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Expert in Toxicology, Environmental Med., Cancer Causation, DNA Damage & Repair, Genetics, Arsenic, Metals
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Expert has published about 120 articles, mostly on metal carcinogenesis and environmental toxicology, with an emphasis on arsenic. She was first to report on the comutagenicity of arsenic and later developed the only animal model of arsenic-induced skin cancer. She established that arsenic compounds affect the genetic mutation process in unconventional ways, such as inhibition of DNA repair. She participated in the International Agency for Research in Cancer (IARC) review of the carcinogenicity of metals, Lyon, France, 1993 and again in 2004. Expert organized and chaired the session on mechanisms of carcinogenesis at the NIH/EPA meeting “Arsenic: Health Effects, Mechanisms of Action, and Research Issues”. She was co-organizer of the First, Second, and Third International Meetings on Molecular Mechanisms of Metal Toxicity and Carcinogenicity. In 2003, Expert edited a Special Issue of Mutation Research devoted to Metals and Carcinogenesis. She was a member of the Scientific Advisory Board (arsenic) for the USEPA.
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In other research, Expert studied the toxicology of environmental agents such as ultraviolet light, chromium, nickel, and other metals.
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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.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: New York, New York;
Yonkers, New York;
Newark, New Jersey;
Jersey City, New Jersey;
Paterson, New Jersey;
Elizabeth, New Jersey;
Bridgeport, Connecticut;
New Haven, Connecticut;
Hartford, Connecticut;
and Springfield, Massachusetts.
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1968
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Ph.D.
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Basic Medical Sciences
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NYU School of medicine
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1965
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Biochemistry
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Brandeis University
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1964
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A.B.
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Biology
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N.Y.U. College of Arts and Sciences
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1971 to
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(Undisclosed)
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Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine
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Professor
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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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1969 to 1971
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NYU School of medicine
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Dept. of Pathology
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Postdoctoral Fellow
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Research on liver tumors in rats, under mentor Dr. Frederick Becker, chief of Pathology at Bellevue Hospital.
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Associations/Societies
She is a member of: Society of Toxicology, Environmental Mutagen Society, and American Chemical Society.
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Professional Appointments
Director, Molecular and Department of Environmental Medicine 1993-2001 Genetic Toxicology New York University School of Medicine; Director, Molecular Toxicology Department of Environmental Medicine 2001-2006 and Carcinogenesis New York University School of Medicine.
Chairperson, Graduate Student Recruitment Committee, Department of Environmental Medicine, Expert's Firm, 1986-1989. Peer Reviewer, USEPA document on Arsenic, 1986. Councilor, Metal Specialty Section, Society of Toxicology, 2003-2005.
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Awards/Recognition
Woman of Achievement, Orange County, NY (2002)
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Publications and Patents Summary
She has 120 published full length papers and book chapters and many more abstracts.
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Selected Publications and Publishers
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- Environmental Toxicants: Human Exposure and their Health Effects
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- Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
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- Carcinogenesis
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- Toxicological Sciences
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1980 to 1985
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National Institutes of Health
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Member, study section
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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.
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1993 to 1996
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National Institutes of Health
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Member, study section
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She served as a Member of the Metabolic Pathology Study Section, which reviewed Research Grants.
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2007 to 2007
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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
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Peer-reviewer
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She reviewed the Draft Provisional Peer-Reviewed Toxicity Value Manuscript for Antimony (Soluble Compounds and Antimony Trioxide).
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2005 to 2006
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USEPA
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Science Advisory Board
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She was a Member of the USEPA Science Advisory Board on Arsenic.
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| Selected Consulting Examples: |
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She wrote background papers on the role of arsenic compounds in human disease (risk assessments) for a class action lawsuit involving environmental arsenic exposure.
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She did a literature search and summarized environmental causes of glioblastoma for a possible case.
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She analyzed whether a particular exposure scenario might have contributed to the lung disease in a plaintiff who had an immune deficiency.
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She advised on the use of a particular chemical as a means to increase the dermal uptake of a drug.
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She has served on an EPA committee to determine whether a chemical carcinogen acts by a genotoxic mode of action.
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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She has been 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 specific questions that arose in depositions by email.
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Recent Litigation Client Requests:
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French
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She has slight proficiency in reading and speaking French.
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Has some knowledge of preclinical testing for pharmaceuticals.
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Training/Seminars
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.
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Other Skills and Services
Her special expertise is writing about scientific and medical issues for the lay person. She has published many text book chapters on toxicants.
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