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Professional
Preparation up
University of Tennessee Nutrition
Science Ph.D. 1989
South Dakota State University
Chemistry B.S. 1980
Appointments
up
1998-present : Toxicology
and Human Health Risk Assessment support for Chemical Hazard Evaluation
Group and Risk and Regulatory Analysis Group, Toxicology and Risk
Analysis Section (TARA), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak
Ridge, TN.
1990-present : Human
Health Risk Assessment Matrix Staff for AIMTECH (HAZWRAP) Projects,
TARA-ORNL and Advanced Information Management Technologies, Oak Ridge,
TN. Instructor/trainer and workshop coordinator for Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry Health Assessment training courses
1990-1993: Senior
Research Assistant, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, on-site at
ORNL. Transitioned in 1993 to ORNL staff.
Publications
in the last five years include
up
7 environmental documents
including monitoring plans, risk assessments, proposed plans and RODs,
one radiation policy document, 15 presentations or training sessions,
3 web pages, 5 pesticide toxicology reviews, 7 pesticide residue chemistry
reviews, and more than 50 pesticide product chemistry reviews. Significant
pesticides include dichloromid, dithianon, esfenvalerate, dimethomorph,
clethodim, cypemethrin, dicamba, and quizalofop.
Synergistic Activities
in last 48 months up
Served as risk assessment
expert for HAZWRAP/ Villahermosa Mexico, workshop on the development
of risk-based methods for environmental activities for PEMEX governmental
oil monopoly. Development of training materials and performance of
training in conducting health assessments for ATSDR. Training required
by more than 20 cooperative agreement states and new ATSDR health
assessment personnel. Participated in development of ATSDR Public
Health Assessment Guidance Manual. This has been recently translated
into Spanish and is used in several countries. Researcher and author
for three of the DOE Center for Risk Excellence "Risk Tools" Web pages.
Collaborative
Relationships up
Collaborators on current
proposals include: Anthony Armstrong, Carol Forsyth, Barbara Vogt-Sorenson,
Arpad Vass, Tuan Vo Dinh, all of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak
Ridge, TN, Donna Cragle, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge,
TN, Steven Wing, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, and
Thomas Crow, Indian Health Service, Rockville, MD.
Doctoral Advisor: Dileep
Sachan, University of Tennessee, College of Human Ecology.
I have no graduate students.
Dr. Brothers has more
than 11 years of experience in the application of human health risk
assessment and toxicology providing technical expertise for the evaluation
of pesticide chemical and toxicology studies and data. Significant
activities include determination of toxicological endpoints, and evaluation
of potential impacts to human exposure to pesticides and herbicides
through the food chain from residue chemistry study and tolerance
evaluations. Sponsoring agencies include the Departments of Defense
and Energy, Environmental Protection Agency and the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry. She has effectively communicated
human health risks to diverse stakeholders including regulators, scientific
advisory boards, and the lay public in the United States and Mexico
including the development and conduct of training and strategic planning
for environmental health programs.
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