Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

A.B./1967 Vassar College, Modern History

Summer Student/1970 (Marine Biology) MBL, Woods Hole, MA

Ph.D./1972 Johns Hopkins University, Environmental Engineering Sciences

Postdoctoral Fellow/1972-1975 Johns Hopkins University, Environmental Medicine and Neurosciences

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Guest Investigator, 2006- ; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Professor, 2002- ; Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Environmental Health Engineering,

Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health; Joint Appointments in Epidemiology and Health Policy and Management

Director, 1996-2001; Program in Human Health and the Environment, University of Maryland Medical School

Senior Consultant Toxicologist, 1993-2006; Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC

Professor, 1992-2001; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland Medical School

Professor, 1991-2001; Department of Pathology (Toxicology), University of Maryland Medical School

Adjunct Professor, 1991-2002; Departments of Health Policy and Management, and Environmental Health Sciences,

Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health

Affiliate Professor, 1990-2001; Environmental Law, University of Maryland Law School

Adjunct Professor, 1989-2001; Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Maryland at Baltimore

Adjunct Professor, 1987-1991; Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

Adjunct Research Scientist, 1985-1989; Department of Neurology, University of Maryland Medical School

Chief Toxics Scientist and Director, Toxic Chemical Program 1982-1991; Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.

Guest Scientist, 1982-1984; Reproductive Toxicology Section, Pregnancy Research Branch, NICHD, NIH

Laboratory Chief, 1979-1981; Section on Neurotoxicology, NINCDS, NIH

Staff Fellow and Head, 1975-1979; Unit on Behavioral Neuropharmacology, Experimental Therapeutics Branch, NINCDS, NIH

Assistant Professor, 1975; Department of Environmental Medicine, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University (appointment offered; declined to accept a position at NIH)

Secretary and Program Officer, 1968-1970; Committee on Geography, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Washington, D.C.

Instructor, 1967; California International Summer Program, Uppsala, Sweden

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Current Professional Society Memberships

American Public Health Association

American Association for the Advancement of Science

International Society for Environmental Epidemiology

Society of Toxicology (Metals, Neurotoxicology, Immunotoxicology, Public Health Specialty Sections)

Society Membership and Leadership

Member Public Policy Committee, American Society for Neurochemistry, 1983-84

Co-Organizer Women in Neuroscience

President Soc Occup Env Health

Councillor Collegium Ramazzini

Participation on Advisory Panels

Member Nutrition Foundation National Committee on Food Additives and Hyperkinesis, 1975-80

Member USDHEW-FDA Committee to Coordinate Toxicology and Related Programs, 1977-81 (now CCERP-DHHS)

Member U.S. Delegation of the Joint US-USSR Health Agreement on Environmental Health, 1977-78

Member Society for Neuroscience Committee on Social Issues, 1978-83

Member OECD, U.S. Delegation OECD Existing Chemicals Expert Group, 1984-

Participant NIH Consensus Conferences, 1979, 1982

Member Solowey Lectureship Selection Committee, NIH. 1980-81

Member Governor's Blue Ribbon Panel on Binghamton (New York) State Office Building, 1982-89

Member Hazardous Waste Task Force and Hazardous Waste Facilities Siting Board, State of Maryland, 1983

Member NIMH Committee on Frontiers of Neuroscience, 1983-84

Member U.S. EPA Executive Committee, Science Advisory Board, 1983-89; 1993- 1999

Member Maryland Panel on Lead Poisoning, 1984

Member NIEHS Task Force on Future Research, 1984

Member Council on Environmental Quality Panel on Long-Range Research Planning in Environmental Health, 1984

Member Council on Environmental Quality Committee on Futures in Environmental Research, 1984-85

Member Center for Disease Control - NY State Panel on Rehabitation of Love Canal, 1984-89

Member Scientific Advisory Panel, Center for Environmental Management, Tufts University,

1984-90.

