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Nancy Fiedler, Ph.D.
EOHSI- Deputy Director, Professor – Rutgers School of Public Health Rutgers University – School of Public HealthEOHSI – Clinical Research and Occupational Medicine

Research Areas

  • Controlled human exposure health effects studies, incorporating chemical exposures and psychological stress to model realistic environmental exposures.
  • Epidemiologic investigations of toxic encephalopathy among workers chronically exposed to solvents and lead with a focus on integrating neuropsychological testing, exposure assessment, and functional imaging.
  • Translational research to examine whether alteration in HPA axis function among lead exposed animals translates to humans chronically exposed to lead
  • International studies based in Thailand to investigate the cognitive and behavioral effects of pesticide exposure in a birth cohort

Research Highlights

  • Discovered a negative dose response relationship between lifetime solvent exposure and functional imaging activation patterns during performance of a working memory task.
  • Demonstrated neurobehavioral performance deficits among workers chronically exposed to solvents
  • Validated a lifetime solvent exposure index with neurobehavioral performance among workers chronically exposed to solvent mixtures
  • Current blood and bone lead alters hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis function among workers with lifetime exposure
  • Developing behavioral research capacity among public health students at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

Scholarly Activities

  • Member of the Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology, Rutgers University
  • NIH Fogarty International Center Grant reviewer
  • Co-Chair for the New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science Scientific Review Board
  • New Jersey Kids Study Co-Chair for neurodevelopmental assessment
  • EOHSI representative for the RBHS Mentor Committee
  • Chair for the EOHSI Faculty Search Committee

Recent Publications

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  1. Lu, FT, Gupta, D, Fiedler, N, Satish, U, Black, KG, Legard, A, De Resende, A, Guo, C, Gow, AJ, Kipen, HM et al.. Mechanisms Underlying Acute Cognitive Impairment following Carbon Dioxide Inhalation in a Randomized Crossover Trial. Environ Health Perspect. 2024;132 (10):107702. doi: 10.1289/EHP14806. PubMed PMID:39466336 PubMed Central PMC11515854
  2. Fiedler, N, Ohman-Strickland, P, Shen, JD, Black, K, Horton, DB, Panettieri, R Jr, Blaser, MJ, Carson, J, Bendinskas, K, Cheng, H et al.. Age and Hair Cortisol Levels as Predictors of SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024;21 (9):. doi: 10.3390/ijerph21091166. PubMed PMID:39338049 PubMed Central PMC11430878
  3. Wang, S, Hicks, MH, Barrett, E, Martsenkovskyi, D, Holovanova, I, Marchak, O, Ishchenko, L, Fiedler, N, Haque, U. Sleep Duration, Insomnia, and Associated Factors Among Ukrainians 1 Year After Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion. Psychosom Med. 2024;86 (8):690-699. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000001337. PubMed PMID:39132939
  4. Wang, S, Barrett, E, Hicks, MH, Martsenkovskyi, D, Holovanova, I, Marchak, O, Ishchenko, L, Haque, U, Fiedler, N. Associations between mental health symptoms, trauma, quality of life and coping in adults living in Ukraine: A cross-sectional study a year after the 2022 Russian invasion. Psychiatry Res. 2024;339 :116056. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.116056. PubMed PMID:38968918
  5. Haque, U, Bukhari, MH, Fiedler, N, Wang, S, Korzh, O, Espinoza, J, Ahmad, M, Holovanova, I, Chumachenko, T, Marchak, O et al.. A Comparison of Ukrainian Hospital Services and Functions Before and During the Russia-Ukraine War. JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5 (5):e240901. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0901. PubMed PMID:38758566 PubMed Central PMC11102023
  6. Wang, Y, Hermetz, K, Burt, A, Kennedy, EM, Lesseur, C, Panuwet, P, Fiedler, N, Prapamontol, T, Suttiwan, P, Naksen, W et al.. Placental transcriptome variation associated with season, location, and urinary prenatal pyrethroid metabolites of Thai farm-working women. Environ Pollut. 2024;349 :123873. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123873. PubMed PMID:38554839 PubMed Central PMC11070292
  7. Dang, T, Sehgal, N, Barr, DB, Panuwet, P, Liang, D, Smarr, M, Naksen, W, Fiedler, N, Promkam, N, Prapamontol, T et al.. Association of prenatal chlorpyrifos exposure with sexually dimorphic differences in anogenital distance among Thai farmworker children. Environ Res. 2024;248 :118325. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118325. PubMed PMID:38286251 PubMed Central PMC11023773
  8. Nimmapirat, P, Fiedler, N, Suttiwan, P, Sullivan, MW, Ohman-Strickland, P, Panuwet, P, Barr, DB, Prapamontol, T, Naksen, W, SAWASDEE birth cohort investigative team et al.. Predictors of executive function among 2 year olds from a Thai birth cohort. Infant Behav Dev. 2024;74 :101916. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101916. PubMed PMID:38096613 PubMed Central PMC10947867
  9. Rattanawitoon, T, Siriwong, W, Shendell, D, Fiedler, N, Robson, MG. An Evaluation of a Pesticide Training Program to Reduce Pesticide Exposure and Enhance Safety among Female Farmworkers in Nan, Thailand. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023;20 (17):. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20176635. PubMed PMID:37681775 PubMed Central PMC10487852
  10. Li, Q, Lesseur, C, Srirangam, P, Kaur, K, Hermetz, K, Caudle, WM, Fiedler, N, Panuwet, P, Prapamontol, T, Naksen, W et al.. Associations between prenatal organophosphate pesticide exposure and placental gene networks. Environ Res. 2023;224 :115490. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115490. PubMed PMID:36828252 PubMed Central PMC10054353
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Philip Furmanski, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor Rutgers University – Ernest Mario School of PharmacyEOHSI – Toxicology

