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Jared D Radbel, MD
Assistant Professor Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School-PulmonologyDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care

Dr. Radbel is Assistant Professor in the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.  He is a pulmonary and critical Care physician, who specializes in the treatment of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).  He is a member of Rutgers Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute and the Rutgers NJ Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJACTS) Society of Scholars.

Education

  • Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
  • Internal Medicine Residency, Staten Island University Hospital
  • MD, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine
  • BA, State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton

Research Areas

Ozone is a ubiquitous urban air pollutant that has been directly linked to the development of the heavily morbid acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).  Dr. Radbel is currently funded by an NIEHS K08 Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08ES031678) to study the role of macrophage efferocytosis in ozone-induced ARDS.  He works in the laboratories of his mentors Debra L. Laskin PhD and Andrew J. Gow PhD. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he served as the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School site PI for the multicenter Study of the Treatment and Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 (STOP-COVID) database.

Scholarly Activities

  • Environmental Health Policy Committee Member, American Thoracic Society (ATS), May 2023-May 2024
  • Planning Committee Member, Environmental, Occupational and Population Health (EOPH) assembly of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), May 2023 – May 2024
  • Programming Committee Member, Environmental, Occupational and Population Health (EOPH) assembly of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), May 2018 – May 2023

In the News

  • In 2023, Dr. Radbel was selected as an Honorable Mention in the Society for Leukocyte Biology Image Contest
  • In 2020, Dr. Radbel was awarded the Career Development Award by the Rutgers NIEHS CEED. Jan 2020
  • In 2018, Dr. Radbel was awarded Donald E. Gardner Inhalational Toxicology Education Award by the Society of Toxicology
  • In 2014, Dr. Radbel was awarded the Young Investigator Award by the American College of Chest Physicians.
  1. Engels, SH, Mergen, AC, Nassikas, N, Radbel, J. The Supreme Court’s Shadowy Treatment of Public Health. N Engl J Med. 2024;391 (13):1173-1175. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2408380. PubMed PMID:39231314
  2. Radbel, J, Rebuli, ME, Kipen, H, Brigham, E. Indoor air pollution and airway health. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2024;154 (4):835-846. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2024.08.013. PubMed PMID:39182629
  3. Radbel, J, Meshanni, JA, Vayas, KN, Le-Hoang, O, Abramova, E, Zhou, P, Joseph, LB, Laskin, JD, Gow, AJ, Laskin, DL et al.. Effects of ozone exposure on lung injury, inflammation, and oxidative stress in a murine model of nonpneumonic endotoxemia. Toxicol Sci. 2024;200 (2):299-311. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfae062. PubMed PMID:38749002 PubMed Central PMC11285192
  4. Radbel, J, Meshanni, JA, Gardner, CR, Le-Hoang, O, Cervelli, J, Laskin, JD, Gow, AJ, Laskin, DL. Novel method to assess resident alveolar macrophage efferocytosis of apoptotic neutrophils by flow cytometry. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2023;460 :116359. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2022.116359. PubMed PMID:36565939 PubMed Central PMC9870943
  5. Sunil, VR, Vayas, KN, Radbel, J, Abramova, E, Gow, A, Laskin, JD, Laskin, DL. Impaired energy metabolism and altered functional activity of alveolar type II epithelial cells following exposure of rats to nitrogen mustard. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2022;456 :116257. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2022.116257. PubMed PMID:36174670
  6. Datta, P, Ukey, R, Bruiners, N, Honnen, W, Carayannopoulos, MO, Reichman, C, Choudhary, A, Onyuka, A, Handler, D, Guerrini, V et al.. Highly versatile antibody binding assay for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination. J Immunol Methods. 2021;499 :113165. doi: 10.1016/j.jim.2021.113165. PubMed PMID:34634317 PubMed Central PMC8500840
  7. Churpek, MM, Gupta, S, Spicer, AB, Hayek, SS, Srivastava, A, Chan, L, Melamed, ML, Brenner, SK, Radbel, J, Madhani-Lovely, F et al.. Machine Learning Prediction of Death in Critically Ill Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019. Crit Care Explor. 2021;3 (8):e0515. doi: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000000515. PubMed PMID:34476402 PubMed Central PMC8378790
  8. Datta, P, Ukey, R, Bruiners, N, Honnen, W, Carayannopoulos, MO, Reichman, C, Choudhary, A, Onyuka, A, Handler, D, Guerrini, V et al.. Highly versatile antibody binding assay for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection. medRxiv. 2021; :. doi: 10.1101/2021.07.09.21260266. PubMed PMID:34282427 PubMed Central PMC8288160
  9. Douin, DJ, Shaefi, S, Brenner, SK, Gupta, S, Park, I, Wright, FL, Mathews, KS, Chan, L, Al-Samkari, H, Orfanos, S et al.. Tissue Plasminogen Activator in Critically Ill Adults with COVID-19. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2021;18 (11):1917-1921. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202102-127RL. PubMed PMID:33872546 PubMed Central PMC8641829
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Sally Radovick, M.D.
Professor, Department of Pediiatrics Rutgers UniversityRBHS, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
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Elaine Randolph
Rutgers UniversityEOHSI – Clinical Research and Occupational Medicine
Skylar Reams
Senior Receptionist Rutgers UniversityEOHSI- Clinical Research and Occupational Medicine
Tracy Reid, MPH
Administrator, WTC Health Program Rutgers UniversityEOHSI – Clinical Research and Occupational Medicine
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Kenneth Reuhl, Ph.D., D.A.B.T.
Professor Rutgers University, Ernest Mario School of PharmacyEOHSI – Toxicology

