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                SCIENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CHEMICALS (SACC)
                                       
Review of EPA TSCA Screening Level Approach for Assessing Ambient Air and Water Exposures to Fenceline Communities.
                               March 15-17, 2022
                                       
             List of Candidates (including Biographical Sketches)
                     Docket Number: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2021-0415
Note: This list of candidates includes all interested and available nominees under consideration as prospective ad
hoc reviewers.  Screening of candidates will be conducted based on the selection criteria in the Federal Register of October 27, 2021 (86 FR 59382).

                C. Glenn Begley, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCPA, FAHMS

Affiliation:
Independent Biotechnology Consultant. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Head of drug discovery, and co-Founder of Parthenon Therapeutics, Boston MA, Chief Scientific Advisor, BridGene Biosciences, San Jose, CA

Expertise:
Biology, Biotechnology, Drug discovery, Preclinical research, Medical oncology & hematology, Research rigor and reproducibility.

Education:
MBBS (MD equivalent) University of Melbourne, Australia; PhD University of Melbourne, Australia; Fellow, Australian College of Physicians; Fellow, Australian College of Pathologists; Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences; Fellow, American Society of Clinical Investigation & Association of American Physicians

Experience Summary
Dr. Begley has worked in drug discovery and development for over 20 years in the USA, Europe and Australia. For 10 years (2002-2012) he was Vice President and Global Head of Hematology and Oncology research at Amgen, CA. During that time, he raised the issue of research rigor and reproducibility with a seminal paper published in Nature in 2012. After Amgen he was Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President at TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals (2012-2015) in Malvern, PA, then Chief Scientific Officer and co-Founder of Akriviea (2015-2017), now Xilio Therapeutics. In 2017, he returned to Australia as CEO of a startup company (2017-2021) created by the University of Melbourne and Monash University to translate their biomedical discoveries. He remains based in Melbourne, Australia, and currently serves as Head of Drug Discovery at Parthenon Therapeutics (Boston, MA), Chief Scientific Adviser to BridGene Biosciences (San Jose, CA) and Senior Scientific Advisor at Certara (Princeton, NJ). Prior to working in industry, he had over 25 years as an academic researcher and clinical oncologist and held the title of Professor (1997-2000) in the Department of Medicine at the University of Melbourne. His primary research interests are the regulation of hematopoietic cells, clinical trials and research integrity. He is an expert in biotechnology, oncology & biology.

Panel Expertise:
Dr. Begley has not served on any US Federal panels. He has served on numerous Australian research panels for the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council.

                           Ryan S.D. Calder, ScD, PE
                                       

Affiliation:
Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Policy at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Expertise:
Modeling of environmental contaminant fate and transport and resulting human exposures. Uncertainty quantification in environmental models. Decision support using environmental and economic models.

Education:
ScD in Environmental Health, Harvard University (2017); MASc in Civil Engineering, Concordia University, Canada (2012); BEng in 2010 in Civil Engineering, Concordia University Canada.

Experience Summary:
Dr. Calder is Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Policy (Department of Population Health Sciences) and Assistant Professor of Health Sciences (Faculty of Health Sciences) at Virginia Tech. Dr. Calder is also Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Duke University. Dr. Calder's work develops quantitative decision/policy support tools through development of mechanistic environmental models (notably fate and transport and human exposures models) and coupling with economic valuations. Dr. Calder is interested in supporting policy development by quantifying trade-offs, particularly across disciplinary lines. Peer review duties for 17 journals in environmental science and public health, 2017 to present,

Panel Expertise:
External consultant/reviewer, Independent Expert Advisory Committee, Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project, Province of Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada, 2017-18; Technical committee member and reviewer, IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society, Windsor, Canada, 2021; Service on departmental, College-level and University-level committees (e.g., College representative to Public Interest Technology University Network committee), 2020 to present.

                       Cloelle G. Danforth, EIT, MS, PhD


Affiliation:
Senior Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund, Boulder, CO

Expertise:
Environmental Engineering; Water Quality; Environmental Site Assessment & Remediation; Risk Assessment

Education:
MS (2009) and PhD (2012) in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Cornell University; BS
in Engineering Science from Smith College (2004).

