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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHNAME: Femi Adeshina POSITION TITLE: ToxicologistEDUCATION/TRAININGInstitution
 
Degree
 
Year
 
Field of Study
 
Columbia University, New York, NYUniversity of Texas, Dallas, TXUniversity of Texas, Dallas, TXB.S.M.S.Ph.D.
 
1974-19791985-19861986-1988
 
Biology/ChemistryEnvironmental ScienceEnvironmental Science
 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
 Senior Toxicologist NCEA, ORD, EPA 2002 - PresentStaff Toxicologist and Team Leader, NCEA, ORD, EPA 1997-2002President and Principal ConsultantEnvironmental & Scientific Consultants, Cherry Hill, NJ 1995- 1997Regional Director of Risk Assessment ServicesGolder Associates, Mt. Laurel, NJ 1992 - 1995Senior ToxicologistIT Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA 1989 - 1992
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
:Recipient: ORD Superior Accomplishment Recognition Award
 
for special assistance to OPP in developing SciencePosition for litigation settlement with NRDC 2001
INVITED LECTURES/SYMPOSIA (Selected presentations):
1. Assessment of Toxicity Data for Developing Environmental RegulationsPlenary Speaker at the U.S. EPA and Tri-Services Toxicology and Risk Assessment Conference,Dayton, OH (2003)1. Exposure to Pesticide Mixtures: Age-Related Immunotoxic RiskSeminar presented at OPPTS/ORD Seminar Series, Washington, DC (2003)2. Cumulative Risk Assessment: A Discussion of Current ApproachesLecture presented at University of Cincinnati, Department of Environmental Health, Cincinnati, OH(2002)3. Cumulative Risk Assessment Practice and Case Studies at NCEASeminar presented to U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board, Cincinnati, OH (2001)4. Metrics for Toxicity Evaluation and Cumulative Risk AssessmentSeminar presented at NCEA Seminar Series, Cincinnati, OH (2000)5. Approaches for Characterizing Health Risk at Wastes SitesTutorial presented at University of Cincinnati, College of Engineering, Cincinnati, OH (2000)7. Preliminary Development of a Mechanistic Approach for Age-Related Health Risk Assessment.Interactions and Mechanisms of Pesticide Mixtures and Age-Related RiskSeminar presented to NCEA Scientific Review Panel, Cincinnati, OH (1999)
ASSISTANCE/LEADERSHIP PROVIDED TO THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY:
Co-chair, Session on Biomarkers: Emerging Issues and Applications. 2003. U.S. EPA and Tri-ServicesToxicology and Risk Assessment Conference, Dayton, OH.Co-chair, Session on Chemical Mixtures Risk Assessment; Current Approaches and Emerging Issues.2001. U.S. EPA and Tri-Services Toxicology and Risk Assessment Conference, Dayton, OH.Co-chair, Workshop on History and Principles of Physiological Modeling. 2001. Ohio Society for RiskAnalysis, Cincinnati, OH.Chair, Seminar on Paths and Pitfalls in Evaluating the Groundwater to Indoor Air Exposure Pathway.
 
 
22001. Ohio Society for Risk Analysis, Cincinnati, OH.Chair, Seminar on Impending Challenges to Risk-Based Decision Making: A View Toward MultinationalBusiness Concerns. 2000. Ohio Society for Risk Analysis, Cincinnati, OH.Co-chair, Seminar on International Harmonization of Approaches to Risk Assessment.1999. Ohio Societyfor Risk Analysis, Cincinnati, OH.Chair, Workshop on Topics in Ecological Risk Assessment. 1999. Ohio Society for Risk Analysis,Cincinnati, OH.Chair, Seminar on The Precautionary Principle and Risk Assessment. 1999. Ohio Society for RiskAnalysis, Cincinnati, OH.
ASSISTANCE/LEADERSHIP PROVIDED TO THE AGENCY
:U.S. EPA and Tri-Service Conference on Toxicology and Risk Assessment. Co-Chair, Session onBiomarkers: Emerging Issues and Applications. April 28 – May 1, 2003. Dayton, OH.U.S. EPA ORD/ Regional Cumulative Risk Assessment Workshop and Exposition . November 4 – 8,2002. Dallas, TX.Expert Panel Peer Review Workshop. Identification of Pesticides on Drinking Water CCL for CumulativeRisk Assessment Based on Common Mechanism of Toxicity. July 9 – 10, 2002. Cincinnati, OH.
PUBLICATIONS (14 selected from an overall total of 28 papers and 2 book chapters)
 1. S. Ogun, R. Gogal, F. Adeshina, H. Choudhury, H. Misra. 2004. “Pesticide Mixtures Potentiate theToxicity in Murine Thymocytes.”
Toxicology
196, 181–1952. Adeshina, F., S. Olgun and H.P. Misra, and H. Choudhury, 2002, “Pesticide Toxicity in Thymocytes isRelated to Oxidative Stress,”
Toxicological Sciences
, 66 (1-S): 320.3. Keenan, J.J., H.P. Misra, F. Adeshina, and H. Choudhury, 2002, “Immunotoxic Effects of Endosulfanand Permethrin Via Thymocytes Apoptosis,”
Toxicological Sciences
, 66 (1-S): 223.4. Misra, H.P., C.L. Rabideau, F. Adeshina, and H. Choudhury, 2002, “Oxidative Stress Induced inMurine Splenocytes After Exposure to Multiple Pesticides
In Vitro,
”
Toxicological Sciences,
66 (1-S): 91.5. Birak, Pamela S., J.Yurk, F. Adeshina, K. Pollard, M. Lorber, S. Kroner, H. Choudhury. 2001. “Travisand Arms Revisited: A Second Look at a Widely Used Bioconcentration Algorithm.”
Toxicology andIndustrial Health,
Vol. 17, pp. 163-175.6. Misra, H.P., C.L. Rabidueau, F. Adeshina, and H. Choudhury, 2001, “Exposure to Pesticide MixturesInduces Immunotoxicity via Apoptosis: Role of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS).”
Proceedings of theInternational Conference on Natural Antioxidants and Free Radicals in Human Health & RadiationBiology,
” International Society for Free Radical Research, Mumbai, India, July 21-24.7. Rice, G., E.B. Roberts, F. Adeshina, and V. Kier, 2001, “Assessing Risks from Incineration andCombustion Sources,” In:
Environmental Health Secrets,
L.K. Williams, R.L. Langley, Eds. Hanley &Belfus Publishers, Philadelphia, PA. pp. 72-78.8. Adeshina, F. and S.S. Kueberuwa,1999, “Endocrine Disruption, Organochlorine Pesticides, andHuman Developement: An Overview,” In:
Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment:Standardization of Biomarkers for Endocrine Disruption and Environmental Assessment, 8
th
 Volume ASTM STP 1364,
D.S. Henshel, M.C. Black, M.C. Harrass, Eds. West Conshohocken, PA. pp.271- 285.9.
 