Research Areas

My laboratory is interested in numerous facets of central nervous system pathology, particularly in developmental neurotoxicology, traumatic brain injury, and the differential responses of various CNS cell types to insult.  We are particularly interested in the recruitment of endogenous neural stem cells to sites of injury as a potential therapeutic approach to brain injury.

The laboratory also provides diagnostic histopathology support to investigators across the Rutgers community

Research Highlights

  • Established a lateral fluid percussion model for TBI and initiated studies of persistent blood-brain-barrier defects following closed-head injury
  • Investigated the comparative neurotoxicity of amphoterocin-type fungicides
  • Examining the developmental pathology of low-dose methylmercury exposure in vitro and in vivo
  • Documented recruitment of periventricular stem cells to the hippocampus following chemical injury

Scholarly Activities

  • Review Article Editor-NeuroToxicology
  • President-MidAtlantic Society of Toxicology
  • External Advisory Committee-University of Michigan Toxicology Program

Recent Publications

  1. Eddy, K, Gupta, K, Pelletier, JC, Isola, AL, Marinaro, C, Rasheed, MA, Campagnolo, J, Eddin, MN, Rossi, M, Fateeva, A et al.. A Spontaneous Melanoma Mouse Model Applicable for a Longitudinal Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy Study. J Invest Dermatol. 2023;143 (10):2007-2018.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2023.03.1664. PubMed PMID:36997110 PubMed Central PMC10524215
  2. Chen, T, Liu, AB, Sun, S, Ajami, NJ, Ross, MC, Wang, H, Zhang, L, Reuhl, K, Kobayashi, K, Onishi, JC et al.. Green Tea Polyphenols Modify the Gut Microbiome in db/db Mice as Co-Abundance Groups Correlating with the Blood Glucose Lowering Effect. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2019;63 (8):e1801064. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201801064. PubMed PMID:30667580 PubMed Central PMC6494111
  3. Feng, S, Dai, Z, Liu, AB, Huang, J, Narsipur, N, Guo, G, Kong, B, Reuhl, K, Lu, W, Luo, Z et al.. Intake of stigmasterol and β-sitosterol alters lipid metabolism and alleviates NAFLD in mice fed a high-fat western-style diet. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids. 2018;1863 (10):1274-1284. doi: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2018.08.004. PubMed PMID:30305244 PubMed Central PMC6226309
  4. Hossain, MM, Weig, B, Reuhl, K, Gearing, M, Wu, LJ, Richardson, JR. The anti-parkinsonian drug zonisamide reduces neuroinflammation: Role of microglial Nav 1.6. Exp Neurol. 2018;308 :111-119. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2018.07.005. PubMed PMID:30017881 PubMed Central PMC7404626
  5. Jabbar, S, Reuhl, K, Sarkar, DK. Prenatal alcohol exposure increases the susceptibility to develop aggressive prolactinomas in the pituitary gland. Sci Rep. 2018;8 (1):7720. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-25785-y. PubMed PMID:29769550 PubMed Central PMC5955957
  6. Huang, J, Feng, S, Liu, A, Dai, Z, Wang, H, Reuhl, K, Lu, W, Yang, CS. Green Tea Polyphenol EGCG Alleviates Metabolic Abnormality and Fatty Liver by Decreasing Bile Acid and Lipid Absorption in Mice. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2018;62 (4):. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201700696. PubMed PMID:29278293 PubMed Central PMC6350933
  7. Meng, Y, Wiseman, JA, Nemtsova, Y, Moore, DF, Guevarra, J, Reuhl, K, Banks, WA, Daneman, R, Sleat, DE, Lobel, P et al.. A Basic ApoE-Based Peptide Mediator to Deliver Proteins across the Blood-Brain Barrier: Long-Term Efficacy, Toxicity, and Mechanism. Mol Ther. 2017;25 (7):1531-1543. doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2017.03.037. PubMed PMID:28456380 PubMed Central PMC5498811
  8. Garbuzenko, OB, Ivanova, V, Kholodovych, V, Reimer, DC, Reuhl, KR, Yurkow, E, Adler, D, Minko, T. Combinatorial treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis using nanoparticles with prostaglandin E and siRNA(s). Nanomedicine. 2017;13 (6):1983-1992. doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2017.04.005. PubMed PMID:28434932 PubMed Central PMC5546883
  9. Chen, JX, Wang, H, Liu, A, Zhang, L, Reuhl, K, Yang, CS. From the Cover: PhIP/DSS-Induced Colon Carcinogenesis in CYP1A-Humanized Mice and the Possible Role of Lgr5+ Stem Cells. Toxicol Sci. 2017;155 (1):224-233. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfw190. PubMed PMID:27664423 PubMed Central PMC5216652
  10. Das, G, Yu, Q, Hui, R, Reuhl, K, Gale, NW, Zhou, R. EphA5 and EphA6: regulation of neuronal and spine morphology. Cell Biosci. 2016;6 :48. doi: 10.1186/s13578-016-0115-5. PubMed PMID:27489614 PubMed Central PMC4971699
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George G Rhoads, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor Emeritus Rutgers University, School of Public HealthEOHSI – Environmental Epidemiology and Statistics

Dr. Rhoads is Chairman of the CDC Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention

Research Areas

Management of lead exposure in children; Measurement error in environmental epidemiology, Effects of low level lead exposure.

Scholarly Activities

  • Member, American Epidemiological Society, 1984
  • NIH Director’s Award, 1985
  • First Hunterdon Health Fund Endowed Professorship at UMDNJ, 1989
  • Sullivan Award, New Jersey Public Health Association, 2003
  • Abraham Lilienfeld Award, American Public Health Association, 2008