Experience Summary:
Dr. Cloelle Danforth is a Senior Scientist at Environmental Defense Fund in the Health and Climate program (2015 to present). She held adjunct and visiting scholar positions at Cornell University (2016-2017) and University of Colorado Boulder (2020-2021). Her research focus is on understanding impacts to human health and the environment from chemicals, waste management, and unintended releases, and to identify policy development and regulatory drivers for more protective guidance. Relevant projects at Environmental Defense Fund include developing comments on five of the first 10 chemicals for risk evaluation under TSCA and developing comments on chemical candidates for high- and low-priority designation as proposed by EPA under TSCA; development of evidence-based recommendations for pollution action levels and guidelines for disaster response that are protective of human health. Additional experience includes two years conducting environmental site assessments and remediation (2013-2015).

Panel Expertise:
To date, Dr. Danforth has not participated in any US Federal panels.


                              John L. Ferry, PhD


Affiliation:
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.

Expertise:
Reactive attenuation and chemical remediation of environmental contaminants in aqueous systems; Multivariate high-throughput experimental techniques; Reactive Oxygen Species, Advanced Oxidation Processes; and Environmental degradation of secondary metabolites including harmful algal bloom toxins.

Education:
PhD in Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina (1996); MS in Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina (1993); BS in Chemistry, University of Illinois (1990).

Experience Summary:
Dr. John Ferry is a Professor of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, with 23 years of experience of teaching and research in Environmental Chemistry.  His teaching is focused on research methods for measuring environmental fate and includes extensive review of the theoretical development and application of fugacity models.  His research is focused on natural and technological attenuation of contaminants and microbial metabolites; including pesticides, endocrine disrupters, halogenated solvents, and nanomaterials, and has also explored the link between biogeochemical metal cycling and reactive oxygen species.  The attenuation work has addressed mechanisms that include photolysis, hydrolysis, oxidation by reactive oxygen species, one-electron reduction, and physical partitioning.  The biogeochemical work has taken place in salt marshes, lakes, and at submarine hydrothermal vents.  His research has been supported by the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), among others.

Panel Expertise:
Dr. Ferry has served on Federal review panels for research proposals, a Federal program, and a promotion review (dates approximate): USEPA STAR (research proposal review) (2004-2009); USEPA PPP (student award) (2012-2015); NSF Chemistry/Environmental Chemistry (panel and ad hoc) (2010-present); NSF Graduate Fellowship (student award) (2016-2019); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Picasso Program (2014); NIEHS Superfund (2011-2013), intermittent ad hoc since 2013; NOAA program review, Harmful Algal Bloom Toxins team (2012); Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative: ad hoc, intermittent (2013-2017).


                         Matthew O. Gribble, PhD, DABT


Affiliation:
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL

Expertise:
Environmental epidemiology including systematic review methods; biostatistics; toxicology (Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology); tribal environmental health; community-engaged research methods; environmental justice.

Education:
PhD in Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University (2013); BA in Human Biology, Stanford University (2009); BS with Honors in Earth Systems, Stanford University (2009).

Experience Summary:
Dr. Gribble is an environmental epidemiologist and Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (and Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, and Adjunct Associate Professor at Emory University) with approximately 10 years of research experience working in partnership with American Indian communities (and since then, other communities) to characterize environmental exposures and evaluate potential health implications of such exposures. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology (credentialed 2016-2026) and was selected by the Society of Toxicology Metals Specialty Section for the 2021 Bruce A. Fowler Metals Young Investigator Endowment Fund Award. He has contributed to research on a variety of topics as an epidemiological methodologist and applied biostatistician, but his primary research interests are at the intersection of climate change, drinking water and seafood contaminants, and environmental health disparities. He serves on the editorial board of University College London, UCL Open: Environment (2020-2021) and is co-editor of a forthcoming Oceans and Human Health textbook. He has served as an "Expert Reviewer" on chapters from two Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports (2020-2021: Second Order Draft of Working Group II Sixth Assessment Report selected chapters; 2018: First Order Draft of Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate selected chapters). 

