Nicholas School of the Environment Pronouns: He / Him / His Studies the toxicity and genotoxicity of environmental contaminants including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and nanomaterials, with a particular focus on toxicants affecting mitochondria and gene-environment interactions. Focus Areas: Environmental Health & Disease: Development & Children’s Health […]
Donald P McDonnell, PhD School of Medicine: Pharmacology & Cancer Biology Studies molecular mechanisms through which both therapeutic agents and endocrine disrupters modulate cell function. Focus Areas: Environmental Health & Disease: Cancer & the Environment Profile: https://medicine.duke.edu/faculty/donald-patrick-mcdonnell-phd
H Kim Lyerly, MD Duke Cancer Institute School of Medicine: Pathology Investigates the response of human tissue and organs to external stress, including inflammation and therapeutic agents, and applies insights to create biomarker and imaging strategies for human stress responses, including environmental stressors. Focus Areas: Environmental Health & Disease: Cancer […]
Edward D Levin, PhD School of Medicine: Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Addiction Nicholas School of the Environment Studies toxicological influences on learning and memory, utilizing both rodent and zebrafish models to study toxicant exposures, including insecticides, PAHs and heavy metals. Focus Areas: Environmental Health & Disease: Development & Children’s Health […]
Sven-Eric Jordt, PhD School of Medicine: Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Cancer Biology Pronouns: He / Him / His Focuses on the mechanisms that enable humans and animals to sense toxic environmental exposures. Investigates the role of chemosensory neurons and their receptor systems in inhalation injury, asthma, smoking, and electronic cigarette exposures. […]
Dana Hunt, PhD Nicholas School of the Environment Located at the Duke University Marine Lab Investigates functional dynamics of microbes in response to changing environments. Focus Areas: Environmental Toxicology Profile: https://sites.nicholas.duke.edu/hunt/
Heileen (Helen) Hsu-Kim, PhD Pratt School of Engineering: Civil & Environmental Engineering Studies the environmental transformations and exposure risks of trace element contaminants and develops technologies to enable their detection and mitigation. Focus Areas: Environmental Chemistry Exposure Science Environmental Health & Disease: Global Health Profile: https://cee.duke.edu/faculty/heileen-hsu-kim