Recent Publications

  1. Rhoads, GG. Lower versus Higher Glycemic Criteria for Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes. N Engl J Med. 2022;387 (18):1719-1720. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2212585. PubMed PMID:36322856
  2. Jain, NJ, Faiz, AS, Ohman-Strickland, PA, Smulian, JC, Rhoads, GG. Educational Attainment of Grandmothers and Preterm Birth in Grandchildren. Matern Child Health J. 2021;25 (2):293-301. doi: 10.1007/s10995-020-03021-2. PubMed PMID:33184745
  3. Iglay, K, Santorelli, ML, Hirshfield, KM, Williams, JM, Rhoads, GG, Lin, Y, Demissie, K. Impact of Preexisting Mental Illness on All-Cause and Breast Cancer-Specific Mortality in Elderly Patients With Breast Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2017;35 (36):4012-4018. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2017.73.4947. PubMed PMID:28934000
  4. Iglay, K, Santorelli, ML, Hirshfield, KM, Williams, JM, Rhoads, GG, Lin, Y, Demissie, K. Diagnosis and treatment delays among elderly breast cancer patients with pre-existing mental illness. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2017;166 (1):267-275. doi: 10.1007/s10549-017-4399-x. PubMed PMID:28726159
  5. Santorelli, ML, Hirshfield, KM, Steinberg, MB, Lin, Y, Rhoads, GG, Bandera, EV, Demissie, K. Racial differences in the effects of comorbidity on breast cancer-specific survival. Cancer Causes Control. 2017;28 (8):809-817. doi: 10.1007/s10552-017-0915-x. PubMed PMID:28643109
  6. Swerdel, JN, Rhoads, GG, Cheng, JQ, Cosgrove, NM, Moreyra, AE, Kostis, JB, Kostis, WJ, Myocardial Infarction Data Acquisition System (MIDAS 29) Study Group. Ischemic Stroke Rate Increases in Young Adults: Evidence for a Generational Effect?. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016;5 (12):. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.116.004245. PubMed PMID:27881427 PubMed Central PMC5210414
  7. Santorelli, ML, Hirshfield, KM, Steinberg, MB, Rhoads, GG, Lin, Y, Demissie, K. Hormonal therapy for breast cancer and diabetes incidence among postmenopausal women. Ann Epidemiol. 2016;26 (6):436-40. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2016.04.004. PubMed PMID:27157863
  8. Paddock, LE, Lu, SE, Bandera, EV, Rhoads, GG, Fine, J, Paine, S, Barnhill, R, Berwick, M. Skin self-examination and long-term melanoma survival. Melanoma Res. 2016;26 (4):401-8. doi: 10.1097/CMR.0000000000000255. PubMed PMID:26990272
  9. Santorelli, ML, Steinberg, MB, Hirshfield, KM, Rhoads, GG, Bandera, EV, Lin, Y, Demissie, K. Effects of breast cancer on chronic disease medication adherence among older women. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2016;25 (8):898-907. doi: 10.1002/pds.3971. PubMed PMID:26875432
  10. Swerdel, JN, Rhoads, GG, Cosgrove, NM, Kostis, JB, Myocardial Infarction Data Acquisition System (MIDAS 25) Study Group. Rates of Hospitalization for Dehydration Following Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2016;10 (2):188-92. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2015.169. PubMed PMID:26654113