Panel Experience:
Dr. Gribble has served on national peer review panels including for the National Science Foundation (Coastlines and People Advisory Panel) (2020), Oregon Sea Grant program (2019), National Institutes of Health (Oceans and Human Health P01 Center Grants) (2017; K99 Special Emphasis Panel)(2018); and performed international peer review including for the National Science Center - Poland (2020) and the Wellcome Trust International Training Fellowship program (2018). Dr. Gribble has served on panels synthesizing evidence on behalf of the World Health Organization and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (joint expert consultation on ciguatera fish poisoning) (2018); Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (task force for the 2015 global ciguatera strategy) 2015); and Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme: contributor to chapter 2.4 of the AMAP Persistent Organic Pollutant and Climate Change Assessment (2019-2021).

                             A. Wallace Hayes, PhD


Affiliation:
Adjunct Professor, Center for Environmental/Occupational Risk Analysis & Management, University of South Florida College of Public Health, Tampa, FL

Expertise:
Dr. Hayes is a toxicologist with over 40 years of experience in industry and academics, providing strategic, scientific, and regulatory guidance.
   
Education:
AB, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; MS, PhD, Auburn University, Auburn, AL;; Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, Postdoctoral [Toxicology]

Experience Summary:
Dr. Hayes is a toxicologist with over 40 years of experience in industry and academics, providing strategic, scientific, and regulatory guidance. Dr. Hayes holds appointments at the University of South Florida College of Public Health and Michigan State University Institute for Integrative Toxicology. He directed the toxicology laboratory at the Rohm Haas Company and founded and managed its global agricultural regulatory department, held the position of Vice President and Corporate Toxicologist for RJR Nabisco with responsibility for regulatory and toxicology issues related to the safety of ingredients and food contact substances worldwide. Subsequently, as Corporate Vice-President of Product Integrity at the Gillette Company, he had management responsibility for the safety evaluation and regulatory compliance of consumer products, plant safety, environmental stewardship, quality control, and regulatory and toxicology issues worldwide. Dr. Hayes served on the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association (CTFA) Research Council, addressing issues related to flavors and fragrances. Dr. Hayes has interacted with regulatory bodies worldwide including Canada, Japan, South Korea, European Union (EU), and Latin America as well as the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), the USEPA, and the US Department of Defense (USDOD). Dr. Hayes has served as a member of the Food Advisory Committee, USFDA, and is currently a Senior Executive Advisor to the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), USFDA. Dr. Hayes has authored more than 350 peer-reviewed publications.

Panel Experience:
Dr. Hayes has served on committees and expert panels for the National Academy of Sciences, the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Defense. Dr. Hayes has served on Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) Expert Panel.

                         Lucas R.F. Henneman, MS, PhD
                                       
                                       
Affiliation:
Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA

Expertise:
Research focus on factors that influence human impacts of air pollution, including regulations, emissions, atmospheric physical and chemical processes, and exposure.

Education:
BS in Environmental Engineering from Johns Hopkins University (2012); MS in Environmental Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology (2014); PhD in Environmental Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology (2017).

Experience Summary:
Dr. Henneman is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. He studies relationships between air pollution emission sources, air quality, human exposure (including inequities), and human health. His recent work involves developing and applying models that enable exposure studies of large numbers of individual air pollution sources. Prior to his current position, Dr. Henneman completed a postdoc at Harvard School of Public Health (2017-2020) and earned his PhD at Georgia Tech (2017).

Panel Experience:
Dr. Henneman has not participated in any US Federal panels.

