Biosketches of the Committee to Review California’s Risk-Assessment Process for Pesticides
Marion F. Ehrich (Chair) is professor of pharmacology and toxicology at the Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine (VMCVM) and at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute. She is also codirector of the VMCVM Laboratory for Neurotoxicity Studies. Her research interests are in biochemical neurotoxicology, especially neurotoxicity of organophosphorus components, and drug development. Dr. Ehrich is a past president of the Society of Toxicology. She has served on numerous scientific expert panels, including current membership on the US Environmental Protection Agency Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Science Advisory Panel. She also served on the National Research Council’s Committee on Toxicology and its Subcommittee on Toxicologic Assessment of Low-Level Exposures to Chemical Warfare Agents and on the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Gulf War and Health: Review of the Literature on Pesticides and Solvents (Pesticide Panel). Dr. Ehrich received her MS in pharmacology and toxicology from the University of Chicago and her PhD in pharmacology and toxicology from the University of Connecticut. She is certified by the American Board of Toxicology and is a fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences.
Brenda Eskenazi is the Jennifer and Brian Maxwell Professor of Epidemiology at the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health. She is also director of the Center for Environmental Research and Children’s Health and head of the Division of Community Health and Human Development. Her research interests are in the effects of environmental exposures (for example, to pesticides, lead, solvents, dioxin, and tobacco smoke) on reproductive, perinatal, and children’s health. Dr. Eskenazi was a member of the Institute of Medicine’s Board on Children, Youth, and Families. She received her MA in psychology from Queens College and her PhD in neuropsychology from the City University of New York. She had a postdoctoral fellowship in environmental epidemiology and toxicology at the Yale School of Public Health.
Roberta L. Grant is manager of the Toxicology Section of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), where she manages staff conducting toxicologic evaluations of air permit applications, carrying out monitoring projects, and performing risk assessments. She was involved in writing TCEQ’s guidelines for developing toxicity factors. She coordinates and is involved in the development of chemical-specific technical support documents to support the development of acute and chronic inhalation toxicity factors. Dr. Grant is also an adjunct professor in the College of Pharmacy of the University of Texas at Austin. She was a member of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s National Advisory Committee for Review of Acute Exposure Guideline Levels and has served as an ad hoc member of the agency’s Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel. She received her PhD in toxicology from the University of Texas at Austin.
Robert M. Hollingworth is professor emeritus in the Department of Entomology and the Center for Integrative Toxicology of Michigan State University. His research interests are in pesticide toxicology and mechanisms of toxicity of and resistance to pesticides. He is director of the North Central Region IR-4 Program, which is a 12-state program funded by the US Department of Agriculture that provides data to enable the registration of pesticides on specialty crops with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He has served on a number of state and national advisory panels related to pesticide issues, including EPA’s Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Science Advisory Panel. He also continues teaching activities on the risk assessment and regulation of chemical contaminants in the diet and the safety of genetically modified foods. Dr. Hollingworth received his PhD in insecticide toxicology from the University of California, Riverside.
Matthew C. Keifer is director of the National Farm Medicine Center. Before joining the center, he was associate director of the Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center of the University of Washington. His research and practice emphasize pesticide health effects and agricultural injury. He is the codirector of the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center, which is funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Dr. Keifer is a member of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee. He was a member of the National Research Council’s Subcommittee for the Review of the Risk Assessment of Methyl Bromide and of the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Occupational Information and Electronic Health Records. He received his MD from the University of Illinois and trained in internal medicine and occupational medicine, and he received his MPH in public health from the University of Washington.
Chensheng (Alex) Lu is associate professor of environmental-exposure biology in the Harvard School of Public Health. His research interests are in the use of biomarkers for assessing human exposures to environmental chemicals to facilitate the identification of risk factors. His current work involves projects to integrate exposure, metabolomics, and cumulative risk-assessment tools for quantifying children’s longitudinal dietary exposure to pesticides. Other research is focused on identifying biomarkers in the gene–environment paradigm in relation to pesticide exposure. He is also collaborating on studies with the Boston Housing Authority to minimize children’s residential exposures to pesticides in low-income urban public housing. Dr. Lu serves as an ad hoc member of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Science Advisory Panel and its Food Quality Protection Act Science Review Board. He received his MS in environmental sciences from Rutgers University and his PhD in environmental and occupational health sciences from the University of Washington.
Joseph V. Rodricks is a founding principal of ENVIRON International Corporation. His expertise is in toxicology and risk analysis and their uses in regulation. He was formerly deputy associate commissioner for health affairs and toxicologist for the US Food and Drug Administration. His experience includes chemical products and contaminants in food and food ingredients, air and water pollution, hazardous wastes, the workplace, consumer products, medical devices, and pharmaceutical products. Dr. Rodricks has served on over 30 committees of the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine, including the Committee on Improving Risk Analysis Approaches Used by the US Environmental Protection Agency. In recognition of his extraordinary contributions to these programs, he was designated a national associate of the National Academy of Sciences. He received his PhD in biochemistry from the University of Maryland and is a diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology.
David L. Stone is an associate professor in the Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology of Oregon State University (OSU). He directs the National Pesticide Information Center, a cooperative agreement between OSU and the US Environmental Protection Agency. He also holds an appointment in Extension Services, where he engages diverse stakeholders on issues related to pesticide exposure, integrated pest management, risk assessment, and risk communication. Dr. Stone has served on several state and national scientific advisory panels and is a past president of the Pacific Northwest Association of Toxicologists. In addition, he teaches courses on toxicology and biotechnology, is a coleader in the Research Translation Core of OSU’s Superfund Program, and is an investigator in a Multicultural Scholars Program for underrepresented students. Before joining OSU, Dr. Stone served as a state toxicologist for the Oregon Health Division. He received his MS from the University of North Texas and his PhD in toxicology from OSU.
Jeffrey D. Wolt is professor of agronomy and toxicology in Iowa State University and adjunct professor of epidemiology in the University of Iowa. His research interests are in pesticide and biotechnology safety analysis applied to risk management and science-policy decision-making, soil and environmental chemistry applied to exposure assessment, environmental monitoring, and environmental toxicology. His outreach responsibilities center on risk communication and harmonization of formalized frameworks for risk management and public-policy decision-making. Before joining Iowa State University in 2004, Dr. Wolt was an environmental chemist and risk analyst in industry, where he served as cochair of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Environmental Model Validation Task Force. He received his MS in agronomy and soil science and his PhD in soil chemistry from Auburn University.
