Using mass spectrometry based methods to evaluate human exposure to environmental chemicals

<strong>School of Environmental Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University</strong> <strong>Using mass spectrometry based methods to evaluate human exposure to environmental chemicals</strong> <strong>Dr. Dana Boyd Barr&nbsp;</strong> Professor of Exposure Science and Environmental Health&nbsp; Department of Environmental Health&nbsp; Rollins School of Public Health,.&nbsp; Emory University, Atlanta, USA Venue:&nbsp;<strong>ADB Seminar Hall, SES</strong> Date:&nbsp;<strong>1st February, 2017&nbsp;</strong> Time<strong>&nbsp;3.30-4.30</strong> <strong>About the Speaker:</strong>&nbsp;Dr Barr has worked to establish a state-of-the-art laboratory at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health for assessing human exposure to a wide range of chemicals. Prior to joining Emory seven years ago, Dr. Barr was employed at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 23 years. During her tenure at CDC, she devoted much of her time to the development of methods for assessing human exposure to a variety of environmental toxicants including current-use pesticides, phthalates, organochlorine chemicals (pesticides and PCBs), phytoestrogens, diethylene glycol, methyl eugenol, vinyl chloride and others. Dr. Barr has authored or coauthored over 300 peer-reviewed publications. Some of these papers have been landmark papers showing human exposure to pesticides in the general population and determining appropriate matrices for biomonitoring at each life stage. She is the past President and treasurer of the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES; formerly ISEA); she is past Editor-in-Chief and current Editor Emeritus of ISES's official journal, Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. She is also an associate editor of Environmental Health Perspectives and serves on the editorial board of the J.of Chromatography &amp; Separation Techniques, J.of Health Research, and Advances in Medicine. She is also an active member of the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology, Society of Toxicology, ACS, American Society for Mass Spectrometry, and the Association of Official Analytical Chemists. She has served many important roles in the field of exposure assessment including serving on EPA review boards such as the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel. As a result of her efforts, Dr. Barr has received many awards including ISES's Daisey Award for Outstanding Investigator, two HHS Secretary's awards for exposure-health investigations involving diethylene glycol and methyl parathion poisoning, 2004 Federal Scientific Employee of the Year, CDC's Mackel Award for outstanding collaboration among epidemiology and laboratory, and EPA's Silver Medal for outstanding contributions to the development of protocols for the National Children's Study. She is a 2014, 2015 and 2016 recipient of Thomson Reuters "Most Highly Cited Researcher" award in ecology and the environment over the previous 10 years.