Dr. Furmanski’s background is in cancer molecular and cell biology, mechanisms of tumor progression, experimental therapeutics of cancer and other invasive/infectious processes, preclinical and human clinical trials. He has expertise in a number of areas, including pathogenesis of environmental toxin-induced disease, role of macrophages in inflammatory processes related to environmental exposures, health effects of nanoparticles, genetic and epigenetic regulation of cellular functions, among others. As a result of long service to the scientific community on a number of Editorial Boards, grant review committees, advisory boards, he is very active as a mentor for junior faculty and those newly moving into the field (as well as more senior members) in many aspects of the scientific and administrative process, including interactions with industry (big pharma, biotech, materials and devices).

Scholarly Activities

  • Member and Inaugural Chair, Pathology C (Cancer Molecular Pathobiology/CAMP) Study Section, National Institutes of Health, June 2001 – October 2003
  • Member, Advisory Committee for Oncologic Sciences, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, January – June 1999 – June 2000
  • Member, National Institutes of Health Reviewers Reserve, July 1993 – July 1998
  • Member, Pathology B Study Section, Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health, October 1988 – June 1993
  • Chairman, Cancer Biology and Immunology Contracts Review Committee, National Cancer                 Institute,   May 1985 – October 1987

Recent Publications

  1. Abratenko, P, Alterkait, O, Andrade Aldana, D, Arellano, L, Asaadi, J, Ashkenazi, A, Balasubramanian, S, Baller, B, Barr, G, Barrow, D et al.. First Simultaneous Measurement of Differential Muon-Neutrino Charged-Current Cross Sections on Argon for Final States with and without Protons Using MicroBooNE Data. Phys Rev Lett. 2024;133 (4):041801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.041801. PubMed PMID:39121397
  2. Abratenko, P, Alterkait, O, Andrade Aldana, D, Arellano, L, Asaadi, J, Ashkenazi, A, Balasubramanian, S, Baller, B, Barr, G, Barrow, D et al.. First Search for Dark-Trident Processes Using the MicroBooNE Detector. Phys Rev Lett. 2024;132 (24):241801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.241801. PubMed PMID:38949335
  3. Abratenko, P, Alterkait, O, Andrade Aldana, D, Anthony, J, Arellano, L, Asaadi, J, Ashkenazi, A, Balasubramanian, S, Baller, B, Barr, G et al.. First Measurement of η Meson Production in Neutrino Interactions on Argon with MicroBooNE. Phys Rev Lett. 2024;132 (15):151801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.151801. PubMed PMID:38683006
  4. Eddy, K, Gupta, K, Eddin, MN, Marinaro, C, Putta, S, Sauer, JM Jr, Chaly, A, Freeman, KB, Pelletier, JC, Fateeva, A et al.. Assessing Longitudinal Treatment Efficacies and Alterations in Molecular Markers Associated with Glutamatergic Signaling and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in a Spontaneous Melanoma Mouse Model. JID Innov. 2024;4 (2):100262. doi: 10.1016/j.xjidi.2024.100262. PubMed PMID:38445232 PubMed Central PMC10914525
  5. Abratenko, P, Alterkait, O, Andrade Aldana, D, Arellano, L, Asaadi, J, Ashkenazi, A, Balasubramanian, S, Baller, B, Barr, G, Barrow, D et al.. Search for Heavy Neutral Leptons in Electron-Positron and Neutral-Pion Final States with the MicroBooNE Detector. Phys Rev Lett. 2024;132 (4):041801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.041801. PubMed PMID:38335355
  6. Abratenko, P, Alterkait, O, Andrade Aldana, D, Anthony, J, Arellano, L, Asaadi, J, Ashkenazi, A, Balasubramanian, S, Baller, B, Barr, G et al.. First Double-Differential Measurement of Kinematic Imbalance in Neutrino Interactions with the MicroBooNE Detector. Phys Rev Lett. 2023;131 (10):101802. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.101802. PubMed PMID:37739352
  7. Kabeya, V, Puthussery, S, Furmanski, A. Barriers and facilitators to genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer amongst Black African women in Luton (UK). J Genet Couns. 2024;33 (2):425-444. doi: 10.1002/jgc4.1742. PubMed PMID:37403830
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