Latest Toxicologist Podcast Episodes
The Intersection of Toxicology, Environmental Health Law, and Justice
Adverse Reactions - August 03, 2023 12:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsAs the foremost experts on the effects of chemicals, biological substances, and more, toxicologists are key contributors to health regulation and laws. Law Professor and lawyer Claudia Polsky, University of California Berkeley, discusses how science can influence environmental health law, as wel...
Pitfalls in Pharmaceutical Production: Protecting the Actual Drug Makers
Adverse Reactions - July 27, 2023 12:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWhile pharmaceuticals provide positive benefits for patients, what about workers that may be exposed during production? Elizabeth M. Vancza, Merck & Co. Inc., reveals to co-hosts Anne Chappelle and David Faulkner the role of occupational toxicologists in understanding the exposure risks of pharm...
The Big Picture of Small Things: Nanotoxicology
Adverse Reactions - July 20, 2023 12:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsNanoparticles are manmade fibers, particulates, and other objects that are so small that when inhaled, they can escape the lungs and enter other body systems. Timothy Nurkiewicz, West Virginia University, studies the effects of these and other particulars. He discusses his inhalation and nanotox...
Tox in the Family: Generational Exposure and DDT
Adverse Reactions - July 13, 2023 12:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsBlood samples and health records for 15,000 pregnancies provides a wealth of scientific data. Add samples and records from the resultant children and grandchildren, and you have an invaluable cohort with which you can study the long-term results of events that occur during pregnancy. Barbara Coh...
Bringing Cohorts in Cahoots with Lab Science
Adverse Reactions - July 06, 2023 12:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThe fields of epidemiology and toxicology sometimes find themselves at odds, but Gradient’s Julie Goodman, an epidemiologist and toxicologist, shares how the two disciplines can complement each other to evaluate public health risks. Dr. Goodman also dives into the finer points of systemic review...
Estradiol Complicates Everything: Toxicology across the Gender Spectrum
Adverse Reactions - June 29, 2023 12:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWhen it comes to hormones, everyone has them all, but their levels are where things get interesting. How chemicals affect estrogen signaling in the brain is the research focus of Troy Roepke, Rutgers, who talks to co-hosts Anne Chappelle and David Faulkner about how gender is not easily defined ...
Up in Smoke: Where Cannabis Meets the Immune System
Adverse Reactions - June 22, 2023 12:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsSince the discovery of cannabinoid receptors in the mid-1990s, researchers have been trying to determine their role and how they affect the immune system. Barbara Kaplan, Mississippi State University, discusses research in this area with co-hosts Anne Chappelle and David Faulkner and also shares...
Wildfire Smoke Isn’t Monkey Business
Adverse Reactions - May 05, 2022 12:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsBecause of natural exposure to wildfire smoke, nonhuman primates have provided an increased understanding of the long-term effects of smoke inhalation during infancy, shares Lisa Miller, University of California Davis (UC Davis). Dr. Miller also discusses with co-hosts Anne Chappelle and David F...
Sweating It Out: Exercise versus Toxic Exposures
Adverse Reactions - April 28, 2022 12:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWith nonalcoholic fatty liver disease affecting nearly a third of the US population, Luma Melo, University of Pittsburgh, describes how mouse studies have shown that low-impact exercise can help reverse liver damage. Dr. Melo also shares with co-hosts Anne Chappelle and David Faulkner how resear...
Anthropogenic Ghosts on the Coast
Adverse Reactions - April 21, 2022 12:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWhile no longer national news, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is still impacting the ecological health of the Gulf of Mexico and the livelihoods of the communities that rely upon the gulf’s aquatic life, as Robert “Joe” Griffitt of the University of Southern Mississippi reveals. Dr. Griffitt an...
Lions and Vultures and Tox, Oh My
Adverse Reactions - April 14, 2022 12:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsHow human activity, chemical exposures, and environmental factors combine to contribute to wildlife population declines is at the forefront of the research by Dr. Caroline Moore and other teams at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. Dr. Moore unravels the role of toxicology in wildlife conserva...
