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Alumni I-J
Alumni - Listed By Year Graduated
Alumni - Listed By Last Name (while in program)
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Russhawn Jackson, PhD (916) 324-2829
1999 PhD in Environmental Toxicology from UW-Madison -Advisor- Tracy
1988 BS in Microbiology from University of Southwestern Louisiana
Dissertation: Expression and Regulation of Schistosoma Mansoni Glutathione S-Transferases
As of Fall 2007: Toxicologist; California State Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment; Integrated Risk Assessment Unit
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 Mark Jankowski, PhD - Email - (608) 239-2716
Graduate Student Page 2007
2007 PhD in Molecular & Environmental Toxicology from UW-Madison - Advisor - Warren P. Porter
2000 MS in Public Health from University of Utah
1995 BS in Biology from UW-Eau Claire
Dissertation: The Influence of Habitat Disturbance and Synergized Resmethrin on Avian Immunocompetence
As of Spring 2008: Postdoctoral Researcher in Avian Ecological immunology and ecotoxicology Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico
Graduate Experience: Finding a wildlife toxicology project was much simpler than finding funding for this type of work. However, the METC Training Grant Committee greatly facilitated the achievement of my goal through their funding of my project that addressed issues that affect the health of both humans and wildlife. The willingness of the Training Grant Committee to fund this nontraditional project that was mainly performed off campus is testament to their commitment to enable students' growth towards becoming independent scientists. It was difficult to strike out on my own, an experience that was wrought with disappointments, but METC and my Thesis Committee continued to encourage me. My METC graduate school experience not only introduced me to the nuts and bolts of performing high quality science, but also bolstered my confidence that I can do this independently.
Graduate Work: My work proposed that non-toxic stressors such as habitat disturbance and life history stage potentiate the immunotoxicity of pyrethroid insecticides through elevated corticosterone, resulting in an amplified potential for WNV transmissibility. Thus, I addressed interactive factors that are important to the health of both humans and wildlife (i.e. "Conservation Medicine"). My research involved two years of field work with the greater sage-grouse in Nevada, Oregon and California, as well as laboratory work at the National Wildlife Health Center using the chicken model. Several manuscripts resulted from this research. Current Research: My current work involves an investigation into the reasons behind differences in susceptibility to avian influenza across all avian taxa. I am interested in how phylogenetic position influences a bird’s immunological response to avian influenza for reasons of basic biological interest, as well as to inform a more focused highly pathogenic avian influenza surveillance effort. This project integrates work at the molecular, cellular, physiological, and ecological levels and occurs both in the field and in the laboratory.
Peter G. Janssen, MS, DVM - Email (608) 836-0600
1988 DVM from UW-Madison
1988 MS in Environmental Toxicology from UW-Madison
1980 BS in Zoology from UW-Madison
Thesis: The effects of endotoxin on the antioxidant enzymes of murine alveolar macrophages
As of Fall 2007: Janssen Clinic for Animals
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Jeffrey A. Johnson, PhD - Email - (608) 262-2893
1992 PhD in Environmental Toxicology from UW-Madison - Advisor - Siegel
1986 MS in Pharmacology from University of Minnesota-Duluth
1984 BS in Biology from University of Minnesota-Duluth
Dissertation: Glutathione S-Transferase Isoenzymens: characterization and regulation
As of Fall 2007: Associate Professor School of Pharmacy - University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Mark D. Johnson, PhD - (312) 353-3436
1984 PhD in Environmental Toxicology from UW-Madison - Advisor George Bryan
Dissertation: Studies of Bladder carcinogenesis Using a Rat Bladder Epithelial Cell Culture System
As of Fall 2007: Senior Regional Representative; Health and Human Services; Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry, Region 5-Chicago
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Frank A. Jones, PhD
1987 PhD in Environmental Toxicology from UW-Madison - Advisor -
198_ BS in Biology from Loyola University
Dissertation: Computer simulation of aldicarb migration and degradation in the sand plain of Central Wisconsin
As of Spring 2008: Principal Consultant; Environ Corp
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