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Zorimar Rivera-Nunez, Ph.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor Rutgers School of Public Health – Department of Biostatistics and EpidemiologyEOHSI – Environmental and Population Health Biosciences

Biography

Biography
Dr. Rivera-Núñez holds a BS in Microbiology and a MS in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of Puerto Rico. Her doctoral degree is from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. She completed a National Academies post-doctoral fellowship at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Environmental Assessment in Cincinnati, OH. Dr. Rivera-Núñez joined the Rutgers School of Public Health in 2019. She is a resident faculty member at the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute.

Research Areas
Current exposure assessment tools such as biomarkers potentially allow for increasingly sensitive measures of exposure-related impending adverse health effects. However, developing biomarkers that correlate with specific time windows that are more susceptible to environmental insult is an ongoing challenge. We need to improve epidemiological study design and increase our knowledge on the biological mechanisms behind a chemical’s toxicity. Dr. Rivera-Núñez research focuses on: (1) the utility of biomarkers identifying windows of exposure and susceptibility, particularly for emergent chemicals, (2) the impact of these chemicals in fetal and child growth, and (3) the endocrine and placental mechanisms behind these associations.

Areas of Study

Dr. Rivera-Núñez is currently funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to study zearalenone exposure during pregnancy and early infant growth (R01ESO2275-02S1, R21ES032047). She also receives funding from the NIH Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program to study how placental transporters influence the associations between maternal exposures and child outcomes.

Scholarly Activities

Early Career Reviewer Program National Institute of Health
Society of Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology Research
International Society of Exposure Science
International Society of Environmental Epidemiology

Select Publications

Rivera-Núñez Z, Ashrap P, Barrett ES, Llanos A, Watkins DJ, Cathey AL, Vélez-Vega, CM, Rosario Z, Cordero JF, Alshawabkeh A, Meeker JD. 2022. Personal Care Products: Demographic Characteristics and Maternal Hormones in Pregnant Women from Puerto Rico, Environmental Research PMID: 34798118

Kinkade CW, Rivera-Núñez Z, Gorczyca L, Aleksunes LA, Barrett ES. 2021. Impact of Fusarium-Derived Mycoestrogens on Female Reproduction: A Systematic Review. Toxins PMID: 34073731

Rivera-Núñez Z, Ashrap P, Barrett ES, Watkins DJ, Cathey AL, Vélez-Vega, CM, Rosario Z, Cordero JF, Alshawabkeh A, Meeker JD. 2021. Association of Biomarkers of Exposure to metals and metalloids with maternal hormones in pregnant women from Puerto Rico. Environment International.  PMID: 33321388

Rivera-Núñez, Z., Barrett, E., Szamreta, E., Shapses, S., Qin, B., Lin, Y., Zarbl, H., Buckley, B., Bandera, E. 2019. “Urinary mycoestrogens and age and height at menarche in New Jersey girls.” Environmental Health PMID: 30902092

