Texas A&M University

Toxicology of Environmental Contaminants
Stephen Safe, Ph.D.
Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology
Predoctoral, Postdoctoral Training
T32 ES07273

Environmental Toxicology training is coordinated through the Interdisciplinary Faculty of Toxicology which has faculty membership from all the major Life Sciences Departments. All trainees complete core course requirements in Toxicology and satisfy Departmental requirements. Research programs of training faculty include: fluorescent/imaging analysis of toxicant and hormonally-induced injury; bioassay-directed analysis of endocrine-active chemicals and marine mammal genetics; risk assessment and genotoxic mechanisms of PAH mixtures; gene-environment interactions and their modulation of embryonic development; male reproduction and spermatogenesis, development of clay-based technologies for toxicant-specific adsorption; genetic and epigenetic modulation of vascular and renal cell proliferation and differentiation; mechanisms of estrogen receptor-mediated gene expression and inhibitory Ah receptor crosstalk in breast cancer; mechanisms of heavy metal-induced neurotoxicology; mechanisms and applications of organophosphorus degrading genes.

Web site: http://toxicology.tamu.edu/ (http://toxicology.tamu.edu/)

E-mail contact: ssafe@cvm.tamu.edu, tox@cvm.tamu.edu