The Delicious World of Food Safety
Adverse Reactions - April 07, 2022 12:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsEven chocolate companies and wineries need toxicologists. Alexandria G. Lau, ToxStrategies Inc., has worked for both and shares her experiences with co-hosts Anne Chappelle and David Faulkner. They also discuss the research and development that goes into new food products and how toxicologists p...
Heat Stressed: Biostats and Public Health
Adverse Reactions - March 31, 2022 12:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsBiostatistics or data science for public health—whatever you choose to call it—informs understanding of the health and environmental impacts of exposures. Emory University’s Howard Chang discusses with co-hosts Anne Chappelle and David Faulkner the intricacies of interpreting data, the controver...
The Life-Giving Properties of Liquid Gold
Adverse Reactions - March 24, 2022 12:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWith limited existing research on the effects of medications and exposures on lactation, Christina D. Chambers, University of California San Diego, shares work underway to better assess risks and benefits for mom and baby. Co-hosts Anne Chappelle and David Faulkner also discuss with Dr. Chambers...
Toxicology Is a Wise Choice: One Health, Many Ecosystems
Adverse Reactions - March 17, 2022 12:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsStudying the effects of metals in whales and alligators, among other species, can offer immense insight into human health, John P. Wise Sr. tells Adverse Reactions co-hosts Anne Chappelle and David Faulkner. Dr. Wise also discusses research on chromosome instability and how you can help people e...
Space, the Final Risk Assessment Frontier
Adverse Reactions - March 10, 2022 13:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsHow do you set exposure limits to protect human health in a closed container floating in space? Valerie Ryder, a toxicologist at the NASA Johnson Space Center, takes co-hosts Anne Chappelle and David Faulkner into the small world of space toxicologists, where they also discuss research involving...
To Breathe a Little Easier and Why the Lungs Are the Sexiest Organ
Adverse Reactions - June 03, 2021 12:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsFrom vaping to wildfire smoke to pollutants such as diesel exhaust to airborne diseases, the lungs are the organ most exposed to our external environment, according to Ilona Jaspers of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Jaspers also introduces co-hosts Anne Chappelle and David ...
All the Tox That's Fit to Print . . . or Present . . . or Blog
Adverse Reactions - May 27, 2021 12:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWith pre-print services, data sharing, open access, and the internet rapidly changing the journal publication landscape, Toxicological Sciences Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey M. Peters provides co-hosts Anne Chappelle and David Faulkner with perspective on how journals are adapting to the times. Dr. Pe...
More Than a Color Scheme: The Future of Toxicology in Green Chemistry
Adverse Reactions - May 20, 2021 12:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsMargaret “Meg” H. Whittaker, Managing Director and Chief Toxicologist of ToxServices LLC, outlines the similarities and differences between risk assessment, alternative assessments, and green chemistry. Co-hosts Anne Chappelle and David Faulkner also discover how alternative assessments can lead...
Speak Softly and Carry a Big Dataset: The Exposome
Adverse Reactions - May 13, 2021 12:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsOhio State University’s Darryl B. Hood reveals how a database with about 25,000 environmental factors and variables associated with the public health exposome may soon lead to major breakthroughs in addressing disparate public health outcomes in various communities. He also shares with co-hosts ...
DNA Isn't Destiny, So What Is?
Adverse Reactions - May 06, 2021 12:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsEpigenetics expert Dana C. Dolinoy of the University of Michigan School of Public Health illuminates how our nascent understanding of the epigenome is leading to breakthroughs in understanding the causes—and potential treatment—of some public health problems. Co-hosts Anne Chappelle and David Fa...
The United States of Toxicity
Adverse Reactions - April 29, 2021 12:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsRetired National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Director and lifelong federal scientist Linda S. Birnbaum discusses the intersection of policy and science, as well as the effect of environmental exposures on public health, with co-hosts Anne Chappelle and David Faulkner. Dr. ...
Capturing Adverse Reactions
Adverse Reactions - April 22, 2021 15:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsMeet co-hosts Anne Chappelle and David Faulkner as they explore the origins of Adverse Reactions, how people are at the heart of all science, and why the science of toxicology is more relevant than ever. About Anne After graduating from the University of Delaware with a BS in biology in 1991,...
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