Rivera-Núñez Z and Wright JM. 2018. The effect of trihalomethane and haloacetic acid exposures on stillbirth in Massachusetts. Occupational and Environmental Medicine PMID: 30061312

Wright, J.M., Evans, A., Kaufman, J.A., Rivera-Núñez, Z., Narotzky, M.G. (2017) “The association between disinfectant by-product exposures and risk of cardiac birth defects in Massachusetts.” Environmental Health Perspectives PMID: 27518881

Rivera-Núñez, Z., Wright, J., Blount, B., Silva, L., Jones, E., Chan, R., Pegram, R., Singer, P., Savitz, D. (2012) “Comparison of trihalomethanes in tap water and blood: a case study in the United States.”, Environmental Health Perspectives PMID: 22281753

Parvez S, Rivera-Núñez Z, Meyer A, Wright JM. (2011). Temporal variability in trihalomethane and haloacetic acid concentrations in Massachusetts public drinking water systems. Environmental Research PMID: 21316653

Rivera-Núñez Z, Meliker JR, Meeker JD, Slotnick MJ, Nriagu JO. 2012. Urinary arsenic species, toenail arsenic, and estimates of arsenic intake in a southeastern Michigan population with low-to-moderate exposure to arsenic in drinking water. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology PMID: 21878987

 

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Mark Gregory Robson, Ph.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H.
Distinguished Professor, Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies Rutgers University, School of Environmental and Biological SciencesEOHSI – Environmental and Population Health Bio-Sciences – Global Environmental Health

WEB: https://plantbiology.rutgers.edu/faculty/robson/mark_robson.html

Dr. Robson’s CV

Research Areas

I am an applied exposure scientist and toxicologist.  In my work I focus on the reduction and elimination of pesticide exposure to farmers and farm families particularly in rural areas in developing countries.  My focus has been to measure and assess exposure and train farmers and farm workers.  My interest in agriculture comes from growing up on a family fruit and vegetable farm in Burlington County New Jersey, my first degree was in agricultural science and this has been the platform for my research, teaching and service work.  I have worked in Eastern Europe, West Africa, and Southeast Asia.  In Southeast Asia, my research and training projects were supported with funds from the Asian Development Bank as well as NIH Fogarty D43 TW007849.  For a period of 20 years I have taught more than 700 students in the Environmental Risk Assessment course taught at Chulalongkorn University.  I have also established the Rutgers Thai Fogarty ITREOH Center at the College of Public Health Sciences at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.  There I have mentored 50 MPH and PhD students and have directly supported 26 students from seven countries with NIH Fogarty funds for their thesis research. Also as a result of teaching risk assessment classes at Rutgers and in developing countries I developed a textbook with Dr. William Toscano (University of Minnesota) titled: Environmental Health Risk Assessment for Public Health (2007) the second edition of the textbook in currently in revision and due out at the end of 2020.

Research Highlights

My research focus is on pesticide exposure to farmers and farm families in developing countries, the major platform for this is the NIH FIC Thai International Training and Research in Environmental and Occupational Health grant.

Scholarly Activities

  • Thai FogartyI TREOH CenterGrant Number: D43 TW007849-01
  • FogartyInternationalCenter- National Institutes of Health – NIEHS Principal Investigator
  • US EPA Methane to Markets Partnership Grant Number XA-83444101-1Activities that Advance Methane Recovery and Use as a Clean Energy Source
  • USEPA – Office of Atmospheric Programs Principal Investigator

NJAES Hatch and Multi-State Projects

  • Project 2921 – Evaluating the Physical and Biological Availability of Pesticides and Contaminants in Agricultural Ecosystems and Project 3081 Agrochemical Impacts on Human and Environmental Health: Mechanisms and Mitigation

