LABORATORIES
Environmental Health Laboratory/Trace Organics Analytical Center
The Environmental Health Laboratory (EHL) and Trace Organics Analytical Center (TOAC) are directed by Dr. Russell Dills. The EHL has been accredited by the American Industrial Hygiene Association since 1977 and supports agencies and employers throughout the State. The TOAC is supported by research grants and income from fee-for-service analyses.
Functional Genomics Laboratory
Since its formation in 1995, the Functional Genomics Laboratory Facility Core of the Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health has increased the number and types of genotyping assays available, continued the development and testing of new molecular biology-related instrumentation and methodologies, and incorporated additional molecular biology-associated computer software. Dr. Fred Farin is the director.
Other Labs
- Analytical cytology lab
- basic research into causes of environmental disease
- Controlled Exposure Lab
- exposures to diesel exhaust
- Costa lab
- cellular, biochemical and molecular mechanisms of neurotoxicity
- Eaton lab
- Aflatoxin B1, a fungal toxin, and its effect on the liver
- Electron Microscopy Lab
- cellular and molecular responses of the respiratory system to air pollutants
- Faustman lab
- biochemical mechanisms of developmental toxicity
- Fenske lab
- pesticide exposure, fluorescent tracer
- Field Group lab
- industrial hygiene and safety evaluations, ergonomic assessments
- Gallagher lab
- environmental chemical toxicity in humans and fish
- Kavanagh lab
- free radical biology, immunotoxicology, genetic toxicology and aging
- Kissel Lab
- exposure to environmental contaminants, especially dermal contact with soils and sediments
- Industrial Ergonomics Laboratory
- physical risk factors of computer work
- Kaufman lab
- environmental factors in cardiovascular and respiratory disease
- Koenig Lab
- respiratory and cardiac health effects of air pollution
- Liu lab
- children’s exposure to diesel school bus exhaust
- Meschke lab
- mobility, persistence, and detection of pathogens in the environment
- Morgan lab
- applied respiratory physiology, inhalation toxicology
- Optical Remote Sensing Laboratory
- use of electromagnetic radiation to identify and measure distant environmental pollutants
- Roberts lab
- antibiotic resistance
- Rosenfeld lab
- environmental factors in atherosclerosis
- Shusterman lab
- diagnostic tools for irritant air pollutants on the upper airway in humans
- Shin lab
- the effects of water and wastewater treatment processes on waterborne microorganisms
- Simpson lab
- biomarkers to help identify components of toxic exposures, such as wood smoke and diesel exhaust
- Woods lab
- molecular mechanisms by which metals produce toxic effects
- Xia Lab
- neuronal apoptosis (cell death), especially toxicant-induced damage
