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External Advisory Committee
The External Advisory Committee (EAC) for MCTEH consists of six outstanding scientists. They provide objective, independent, high quality, technical advice to the Center Director related to the Center’s mission and goals, project quality, progress, and related activities. They also provide advice directly to each of the investigators. These interactions are accomplished during the semiannual meetings of the EAC held at USM in which investigators present work that would be applied toward grant submissions. The EAC members represent technical peers with diverse expertise and viewpoints in toxicology and epidemiology.
Joseph Brain, Ph.D., Harvard University. Dr. Brain is Director of the NIEHS Kresge Center for Environmental Health, Cecil K. and Philip Drinker Professor of Environmental Physiology, and Chair of the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard University. His research emphasizes the body's response to inhaled gases, particulates, and microbes. His studies extend from the deposition of inhaled particles in the respiratory tract to their clearance by respiratory defense mechanisms. Of particular interest is the role of lung macrophages; these resident cells keep lung surfaces clean and sterile. Moreover, the lung macrophage is also a critical regulator of inflammatory and immune responses. The context of these studies on macrophages is the prevention and pathogenesis of environmental lung disease as well as respiratory infection. He brings specific expertise in the respiratory and immune systems that provides invaluable guidance for both research cores.
Michael Gallo, Ph.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry at New Jersey-Rutgers (UMDNJ). Dr. Gallo is Director of NIEHS Center for Environmental Health Sciences at UMDNJ, and Professor, UMDNJ-RWJMS Department of Environmental and Community Medicine. He was a founder of The Cancer Institute of New Jersey and presently serves as the Associate Director for Cancer Prevention and Control Population Sciences Program. Dr. Gallo is a renowned toxicologist with expertise in the areas of dioxins; experimental models; pharmacology and toxicology; hormones; carcinogenesis mechanisms; receptors; and chemical carcinogenesis. He serves on the NIEHS Council and is a member of the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Science, Research, and Medicine. Dr. Gallo has published over 200 journal articles and books. He brings specific expertise in environmental toxicology that provides invaluable guidance for both research cores.
Steven Patierno, Ph.D., The George Washington University. Dr. Patierno is the Executive Director of The George Washington University Cancer Institute. He serves on the editorial board of a number of scientific journals, has chaired many review panels for the National Institutes of Health and other government agencies, and is member of the Scientific Advisory Board of several bio-pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Patierno is internationally recognized as a leading expert in cancer causation and carcinogenesis and has published over 100 journal articles and books. He brings specific expertise in environmental toxicology and carcinogenesis that that provides invaluable guidance for both research cores.
Ellen Silbergeld, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Silbergeld is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the neurotoxicology and immunotoxicology of metals. Dr. Silbergeld serves on the NIEHS-NTP expert working group for the report on lead carcinogenicity, the Environmental Carcinogenesis Committee for the American Cancer Society, on the International Commission of Occupational Health for the World Health Organization, and as Editor in Chief for the journal Environmental Research. She has published over 300 journal articles, reviews, and books. She brings specific expertise in metals and environmental toxicology that provides invaluable guidance for both research cores.
James A, Swenberg, D.V.M., Ph.D., University of North Carolina. Dr. Swenberg is the Director of the NIEHS Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Swenberg’s research focuses on understanding mechanisms of carcinogenesis, with emphasis on DNA damage and repair, biomarkers of exposure and development of innovative, ultra-sensitive and highly specific methods for the identification and quantitation of DNA and protein adducts. He is Director of the curriculum in Toxicology at University of North Carolina and serves on the NIEHS Board of Scientific Counselors along with numerous editorial boards. Dr. Swenberg has published over 250 journal articles and books. He brings specific expertise in biomarkers and environmental toxicology that provides invaluable guidance for both research cores.
Tongzhang Zheng, Sc.D., Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Zheng is Division Head and Associate Professor with tenure in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences at Yale University. His research focuses on the environmental and molecular epidemiology of asthma, breast cancer, melanoma and Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Dr. Zheng has a substantial publication record and funding history in these areas. He brings specific expertise in environmental and molecular epidemiology that provides invaluable guidance for both research cores.
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