                               Elke Jensen, PhD


Affiliation:
Senior Risk Assessor, Toxicology and Environmental Research and Consulting,
Dow Chemical Company, Midland MI

Expertise:
Human health exposure and risk assessment for chemicals, Chemistry

Education:
PhD in Physical Chemistry, University of Chicago (1993); MA in Chemistry, University of Chicago; AB in Chemistry and French, Bryn Mawr College (1988)

Experience Summary:
Dr. Jensen is a senior risk assessor at Dow Chemical with over 20 years of experience in conducting risk assessments to support regulatory and product safety initiatives.  At Dow, Dr. Jensen supports multiple business units that serve a variety of industries and markets.  These include sectors that require extensive support in exposure and risk assessment, ranging from industrial coatings to personal care to agricultural applications.  She conducts exposure and risk assessment to support both regulatory activities such as chemical registration, and stewardship initiatives.  Dr. Jensen participates in American Chemistry Council (ACC) Work Groups (WG), including the ACC Exposure Assessment WG (2016 to present; chair since 2020), the ACC Risk Assessment WG, and serves as an exposure expert for the ACC Long-Range Research Initiative (2015 to present). Areas of focus include using models to estimate chemical concentrations in ambient/source/drinking water and impacts to human populations; assessing human health, exposure and risk assessment for airborne and/or waterborne chemicals; occupational, consumer, environmental exposure assessment and modeling.  

Panel Expertise:
Dr Jensen currently serves on the Board of Directors for the International Society for Exposure Science (initial membership in 2002) and is current President of the Exposure Science Specialty Section of the Society of Toxicology (member since 2019).


                                Arun Kumar, PhD
                                       
Affiliation:
Professor of Environmental Engineering. Department of Civil Engineering. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India.

Expertise:
Environmental engineering, water chemistry, exposure risk estimation.

Education:
B.Tech (2001) and M.Tech (2004) from IIT Kanpur, India; PhD from Drexel Univ. USA; Post-doc from Michigan State Univ. USA (2008)

Experience Summary:
Dr. Kumar is a Professor of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, India since May 2021.  His expertise is mainly in the areas of water treatment, emerging contaminants and human health risk assessment. He held the position of Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, IIT, Delhi, India (December 2016-May 2021) and of Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi, India (July 2010-December 2016). Dr. Kumar was a Visiting Research Associate, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA, Advisor: Dr. Irene Xagoraraki (April 2009-June 2010) and a Visiting Research Faculty, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA; Advisors: Dr. Patrick L. Gurian and Dr. Mira S. Olson (January-March 2009). He was a Graduate Research Assistant, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA; Advisor:  Dr. Patrick L. Gurian(September 2004-December 2008), a Graduate Research Assistant, Environmental Engineering and Management Programme, IIT Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India (August 2002-August 2004), and a Project Associate, Civil Engineering, IIT, Kanpur, India (August 2001-August 2002). He is a Society of Risk Analysis member, peer reviewer of journal papers and expert for Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change, India


Panel Expertise:
Dr. Kumar has not participated in any US Federal panels.
                                  Li Li, PhD


Affiliation:
Assistant Professor of Environmental Health at the University of Nevada, Reno, NV

Expertise:
Develop and apply computational models for fate, exposure, and risk assessments of chemicals of environmental or health concerns, in the inter-discipline of environmental chemistry, industrial ecology, and exposure and health sciences. 

Education:
PhD in environmental sciences from Peking University, China (2017); BSc in environmental sciences (with highest honor) from Nankai University, China (2012).

Experience Summary:
Dr. Li is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Health at the University of Nevada, Reno (USA) since 2019, before which he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Toronto, Scarborough (Canada) after obtaining his PhD in 2017. He is currently a Review Editor of the journals Frontiers in Sustainable Production (since 2019) and Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry (since 2020). He and collaborators develop computational models in support of tiered assessments of chemical fate, human exposure, and health risk to address environmental and health problems associated with chemical manufacturing and use.

Panel Experience:
Dr. Li has not participated in any US Federal panels.

                    Rory C. O'Rourke, MHS, DABT, REHS/RS

Affiliation:
Health & Environmental Investigator III, Public Health Seattle & King County, Seattle, WA

Expertise:
Human Toxicology; Ecological Toxicology; Equity; Environmental Justice; Environmental Health; Risk Assessment; Policy; Permitting; Compliance; Contaminated Site Cleanup; Solid Waste; Biomedical Waste; Harmful Algal Blooms; Sustainability

Education:
MHS in Environmental Health specializing in Human Toxicology and Pathophysiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (2011); BS in Molecular & Cellular Biology, Johns Hopkins University (2010).

