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C O R E
I N F O R M A T I O N & M E M B E R L I
S T I N G
The Environmental Exposures and
Assessment Facility Core at the NM Center for Environmental Health
Sciences...
- is operated through the Lovelace
Respiratory Research Institute.
- provides a range of field, laboratory
and consulting capabilities to help solve environmental exposure and
industrial hygiene problems related to air, water, and soil.
- functions under the UNM/LRRI NIEHS
center grant to provide discounted services to center members with the
goal of encouraging relational inter-disciplinary environmental research,
including environmental assessment & exposures.
- works with Center Members to develop methods for quantifying environmental exposures
suitable for use in large, population-based studies.
Our Members:
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Jacob (Jake) McDonald,
PhD - Core Leader
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
2425 Ridgecrest SE
Albuquerque,
NM 87185
Phone: (505)348-9455
Fax: (505)348-4880
jmcdonald@lrri.org
Dr.
McDonald's research at LRRI includes work related to both environmental
characterization and exposure assessment.
He is supervisor of the LRRI analytical chemistry lab and part of
the management team in aerosol science/inhalation toxicology.
His primary research aims have been to apply experience in
environmental assessment to collaborations with health scientists. As
part of the National Environmental Respiratory Center (http.www.nercenter.org)
research, he is aiding with the investigation of the relationship
between mixtures of environmental pollutants and public health by
conducting detailed compositional measurements (>400 constituents) of
inhalation environments. Another example of current work includes
currently funded research to characterize personal exposure to volatile
organic emissions from automobiles and evaporative fuel emissions in
environmental situations (e.g. fueling a vehicle, working in a toll
booth).
This work includes both personal sampling of air and analysis of
urinary/breath biomarkers in exposed subjects.
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Ed Barr
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
2425 Ridgecrest Dr. SE
Albuquerque,
NM 87108
Phone: (505)348-9458
Fax: (505)348-4981
EBarr@LRRI.org
Mr. Barr is a senior inhalation exposure engineer.
He has years of experience in the field of aerosol generation and
characterization as applied to single- chamber and multi-chamber acute,
subchronic and chronic exposure systems. His recent research has focused
on developing innovative methods for generating biological and chemical
aerosols. He has designed and constructed numerous exposure systems for
dusts and vapors. In addition to his activity in aerosol generation
techniques, Mr. Barr has devoted considerable effort in developing
real-time computer monitoring systems and investigating the use of
computers for control and operation of exposure systems. Mr. Barr will
participate in any FC1 needs that require creating inhalation exposure
environments.
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Ted Barrett, PhD
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
2425 Ridgecrest SE
Albuquerque,
NM 87108
Phone: (505)348-9417
ebarrett@lrri.org
Dr. Barrett's research focuses on an understanding of the underlying
cellular and molecular mechanisms which mediate the genetic and
environmental factors contributing to the development and exacerbation
of asthma. He has direct experience in the contribution of ultrafine
particles (air pollutants) in the development and exacerbation of
asthma. Dr. Barrett will
contribute to the inhalation exposure group when asthma models are
needed.
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Yung Sung Cheng, PhD
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
2425 Ridgecrest Dr. SE
Albuquerque,
NM 87108
Phone: (505)348-9187
Fax: (505)348-4981
YCheng@LRRI.org
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Melissa Gonzales, PhD
Center Associate Member
Assistant Professor
1 University of New Mexico
Department of Internal Medicine
MSC10-5550
Albuquerque,
NM 87131
Phone: (505)272-9598
mgonzales@salud.unm.edu
Dr. Gonzales
is an exposure assessment specialist with ten years of experience
evaluating occupational and environmental exposures for intervention
programs and epidemiology studies.
Dr. Gonzales led the exposure assessment for the Environmental
Protection Agency’s (EPA) study of the associations between motor
vehicle related air pollutants (nitrogen dioxide, fine and ultrafine
particulate matter and selected volatile organic compounds including
benzene, toluene, xylenes and MTBE) and asthma, respiratory symptoms and
pulmonary function levels among children living in the U.S.-Mexico
border city of El Paso, TX. The health impact of exposures to the
mixture of air pollutants in motor vehicle exhaust, especially in
children, is an issue of scientific uncertainty and is a high priority
research area for the US EPA. She
is currently working on an empirical model to predict children’s
exposure to motor vehicle related air pollutants based on geospatial
information system (GIS) parameters, traffic counts and direct
measurements collected at elementary schools. This refined exposure estimate is crucial for precision of
the risk estimates predicted in the epidemiological analysis of the El
Paso study data. She is also completing the analysis of the prevalence
of exposure determinants and health outcomes among the children who
participated in the El Paso study.
As part of the FC1 core group, Dr. Gonzales will contribute to
the exposure assessment and evaluation expertise.
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Matt Reed, PhD
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
2425 Ridgecrest Dr. SE
Albuquerque,
NM 87108
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JeanClare (Jinkle)
Seagrave, PhD
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
2425 Ridgecrest Dr. SE
Albuquerque,
NM 87108
Phone: (505)348-9499
Fax: (505)348-4981
JSeagrav@LRRI.org
Dr. Seagrave’s primary research activities focus on the
structural, functional, and biochemical responses of the lung to air
pollution constituents. She is particularly interested in the
interactions between the cells of the immune system and the epithelium.
Current projects include assessing the relative toxicity of emissions
from vehicles with gasoline or diesel engines and elucidating the
mechanisms by which cigarette smoke causes emphysema. Model systems
include inhalation and intratracheal instillation in experimental
animals, and exposure of cultured cells to suspended materials in
conventional tissue culture and to aerosol materials in an air-liquid
interface culture system (Cultex). Her participation as an FC1 member will be in work involving
exposure of material to cultured cells, particularly in the specialized
air-liquid interface culture system that is used at LRRI.
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Graham Timmins, PhD
Center Associate Member
Assistant Professor
1 University of New Mexico
College of Pharmacy
MSC09-5360
Albuquerque,
NM 87131
Phone: (505)272-4103
Fax: (505) 272-6749
gtimmins@salud.unm.edu
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