Review of the Federal Strategy for Nanotechnology-Related Environmental, Health, and Safety Research (2009) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix A: Biographic Information on the Committee for Review of the Federal Strategy to Address Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Needs for Engineered Nanoscale Materials
Appendix A: Biographic Information on the Committee for Review of the Federal Strategy to Address Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Needs for Engineered Nanoscale Materials
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is associate vice provost for research at the University of Washington, where he holds faculty appointments as professor of environmental and occupational health sciences, professor of public health genetics, and adjunct professor of medicinal chemistry. He also serves as director of the University of Washington-National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
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He has been a member of previous National Research Council committees including Evaluating the Efficiency of Research and Development Programs in the Environmental Protection Agency and the Scientific Review of the Proposed Risk Assessment Bulletin from the Office of Management and Budget. He earned his PhD in pharmacology and toxicology from the University of California, Davis.
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John M Balbus is the chief health scientist and health program director at the Environmental Defense Fund and an adjunct associate professor of environmental health sciences at Johns Hopkins University.
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He has served on the National Research Council Panel on Life Sciences and is aquatic-toxicology editor for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. He received his PhD in environmental science from Rice University.
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Günter Oberdörster is professor in the Department of Environmental Medicine at the University of Rochester, director of the University of Rochester Ultrafine Particle Center, principal investigator on a multidisciplinary research initiative in nanotoxicology, and head of the Pulmonary Core of a National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences center grant. His research focuses on the effects and underlying mechanisms of lung injury induced by inhaled nonfibrous and fibrous particles, including extrapolation modeling and risk assessment.
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He is the principal investigator of pharmacokinetic studies of organic chemicals and metals and develops physiologically based pharmacokinetic models of chemical kinetics for application in study design and risk assessment for both private companies and the EPA. Through Society of Toxicology symposia, specialty sections and continuing education courses, Dr.
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