Experience Summary:
Rory is a board-certified toxicologist focused on evaluating the impacts of toxics on underserved communities. Rory started as a consulting firm scientist evaluating contaminated site cleanup and reviewing Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) dossiers for European Union chemical regulations. Prior to King County, Rory was an Environmental Coordinator at Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe (2012-2016). He mainly focused on the Port Gamble Bay cleanup, working with Agency of Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to write a Public Health Assessment and developing a shellfish monitoring plan to measure chemical contaminants and biotoxins that could impact the Tribe's ability to practice their treaty rights. He served on National Tribal Toxics Council, an EPA-tribal partnership to make Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 6 risk assessments more considerate of tribal lifeways. At King County Department of Natural Resources & Parks, he sampled and wrote technical reports on contaminants in fish, shellfish, sediment, wastewater, and stormwater (2016-2019). For the past three years, Rory has been leading permitting and compliance of solid waste facilities and landfills with human health and environmental protection standards at Public Health Seattle & King County. This includes developing a biomedical waste management program for the County, which became highly relevant during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Author on November 2015 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry; author on fish consumption as driver of risk management decisions and human health-based water quality criteria; Rory is working on papers addressing piloting Indigenous Health Indicators and equity in toxics exposure from solid waste 


Panel Experience:
National Tribal Toxics Council (2013-2016); Washington State PFAS Chemical Action Plan advisory committee (2016-2021); 2018 Salish Sea Toxics Monitoring Synthesis.
 


                              Richard Reiss, ScD


Affiliation: 
Group Vice President and Principal Scientist, Exponent, Alexandria, VA

Expertise: Exposure assessment and dispersion modeling. Application of dispersion modeling for risk assessment. 

Education: ScD in Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health (1994); MS in Environmental Engineering from Northwestern University (1991); BS in Chemical Engineering University of California, Santa Barbara (1989). 

Expertise Summary: Dr. Reiss is an environmental health scientist with expertise in risk assessment, exposure assessment, environmental chemistry and fate, mathematical modeling, and applied statistics. He provides consulting services related to scientific issues associated with numerous environmental statutes and has expertise in both air quality and chemical risk assessment. Dr. Reiss is actively involved in several scientific societies and he is the Past-President and Fellow of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA), the leading scientific society devoted to the field of risk assessment. Dr. Reiss was the Managing Editor of Risk Analysis: An International Journal, the leading scholarly journal for risk analysis, (2001 through mid-2008). He was the winner of the 2001 Chauncey Starr (early career) award from SRA. In 2018, he was awarded the Outstanding Practitioner Award from SRA. 

Panel Experience: 
Dr. Reiss has not participated in any US Federal panels.

                               Ruthann Rudel, MS


Affiliation:
Director of Research and Senior Scientist at Silent Spring Institute, Newton, MA

Expertise:
Research on exposure, toxicology, and chemical health risk assessment focusing on endocrine active chemicals and on mechanisms by which chemicals may influence breast cancer risk.

Education:
BA in Chemistry and Neuroscience, Oberlin College, OH (1986); MS in Hazardous Materials Management/Environmental Policy at Tufts University, MA (1991), Department of Civil Engineering; Graduate courses (1993-1995) in Epidemiology and Statistics at Harvard Extension School, New England Epidemiology Institute.

Experience Summary:
Ms. Rudel is the Director of Research and Senior Scientist of Toxicology, Exposure, and Risk, at Silent Spring Institute (1995-present). She leads toxicology, computational, and exposure research on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and carcinogens, and assessment of the molecular mechanisms by which these and other chemicals may influence breast cancer risk and other health outcomes. She is an Adjunct Research Associate at the Brown University Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine in Providence, RI (2007-present), and a Visiting Scholar in the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Northeastern University (2019-present). She has served on the US Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (2018-2021). She was a member of the Toxic Substances Control Act Committee, Society of Toxicology from 2015-2016.

