Chemical and Biological Agents Under Study

  • Algal toxins
  • Bis-phenol a
  • Carbon functionalized nanostructures
  • Cadmium
  • Chromate
  • Dioxin
  • Ethanol
  • Gold nanoparticles
  • Hypoxia
  • Lake Michigan pathogens
  • Lake Michigan pharmaceuticals
  • Lead
  • Methylmercury
  • Nitric Oxide
  • Octaphenol
  • Organophorphorus pesticides
  • PCBs
  • Volitile organic chemicals-trichloroethylene
  • Warfarin

To learn which agents are associated with specific diseases, click here.
 

Areas of Research Concentration

The Center's health and disease research is multi-faceted. Two areas of emphasis are neurobehaviorial disorders and cardiac birth defects supported by related studies of biological mechanisms of environmental disease etiology.  Besides these particular diseases, the Center's research portfolio contains a special focus on freshwater, Great Lakes environmental factors and children's diseases.  Other developmental and childhood diseases and disorders are also represented.  Integral to our ability to contribute significantly to understanding the environmental underpinnings of childhood health and disease are robust partnerships between clinicians, public health researchers, and basic scientists.  Linked to these disease-based studies is an array of basic mechanistic research related to oxidant, electrophilic, and metal stress and a strong emphasis on new methods and technology development.  A singular emphasis is our use and development of the zebrafish as a prime model organism for the study of developmentally-based diseases.

Developmental Diseases and Disorders 

(and the scientific investigators that study them)

Cardiovascular Diseases and Disorders

John Baker, MD
Ulrich Broeckel, MD
Christine Cronk, ScD
Warren Heideman, PhD
Gail McCarver, MD
Paula North, MD
Andrew Pelech, MD
Richard Peterson, PhD
Ramani Ramchandran, PhD
Jennifer Strasburger, MD
Susan Smith

Gene-Environment Interactions

Ulrich Broeckel, MD
Michael Carvan, PhD
Ronald Hines, PhD
David Petering, PhD
Niloofar Tabatabai, PhD

Great Lakes and Children's Health

Michael Carvan, PhD
Marc Gorlick, MD
Rebecca Klaper, PhD
Douglas Lobner, PhD
Sandra McLellan, PhD
Daniel Weber, PhD

Neurobehavioral Diseases and Disorders

Michael Carvan, PhD
John Dellinger, PhD
Janis Eells, PhD
David Heathcote, PhD
Amy Heffelfinger, PhD MPE
Brian Link, PhD
Matthew Rise, PhD
Henry Tomasiewicz, PhD
Ava Udvadia, PhD
Daniel Weber, PhD
Harry Whelan, MD

Reproductive Disorders

Michael Carvan, PhD
Reinhold Hutz, PhD
Rebecca Klaper, PhD
Raj Narayan, MD
Richard Peterson, PhD

Other Developmental Disorders

Childhood Cancer

Michael Laiosa, PhD

Children's Health in the Community

Christine Cronk, ScD
Ruth Etzel, MD
Jeanne Hewitt, PhD
Steven Leuthner, MD
Earnestine Willis, MD

Kidney Disease

Ellis Avner, MD
David Petering, PhD
Niloofar Tabatabai, PhD

Lung Disease

Marilyn Merker, PhD
Venkatesh Sampath, MD

Metal Toxicology (metallothionein structure)

Joseph Aldstadt, PhD
Michael Carvan, PhD
Charles Myers, PhD
David Petering, PhD
Henry Tomasiewicz, PhD
Daniel Weber, PhD

Methodology and Technology

Joseph Aldstadt, PhD
Michael Carvan, PhD
Raymond Hoffman, PhD
David Petering, PhD
Daniel Sem, PhD
Henry Tomasiewicz, PhD
Peter Tonellato
Daniel Weber, PhD

Oxidative and Electrophilic Stress

John Baker, MD
Warren Heideman, PhD
Marilyn Merker, PhD
Charles Myers, PhD
David Petering, PhD
Richard Peterson, PhD
Daniel Sem, PhD

Scoliosis

Xie Cheng Liu, MD
Henry Tomasiewicz, PhD

Toxicological Studies in Zebrafish

Michael Carvan, PhD
Reinhold Hutz, PhD
Brian Link, PhD
XieCheng Liu, MD
Matthew Rise, PhD
Daniel Sem, PhD
Ramani Ramchandran, PhD
Henry Tomasiewicz, PhD
Ava Udvadia, PhD
Daniel Weber, PhD

 
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