Special Programs
Interdepartmental Program in Toxicology
The Interdepartmental Program in Toxicology had its beginnings in 1962 as an effort to bring together the elements of an inter-disciplinary training program involving a number of departments including ADVS, Chemistry,Plant Sciences, Botany, Soil Science, Wildlife Science, Nutrition and Food Sciences, and Water Resources. The Center offers the following:
- Active recruitment of select students interested in professional development as toxicologists.
- Intensive pre- and post-doctoral training in molecular and biochemical toxicology (carcinogenesis, free-radical mechanisms, immunotoxicology).
- Intensive pre- and post-doctoral training in environmental toxicology (biodegradation, toxicant interactions within ecosystems, environmental engineering).
- Integration of environmental engineering within environmental toxicology.
- Orientation to concepts in safety testing and regulation of environmental toxicants.
- A wide spectrum of scientific equipment and laboratories for the performance of toxicological research.
Acting Director of the Interdepartmental Program in Toxicology is Roger A.
Coulombe, Jr.
There are currently a total of 19 active faculty in the center, including
Roger A. Coulombe, Jr. and Howard M. Deer from ADVS, and Lynn F. James,
and Kip E. Panter, who have adjunct appointments in ADVS.
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