Member Air Toxics Advisory Panel, Maryland, 1985-86

Member NAS-NRC Board on Toxicology and Environmental Health Hazards, 1983-89; Committee on Exposure Assessment 1989-90; Committee on Biological Markers, 1985-89; Committee on Dioxin, 1987-91; Committee on Neurotoxicology, 1987-91; Committee on Risk Assessment Reviews, 1994; Commission on Geosciences and Environmental Research, 1994-97; NAS-NRC-IOM Committee on Lead Poisoning in the Americas, 1994-1996; Committee on Grand Challenges in Environmental Sciences, 1998-2000; Board on Biotechnology and Agriculture 2000-2005

Member EPA SAB Subcommittee on IEMP, National Dioxin Study, Hazard Ranking System, Environmental Health Research, Toxic Equivalents (Dioxins and Furans), Rodent Thyroid Cancer, Carcinogen Risk Assessment, Lead Carcinogenicity, Relative Risk Reduction; EPA Steering Committee on Short-term Tests for Carcinogenesis, 1986-90; Dioxin Risk Assessment Re-evaluation, 1991-2002; EPA Steering Committee on Short-term Tests for Carcinogenicity, 1986-87; EPA Clean Air Science Advisory Committee, Lead Panel 1986-89, EPA SAB Committee on Future Research in Environmental Health, 1987-88

Member Science Advisory Panel, Michigan Agent Orange Commission, 1988-1990

Member Board of Scientific Councillors, National Toxicology Program, National Institutes of Health, 1989-1992

Member American Legion Advisory Committee on Agent Orange, 1989-1993

Member US DHHS Advisory Committee on Special Studies Relating to the Possible Long-Term Health Effects Phenoxy Herbicides and Contaminants, 1990-1994

Member Founding Board Member, Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, 1990-1997

Member Board of Advisors, New England Regional Health Center, 1987-1990

Member Board of Advisors, Gannett Center for Media Studies, Columbia, 1986-89

Member Board of Advisors, Vanderbilt University, Institute of Policy Studies, 1986-88

Member ATSDR Advisory Panel on Disease Registries, 1990

Member Advisory Board, National Aquarium at Baltimore, 1990

Chair Maryland Advisory Council on Lead Poisoning, 1990-1993

Member ATSDR Workgroup on Neurobehavioral Test Methods, 1991

Member Committee on Monograph Priorities, IARC-WHO, 1993

Chair Lead Subcommittee, National Advisory Committee on Environmental Policy and Technology, EPA, 1992-1994

Member Science Advisory Board, US Department of Energy, 1993-1994

Member Task Force on Lead Based Paint Poisoning Prevention, HUD, 1993-1995

Member Endocrine Disruptors Screening and Testing Advisory Committee, US EPA, 1996-97

Member ICOH Scientific Committee on Neurobehavioral Toxicology, 1996-

Member Advisory Committee to Center for Environmental Health, CDC, 1997-2002

Member Advisory Panel on Lead Screening, CDC, 1997-1999

Chairperson Society for Occupational and Environmental Health Special Committee on El Paso Lead Poisoning, 1977-1979

Member ATSDR Expert Panel on Medical Monitoring Kellogg ID, 1997-98

Member Epidemiology Panel, NIEHS Methylmercury Workshop, 1998

Member Pew Commission on Environmental Health, 1999-2001

Member Advisory Committee on Health Research, Pan American Health Organization, 1999-

Member Scientific Advisory Panel, International Joint Commission on the Great Lakes, 1988-89

Member Expert Advisory Committee on Environment, American Cancer Society, 2000-

Member Commission on Biotechnology , Health and Environment NAS-NRC, 2000-2007

Member EcoHealth Program Evaluation Committee, International Development Research Council, Canada 2008

Member CDC Advisory Committee for Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention, Educational Interventions for Lead-Exposed Children Work Group, 2009-

Member National Advisory Committee, National Childrens Study, NICHD 2010-2012
Program or Project Development

Co-Organizer International Symposium "Mechanisms of Chemical-Induced Porphyrinopathy," New York Academy of Science, 1986

Co-Organizer International Workshop "Lead in Bone -- Implications for Toxicology and Dosimetry," NIEHS, 1989

Co-Organizer Collegium Ramazzini Symposium on Lead Toxicity, 1992

Member Local Organizing Committee, World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in Life Sciences, 1992-93

Co-Organizer International Workshop on Preventing Lead Toxicity in the Americas (NAS-IOM) 1995

