NIEHS Environmental Toxicology Training Program at the University of Illinois

TRAINING PROGRAM FACULTY PRECEPTORS

	Janice M. Bahr Departments of Animal Sciences and Molecular & Integrative Physiology Soy phytoestrogens and reproductive tract/bone; dioxin and circadian clock genes; embryonic implantation in the ferret; avian infectious bronchitis virus.	Marie-Claude Hofmann Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Institute for Genomic Biology Toxicity of nanomaterials in the male germ line. Disruption of the spermatogonial stem cell niche and signaling pathways in testicular cancer.
	Indrani C. Bagchi Department of Veterinary Biosciences Regulation of blastocyst implantation by estrogen and progesterone receptors; mechanism of action of specific estrogen and progesterone receptor modulators (SERMs and SPRMs).	Elizabeth Jeffery Departments of Food Science & Human Nutrition, Veterinary Biosciences and College of Medicine Diet and cancer; mechanisms for bioactivation and detoxification of toxic and carcinogenic chemicals; safety/efficacy of bioactive food components and dietary supplements.
	Milan K. Bagchi Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology Mechanism of transcriptional regulation by steroid and thyroid hormone receptors; role of coactivators and corepressors.	Benita S. Katzenellenbogen Departments of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Cell & Developmental Biology and College of Medicine Steroid hormone receptors; gene transcription; cell cycle regulation; estrogens and antiestrogens; breast and reproductive system cancers.
	Paul S. Cooke Department of Veterinary Biosciences Male and female reproductive tract differentiation and function; reproductive toxicology; endocrine disruptors.	John A. Katzenellenbogen Department of Chemistry Study of estrogen receptor structure and function and how these are regulated by natural and synthetic estrogens, as well as by disruptors of endocrine function.
	Duncan C. Ferguson Department of Veterinary Biosciences Comparative thyroid physiology and pharmacology; comparative pharmacology; environmental thyroid disruptors; role of thyroid hormone in neurodevelopment.	Ann M. Nardulli Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology Regulation of estrogen-responsive genes; estrogen receptor/DNA interactions; hormone responsiveness in target cells; estrogen and breast cancer.
	Jodi A. Flaws Department of Veterinary Biosciences Effect of environmental chemicals on development and function of the mamamalian ovary.	Romana Nowak Department of Animal Sciences Pathogenesis of endometriosis and uterine fibroids, growth factor expression in the uterus, and development of these diseases.
	William G. Helferich Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition Food toxicology; effects of dietary estrogens on estrogen-dependent tumor growth; dietary estrogens and anti-estrogens and chronic diseases.	Michael J. Plewa Departments of Crop Sciences and Microbiology Genetic toxicology; the identification, chemical characterization and mechanism of action of antimutagens and tumor suppressor agents from agronomic products.
	Rex A. Hess - Associate Director Department of Veterinary Biosciences Male reproductive biology and toxicology; mechanisms of testicular atrophy; estrogen and male reproduction.	Susan L. Schantz - Director Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Neuroscience Program Developmental neurotoxicology of PCBs; dioxins and related compounds in animal models and humans; impact of estrogens on cognition during aging.
		Humphrey Yao Department of Veterinary Biosciences Molecular and cellular mechanisms of embryonic development of gonad and reproductive tract; impacts of environmental toxicants on formation of the sex organs.

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