Adeshina, F. and E.L. Todd, 1991, “Application of Biological Data in Cancer Risk Estimations ofChlordane and Heptachlor,”
Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology,
Vol. 14, pp. 59-77.10.
 
Adeshina, F. and E.L. Todd, 1991, “Exposure Assessment of Chlorinated Pesticides in theEnvironment,”
Environment Science and Health,
Vol. A26, No. 1, pp. 139-153.11.
 
Adeshina, F. and E.L. Todd, 1990, “Organochlorine Compounds in Human Adipose Tissue fromNorth Texas,”
Toxicology and Environmental Health,
Vol. 29, pp. 147-156.
 
 
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHNAME:
James W. Allen
POSITION TITLE:
Research Biologist
 EDUCATION/TRAININGInstitution
 
Degree Year
 
Field of Study
 
University of Maryland, College Park, MDNortheastern University, Boston, MAUniversity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
 
BSMSPhD
 
196719711974
 
ZoologyBiologyHuman Genetics
 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Research Biologist, Cellular Toxicology Branch, Environ. Carcinogenesis 1995-PresentDivision, NHEERL, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NCResearch Biologist, Genotoxicity and Cellular Toxicology Branch, Genetic 1980-1995Toxicology Division, NHEERL, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NCAdjunct Associate Professor, Integrated Toxicology Program, 1992-PresentDuke University, Durham, NCAdjunct Associate Professor, Curriculum in Toxicology, 1986-PresentThe University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NCSenior Staff Fellow, National Institute of Environmental Health 1977-1980Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NCResearch Fellow, Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital 1975-1977Medical Center, Boston, MA
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
Environmental Mutagen Society (Councilor, 1986-1989 and 1994-1997)Genetics and Environmental Mutagenesis SocietyAmerican Association for Cancer ResearchReproductive Biology ConsortiumApplied Research Ethics National Association
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS:
Recipient of EPA Science and Technologic Achievement Award, 1997NHEERL Award for Exceptional Leadership of Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, 2001NHEERL Laboratory Director's Special Recognition Award (IACUC; AAALAC, Int. Recertification),2002.
INVITED LECTURES/SYMPOSIA:
Presentation on Regulations and Guidelines for Using Animals in Toxicology Research, EnvironmentalMutagen Society Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2001Presentation on Regulations and Guidelines for Using Animals in Toxicological Research, InternationalConference on Environmental Mutagens, San Francisco, CA, 2005Lectures in Cytogenetic Toxicology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1999-2003Lectures in Genetic Toxicology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 1999-2003
ASSISTANCE/LEADERSHIP PROVIDED TO THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY:
Editorial Board,
Mutation Research - Letters,
1981-1994,
 
and
- Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis,
1997 to present, sections.Expert panel member, FDA - Cellular Telecommunications meeting on RF genotoxicity, 2000Participant in FASEB workshop on USDA proposed changes to animal welfare regulations, 2000Reviewer of research proposals to FDA regarding RF genotoxicity, 2001Contributor, IAEMS Online Training Module on Micronucleus Test, 2001Reviewer/consultant: WHO IPCS Guidelines for monitoring of genotoxic effects of carcinogens inhumans, 1999UK Committee document on Mutagenicity Draft Guidelines, 2000OECD Test Guidelines document on in vitro cell transformation assays, 2001
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