Member Work Group on Antibiotics and Agriculture, CODEX ALIMENTARIUS, 2000;

WHO Expert Work Group on Antibiotic Resistance 2001-2002

Member IARC Expert Panel on Thyroid Carcinogens, 2000

Member Scientific Organizing Committee, ICHMET, 2004-2005; 2007-2008; 2009-2010

Member Scientific Organizating Committee IUTOX, 2004-7

Co-organizer “Environmental Risk Factors for Autism” workshop, Soc Toxicol 2007

Member Scientific Organizing Committee, International Forum on Evidence Based Toxicology, 2006

Member Scientific program committee, Developmental Neurotoxicology Meeting International Joint Research Centre, EU, 2008

Co-organizer Workshop on Nanotoxicology, JHSPH, July 2010

Co-chair Organizing Committee, International Conference on Environmental Health 2010-2011

Member Scientific Committee, International Society for Environmental Meeting, 2011Annual Meeting

Member Scientific Committee, International Society for Environmental Meeting, 2011Annual Meeting

Member Scientific Organizing Committee, ICHMET 2012

Consultations

Consultant Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C., 1970

Expert Consultant on Lead Poisoning, U.S. Secret Service, 1979-1981

Consultant Astra Pharmaceuticals, 1974

Consultant NSF Energy Program, 1974-1975

Consultant International Programme on Chemical Safety, World Health Organization, 1985-1991

Consultant Environment Programme, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,

1986-1987

Consultant Government of Bermuda, Department of Public Works, 1986-1989

Consultant International Labor Organization, 1992-1996

Consultant UNEP, World Bank, UNIDO, WHO 1996-present

Consultant International Development Research Centre (Canada), external evaluation committee for Ecohealth program 2007-2009

Consultant State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, 2007-present

Consultant WHO – expert workgroup on mercury and children’s health 2008-2010

Consultant ANVISA (Brazilian National Agency for Regulation of Chemical Risks) 2009

Consultant FUNDACENTRO (Brazilian OSHA) 2010

Representative NINCDS EEO Committee, 1977-80 (elected)

Councillor NIMH-NINCDS Assembly of Scientists, 1979-81 (elected) Acad Service

Preceptor NIGMS Pharmacology-Toxicology Research Association Program, 1977-1981

Chair University of Maryland ad hoc committee on scientific misconduct, 1992 Acad Service

Delegate Faculty Council, University of Maryland Medical School, 1995-1999

Member Professorial Search Committee, Karolinska Institute, 1996

Member Appointments and Promotions Committee, JHSPH 2004-2006

Member Committee for DrPH Program, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, JHSPH 2006-

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

Peer Review Panels

Member Occupational Safety and Health Study Section, NIOSH, 1983-5

Member NSF Study Section, Ethics and Values in Science and Technology, 1989-90

Member US Army Neurotoxicology Study Section, 1997-8

Member Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship program, 1996-9; Chair, Epidemiology Panel, 1999

Member US Army Breast Cancer Research Program Study Section, 1996

Member Heinz Award Environment Jury, 1996-2000

Member COMERN (Advisory Panel for National Environmental Mercury Research Program), Canada, 2001-2006

Chair NIH-NIEHS program project site visit team, 2002 (Dev Neurobiol)

Member Special Interest Review Panel, NIEHS-Fogarty Center, NIH, 2003 (Dev Neurobiol)

Member Special Study Section, Program Project Application, 2003 (Dev Neurobiol)