Recent Publications

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  1. Paosungnoen, A, Kongtip, P, Nankongnab, N, Siri, S, Robson, MG, Woskie, S. Estimation of Glyphosate biological half-life among farmers and residents in Thailand. Hum Ecol Risk Assess. 2024;30 (3-4):311-325. doi: 10.1080/10807039.2024.2347235. PubMed PMID:39584177 PubMed Central PMC11583242
  2. Chaichana, T, Reeve, G, Piboonrungroj, P, Muangprathub, J, Kunno, J, Robson, MG, Drury, B. Data from a survey of coffee cultivation in lowland and highland areas to support agriculture during climate change. Data Brief. 2024;56 :110881. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2024.110881. PubMed PMID:39286423 PubMed Central PMC11404076
  3. Wren, M, Robson, M, Buckley, B. A Novel Biomonitoring Method to Detect Pyrethroid Metabolites in Saliva of Occupationally Exposed Workers as a Tool for Risk Assessment. Hum Ecol Risk Assess. 2024;30 (3-4):269-288. doi: 10.1080/10807039.2024.2329625. PubMed PMID:39221113 PubMed Central PMC11360145
  4. Penjor, T, Gurung, MS, Robson, MG, Siriwong, W. Prevalence of Current Areca Nut Use and Its Associated Factors among Bhutanese Aged 15-69 Years: Analysis of the Nationally Representative STEPS Survey 2019. WHO South East Asia J Public Health. 2024;13 (1):35-39. doi: 10.4103/WHO-SEAJPH.WHO-SEAJPH_181_23. PubMed PMID:39167134
  5. Rockafellow-Baldoni, M, Spayd, SE, Robson, MG. Microparticles of arsenic water treatment media and water softener resin observed in treated water at private wells. Water Environ Res. 2024;96 (6):e11067. doi: 10.1002/wer.11067. PubMed PMID:38866392
  6. Kunno, J, Luangwilai, T, Pimviriyakul, P, Sematong, S, Supawattanabodee, B, Kuratong, S, Robson, MG. Active smoking in urban households: An association between urinary cotinine metabolite level and serum eGFR concentration. Tob Induc Dis. 2024;22 :. doi: 10.18332/tid/186071. PubMed PMID:38586496 PubMed Central PMC10996036
  7. Kunno, J, Pimviriyakul, P, Luangwilai, T, Sematong, S, Supawattanabodee, B, Kuratong, S, Robson, MG. Effect of children secondhand smoke exposure associated with GABA concentration: Influence from parents who are extremely heavy smokers in urban households. Sci Total Environ. 2024;918 :170720. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170720. PubMed PMID:38325467
  8. Mokarat, M, Lomthaisong, K, Robson, MG, Keithmaleesatti, S. Effects of blood mercury accumulation on DNA methylation levels in the Khorat snail-eating turtle (Malayemys khoratensis). Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2024;269 :115770. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115770. PubMed PMID:38043412
  9. Minorczyk, M, Czaja, K, Starski, A, Korcz, W, Liszewska, M, Lewiński, R, Robson, MG, Postupolski, J, Struciński, P. Assessment of Furan and Its Derivatives Intake with Home Prepared Meals and Characterization of Associated Risk for Polish Infants and Toddlers. Foods. 2023;12 (19):. doi: 10.3390/foods12193618. PubMed PMID:37835270 PubMed Central PMC10572828
  10. 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
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Mario Rodriguez
Unit Computing Manager Rutgers UniversityEOHSI – Central Administration/Network Services
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Troy A Roepke, Ph.D. (they/them)
Professor, Department of Animal Sciences – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and InclusionSchool of Environmental and Biological Sciences -Food & Nutritional Sciences Building East 122D

The effect of environmental influences and stresses, both naturally occurring and anthropogenic, on the physiological functions of organisms is the general focus of my research. My interests are on the actions of hormones, diets, and endocrine disrupting compounds (EDC) on neurophysiological functions that are controlled by the hypothalamus including energy balance, thermoregulation, stress, and reproduction. My goal is for a greater understanding of the interaction between estrogen signaling, neuroendocrine functions, maternal and adult diets, and EDCs on homeostatic functions controlled by the hypothalamus and other brain regions. To address these questions, we use a range of molecular, cellular, electrophysiological, and whole-animal physiological and behavioral techniques. Currently, my research areas are: 1) Sex variability in the response to chronic stressors in corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)/factor (CRF) neurons of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and their subsequent involvement in mood-associated behaviors in mice. 2) The effects of adult and maternal exposures to EDCs (flame-retardants, bisphenols, PFOA) on the hypothalamic neuronal activity, behavior, stress response, and metabolism. 3) The interactions of estrogens, dietary fatty acids, and age in the health of the gut-microbiome in female mice. 4) Development and use of relevant preclinical models of gender-affirming hormone therapy to improve clinical care for transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse people.

