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.

