EOHSI Home
 
About EOHSI & News
Faculty & Staff
Divisions
Centers
  Core Facilities
Graduate Programs
Seminars
Conferences
  & Awards
EOHSI Directory
 
Search EOHSI
Internal Services
webmail


Michael Gallo, Ph.D.



Dr. Gallo is a Professor in the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology, and a Fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences. Dr Gallo is an Adjunct Professor both in the UMDNJ-School of Public Health and in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy of Rutgers University. He is a founding member of EOHSI where he served as Director of Toxicology, and as Director of the NIEHS Center of Excellence. He was the founding Director of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey and is the Associate Director for Population Sciences. Dr. Gallo is a renowned toxicologist with expertise in the area of dioxins, experimental models, pharmacology and toxicology, cytoplasmic and cell surface receptors, hormone biology and mechanisms of hormonal and environmental carcinogenesis. Dr. Gallo served on several NIH committees including the ALTOX-4 Study Section, Chair of the Board of Scientific Councilors of the National Toxicology Program, and member of the NIEHS Board of Councilors. He also served as Chair of the NCI Centers Review committee, as well as a member of several NAS/NRC committees including Drinking Water and Health, Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children, Risk Assessment Methodology, and the NRC's Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research and Medicine. He served the US-EPA as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board, and the Dioxin Review Science Advisory Board. Dr. Gallo was Chair of the New Jersey Governor's Pesticide Control Council, and the New Jersey Cancer Risk Commission.

     
Professor

Toxicology Division
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Email:magallo@eohsi.rutgers.edu
Room:408
Phone:732-445-0175
Fax:732-445-4161
Research Interests:
Dioxins; Experimental Models; Pharmacology and Toxicology; Cytoplasmic Receptors; Hormones; Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis; Cell Surface Receptors; and Chemical Carcinogenesis.
Publications:

Tian, Y., Ke, S., Denison, M.S., Rabson, A.B., and Gallo, M.A. (1999). Interaction between the Ah receptor and NF-kB Signal Transduction Pathway: Potential Mechanism for Dioxin Toxicity and Alteration of Gene Expression of Xenobiotics. J. Biol. Chem. 274:510-515.

Turan, V.K., Sanchez, R.I., Li, J.J., Li, S.A., Reuhl, K.R., Thomas, P.E., Conney, A.H., Gallo, M.A., Kauffman, F.C., and Mesia-Vela, S. (2004). The Effects of Steroidal Estrogens in ACI Rat Mammary Carcinogenesis: 17-beta estradiol, 2-hydroxyestradiol, 4-hydroxyestradiol, 16-alpha hydroxyestradiol, and 4-hydroxyestrone. Journ. Of Endocrin., 183:91-99.

Thomas, T., Gallo, M.A., and Thomas, T.J. (2004). Estrogen Receptors as Targets for Drug Development for Breast Cancer, Osteoporosis and Cardiovascular Diseases. Current Canc. Drug Targets, 4:483-499.

Gu, X., Ke, S., Liu, D., Sheng, T., Thomas, P.E., Rabson, A.B., Gallo, M.A., Xie, W., and Tian, Y. (2006) Role of NF-kB in Regulation of PXR-mediated Gene Expression: A Mechanism for the Suppression of Cytochrome P450 3A4 by Pro-inflammatory Agents. J. Bio Chem.

Vijayanathan, V., Greenfield, N.J., Thomas, T.J., Ivanova, M.M., Tyulmenkov, V.V., Klinge, C.M., Gallo, M.A., and Thomas T. (2007). Effects of Estradiol and 4-hydroxytamoxifen on the Conformation, Thermal Stability, and DNA Recognition of Estrogen Receptor-beta. Biochem. Cell Biol. 85:1-10.

Awards and Honors:
2001 Chair, Hormonal Carcinogenesis Gordon Research Conference

1985 Chair, Gordon Mechanisms of Toxicity Research Conference

1985 UMDNJ Exceptional Merit Award

1979 Russell Sage College Outstanding Alumni

1971-1972 NIH Post Doctoral Fellow

1968-1971 NIH Pre-Doctoral Fellow
 
Visit UMDNJ.edu Visit UMDNJ.edu Visit Rutgers.edu

Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, 170 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone: 732-445-0200 For additional information contact webmaster@eohsi.rutgers.edu
Updated on Wednesday, February 09, 2005