Current Research Projects

Our program is composed of five interrelated basic research projects.

Arsenic as an Endocrine Disrupter

Project leader: Joshua Hamilton Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Chief Academic & Scientific Officer
Marine Biological Laboratory

Epidemiology Biomarkers and Exposure Assessment of Metals

Project leader: Margaret R. Karagas Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Community and Family Medicine
Dartmouth Medical School

Bioaccumulation and Trophic Transfer of Hg in Aquatic Food Webs

Project leader: Celia Y. Chen Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Dartmouth College

Arsenic and Innate Immune Function of the Lung

Project leader: Bruce A. Stanton Ph.D.
Program Director, Principal Investigator, Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Andrew C. Vail Professor
Dartmouth College

Arsenic Uptake, Transport and Accumulation in Plants

Project leader: Mary Lou Guerinot Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Dartmouth College

Current Pilot Projects

Tools for Assessing the Role of Particle Association in Point Source Hg and Pb Contamination at a Superfund site

Brian P. Jackson, Ph.D.
Francis Magilligan Ph.D.

Metal Fate and Effects in Intertidal Food Webs at the Callahan Superfund site

Celia Y. Chen, Ph.D.
Charles Wray Ph.D.

Market Basket Study of Arsenic Concentration and Speciation in Locally-Available Rice-Based Baby Cereals and Related Products

Tracy Punshon, Ph.D.
Kathy Cottingham Ph.D.
Brian P. Jackson, Ph.D.

In Utero Arsenic and H1N1 Influenza-the Role of CD8+ T Cells in Immunopathology

Richard Enelow MD
Courtney Kozul Horvath Ph.D.