Recent Publications

  1. Wiersielis, K., Yasrebi, A., Degroat, T.J., Knox, N., Rojas, C., Feltri, S., and Roepke, T.A. Intermittent fasting disrupts hippocampal dependent memory and norepinephrine content in aged male and female mice. Physiology and Behavior 275:114431.
  2. Degroat, T.J., Wiersielis, K., Yasrebi, A., Kodahli, S., Daisey, S., Denney, K., Tollkuhn, J., Samuels, B.A., and Roepke, T.A. Chronic stress and its effects on behavior, RNA expression of the bed nucleus of the stria terminals, the M-current of NPY neurons. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 161:106920.
  3. Yasrebi, A., Regan, D., and Roepke, T.A. The Influence of Estrogen Response Element ERa Signaling in the Control of Feeding Behaviors in Male and Female Mice. Steroids, 195:109228.
  4. Sui, K., Yasrebi, A., Longoria, C., MacDonell, A.T., Martinez, S.A., Jaffri, H., Fisher, S.E., Malonza, N., Jung, K., Tveter, K.M., Wiersielis, K.R., Shapses, S.A., Campbell, S.C., Roepke, T.A., and Roopchand, D.E. 2023. Coconut oil saturated fatty acids improved energy homeostasis but not blood pressure or cognition in VCD-treated mice. Endocrinology, 164(3): bqad001.
  5. Conde, K., Kulyk, D., Vanschaik, A., Daisey, S., Rojas, C. Weirsielis, K., Degroat, T.J., Sun, Y., and Roepke, T.A. Deletion of growth hormone secretagogue receptor in kisspeptin neurons in female mice blocks diet-induced obesity. Biomolecules, 12(10):1370.
  6. Vail, G.M., Walley, S.N., Yasrebi, A., Maeng, A., Degroat, T.J., Conde, K.M., and Roepke, T.A. Implications of estrogen receptor a (ERa) with the intersection of organophosphate flame retardants and diet-induced obesity in adult mice. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A., 85(10):398-413.
  7. Vail, G.M., Walley, S.N., Yasrebi, A., Maeng, A., Degroat, T.J., Conde, K.M., and Roepke, T.A. Implications of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARg) with the intersection of organophosphate flame retardants and diet-induced obesity in adult mice. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A., 85(9):381-396.
  8. Wiersielis, K., Yasrebi, A., Ramirez, P., Verpeut, J., Regan, D., & Roepke, T.A. The influence of estrogen receptor α signaling independent of the estrogen response element on avoidance behavior, social interactions, and palatable ingestive behavior. Hormones and Behavior, 136:105084.
  9. Walley, S.N., Krumm, E.A., Yasrebi, A., Kwiecinski, J., Baker, C., and Roepke, T.A. Maternal organophosphate flame-retardant exposure alters offspring metabolism in a sexually-dimorphic manner in mice. Journal of Applied Toxicology, 41(4):572-586.
  10. Walley, S.N., Krumm, E.A., Yasrebi, A., O’Leary, S., Tillery, T., and Roepke, T.A. Maternal organophosphate flame-retardant exposure alters offspring feeding, locomotor, and exploratory behaviors in a sexually-dimorphic manner. Journal of Applied Toxicology, 41(3):442-457.
  11. Vail, G.M., and Roepke, T.A. Organophosphate flame retardants excite arcuate melanocortin circuitry and increase sensitivity to ghrelin in adult mice. Endocrinology, 161(11):bqaa168.
  12. Vail, G.M., Yasrebi, A., Maeng, A., Walley, S.N., Conde, K., and Roepke, T.A. The interactions of diet-induced obesity and OPFR exposure on energy homeostasis in adult male and female mice. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, 83(11-12):438-455.
  13. Wiersielis, K.R, Adams, S., Yasrebi, A., Conde, K., & Roepke, T.A. Maternal exposure to organophosphate flame-retardants alters locomotor and anxiety-like behavior in male and female adult offspring. Hormones and Behavior, 122:104759.
  14. Adams, S., Wiersielis, K.R, Yasrebi, A., Conde, K., Armstrong, L., Guo, G.L., and Roepke, T.A. Sex- and age-dependent effects of maternal organophosphate flame-retardant exposure on neonatal hypothalamic and hepatic gene expression. Reproductive Toxicology, 94:65-74.

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