Panel Experience:
Ruthann Rudel served on the Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC; 2018-2021). She also served on the National Academy of Sciences panel "Unraveling Low Dose Toxicity: Case Studies of Systematic Review of Evidence" (2016-2017), the U.S. National Toxicology Program Board of Scientific Counselors (2009-2011), the Toxic Substances Control Act and
Regulatory Affairs and Legislative Assistance Committees of the Society of Toxicology (SOT; 2003-2006), and the Science Advisory Board of the Massachusetts Toxic Use Reduction Institute (2000-2001).


                             Elaine Symanski, PhD
                                       
                                       
Affiliation:
Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Expertise:
Environmental Health Sciences; Environmental Epidemiology

Education:
BS Western Washington University (1981); MPH University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1992); PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1996).

Experience Summary:
Dr. Symanski is Professor in the Center of Precision Environmental Health and Department of Medicine (Section of Epidemiology and Population Sciences) at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM).  At BCM, she serves as Director of the Program in Population and Environmental Health Disparities.  Dr. Symanski also serves as Director National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)/NIEHS/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Center of Excellence on Environmental Health Disparities Research, The Maternal and Infant Environmental Health Riskscape Center. Her research interests focus on the independent and interacting effects of chemical and non-chemical stressors on health, particularly among vulnerable populations.  

Panel Experience:
Dr. Symanski currently serves on the Working Group for the IARC monograph Vol. 131  -  Cobalt Metal (without Tungsten Carbide) and Cobalt (II) Salts, Weapons-Grade Tungsten (with Nickel and Cobalt) Alloy, and Antimony Trioxide (2021-present).  Formerly, she participated as a member on the Working Group for the IARC Monograph on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans  -  Volume 120 (Benzene) (2017-2018) and on the Peer Review Panel of the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Draft Report on Carcinogens, Monograph on Antimony Trioxide (2017-2018). From 2019-2020, she served on a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) committee to investigate respiratory hazards among the military serving in the Southeast Asia Theater due to open pit burning. Other former committee assignments involving peer review include service on the Committee to Review the Styrene Assessment in the NTP 12th Report on Carcinogens, The National Academies, National Research Council, 2013  -  2014 and the Committee on Contaminated Drinking Water at Camp Lejeune, The National Academies, National Research Council, 2007-2009. Dr. Symanski has also served on numerous NIH grant review panels (2021; 2020; 2015; 2013; 2012; 2011; 2009). 
                          Monica E. Unseld, PhD, MPH


Affiliation:
Until Justice Data Partner Inc., Louisville, KY

Experience:
Endocrine disruption and environmental signaling;Experience working with grass roots and nonprofit environmental groups, including Coming Clean INC and the Environmental Health Justice Alliance.

Education:
B.S. in biology from Xavier University, OH (2002); Ph.D in biology from the University of Louisville (2008); Master's in Public Health (MPH) from Benedictine University, IL (2018)

Experience Summary:
Dr. Unseld is an experienced environmental justice advocate, with over a decade of experience working with fenceline community groups. She has a doctorate degree in biology and a master's degree in public health. She is currently the executive director of the nonprofit Until Justice Data Partners. Through this organization, she helps community groups find and use the data that they need for their work. The organization has also been contracted to provide collect and communicate data for the A Path Forward (through the Louisville Urban League) and Metro United Way. Dr. Unseld is regularly invited to speak on environmental justice issues to a cross-section of fields, including the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments and a designation from Egypt on behalf of the U.S. State Department in September 2021. Dr. Unseld has also collaborated with the University of Louisville to study the potential long-term effects of tear gas exposure. Dr. Unseld also recently co-authored report "A Transformative Climate Action Framework" with the Union of Concerned Scientists. Dr. Unseld's primary research interest is in cumulative impacts related to environmental justice.

Panel Experience:
Dr. Unseld has not participated in any US Federal panels