Member NINDS Neurogenesis and Cell Fate Studuy Section, 2004-2005

Member NICHD Special Emphasis Panel ZND1 DSR (PK), 2006

Chair NIH Study Section ZES1TNDP, January 2008

Chair Special Study Section (P01) NIEHS, February 2008

Member NIH Study Section ZMH1 ERB-S (three panels) 2009

Member NIEHS Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Review Committee, 2009
Ad Hoc Grants Reviewer National Foundation - March of Dimes; National Science Foundation; Nutrition Foundation; Hudson River Foundation; Thrasher Research Foundation; Hereditary Diseases; NIH; Great Lakes Research Fund; US Army Breast Cancer Research Program; Howard Hughes Medical Institute; MacArthur Foundation, National Science Foundation, Environmental Health Foundation – Israel, AXA Foundation - France
Manuscript Reviewer­ - Life Sciences; Biochem. Pharmacol.; Neurotoxicol.; Neurobehav. Toxicol. Teratol.; Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav.; Procs. Soc. Exper. Biol. Behav.; Exper. Neurol.; Environ. Res.; Mutagen. Teratogen. Carcinogen.; In Vitro Toxicol.; Risk Analysis; Science; Archives Environ. Health, New Engl. J. Med.; Amer. J. Public Health; Br. J. Occ. Med., J. Amer. Med. Assn; Regulat Toxicology, Fed. Procs.; Toxicol Appl. Pharmacol.; Environ Health Persp; Quart Rev Biol; Toxicol Sci; PNAS, Reprod Biol., etc

Editorial Board Membership

Amazonian Journal of Public Health, 2009 -

Environmental Research, 1983- (editor-in-chief, 1994-)

Environmental Health Perspectives, 2007-

American Journal of Public Health, 1993-1999

Archives of Environmental Health, 1985-

Neurobehavioral Toxicology, 1979-1988

New Solutions, 1990-1994

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 1980-

Neurotoxicology, 1981-1998

Hazardous Waste, 1983-92

Environmental Forum, 1987-95

Chemical and Engineering News, 1985-1990

Annual Review of Energy and Environment, 1994-1999

Graduated Summa Cum Laude, 1967

Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, 1967

George Miller Lectureship in Environmental Studies, University of Illinois, 1984

Dean's Lectureship, Loyola Medical School, 1984

Warner-Lambert Awardee, Distinguished Women in Science, University of Michigan, 1987

Convocation Speaker, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene, 1988

Distinguished Lecturer in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Towson State University, 1988

Baldwin Scholar, College of Notre Dame, Baltimore, 1990

Elected Fellow, Collegium Ramazzini, 1990 (elected councilor, 2001)

Merck Lectureship, Bucknell University, 1992

LI.D. (hon) College of Notre Dame, 1993

Honoree, Maryland Women's History Project, Maryland State Department of Education, 1994

Women Who Make a Difference, Chatham College, 1995

Distinguished Lecturer, Carnegie Mellon University, 1995

Special Lecturer, URSI - Vassar College, 1998

Inaugural Lecturer, Program in Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2000

President’s Lecture, University of Oklahoma Medical Center, 2000

Elected to Delta Omega Honor Society, 2006

Honoree, National Women’s History Month, Library of Congress, 2009

Director’s Science Seminar Speaker, CDC 2009 and 2011

Evan Frankel lectureship in environmental health of children, Johns Hopkins Medical School Department of Pediatrics, 2012

Undergraduate Academic Scholarship, 1963-1965

Danforth Foundation and Woodrow Wilson National Foundation Fellow, 1967-1968

Leverhulme and Fulbright Fellowships to University of London, 1967

National Science Foundation Graduate Traineeship, 1968-1972

Public Health Service Research Fellowship to Woods Hole, MA 1970

Rockefeller Foundation Predoctoral Research Fellowship, 1971-1972

NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Health Sciences, 1972-1974

Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Fellowship in Neurosciences, 1974-1975,

Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association Foundation Research Starter Award, 1974-1975

National Academy of Sciences Exchange Fellow to Yugoslavia, 1976

National Science Foundation IBRO Fellowship to India, 1984

Four Outstanding Women of Maryland, Maryland Education Association, 1987

Governor's Citation for Excellence, 1990

Abel Wolman Award, Maryland Public Health Association, 1991

Barsky Award, Physicians' Forum, APHA, 1992

Outstanding Symposium Speaker Award, American Association of Clinical Chemistry, 1992

Maryland Department of the Environment, Earth Month Award, 1993

MacArthur Foundation Fellow, 1993-

“Lead Star”, Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, 1995

Global Tox Award, Canadian Society of Toxicology, 2005

“Women Taking the Lead” US Library of Congress, 2009

Randall Award for Women in Science, University of Idaho, 2010

Lifetime Achievement Award, Society of Toxicology Metals Specialty Section, 2011

Rockefeller Foundation Academic Writing Fellowship, 2012
Patents and Inventions

Patent for Lead Detection, Awarded 1994