M A S T E R O F S C I E N C E
Ph.D. in Toxicology
- Overview
Ph.D. in Toxicology
-
General Toxicology Option
Ph.D. in Toxicology -
Environmental Toxicology
Concentration
Ph.D. in Toxicology -
Molecular and Cellular
Toxicology Concentration
Mailing
address:
Department of Environmental
and Molecular Toxicology
Box 7633, NC State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7633
Shipping
address:
Suite 1104, 850 Main Campus Dr.
Raleigh, NC 27606
Phone
919.515.2274
Fax 919.515.7169
MASTER of SCIENCE in TOXICOLOGY (M.S.) DEGREE PROGRAM (Thesis Required)
The
M.S. in Toxicology is a research-oriented degree requiring a minimum
of 30 credit hours
and a written thesis. At least 20 credit hours must be graduate-level
courses. The program may include no more than 6 credit hours of research
and no more than 2 credit hours of departmental seminar. Courses at the
400 level counted towards the minimum 30-hour requirement may not
come
from the major field. Students pursuing an MS degree specializing in
Environmental Toxicology must enroll in TOX 715 - Environmental Toxicology.
All courses
must be approved by the student's advisory committee.
Core course requirements for a Master of Science Degree in Toxicology
| TOX 701 | Fundamentals of Toxicology (3 credits) |
| TOX 710 | Molecular & Biochemical Toxicology (3 credits) |
| BCH 553 | Biochemistry of Gene Expression (3 credits) |
| CBS 762 | Principles of Pharmacology (3 credits) |
| TOX 601 | Toxicology Seminar (2 credits maximum) |
| TOX 620-B | Responsibility in Science (1 credit) |
| TOX 695 | Masters Thesis Research (6 credits maximum) |
Recent Master of Science-Toxicology Graduates
| Year Graduated | Graduate Name & E-mail Thesis Title/Faculty Advisor |
Current Position, Organization, Address |
| 2009 | Natalie Hirons
nhirons@gmail.com Estimating Chronic Exposure to Steroid Hormones in Water/Shea |
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| 2008 | Shad Moser
smosher@unity.ncsu.edu Biomakers of Lead Exposure in the freshwater Mussel Elliptio Complanata for Assessing Transportation Related Impacts/Cope |
Research Associate, NC State University
Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Raleigh, NC 27606 |
| 2008 | Tamara Pandolfo
tjpandol@unity.ncsu.edu Sensitivity of early Life Stages of Freshwater Mussels to a range of Common and Extreme Water Temperatures/Cope |
Ph.D. Student, NC State University
Department of Zoology |
| 2008 | Sharon Prochazka
sharon_t_prochazka@hotmail.com Evaluation of Pesticide Genotoxicity with Freshwater Mussel Hemolymph/Cope |
|
| 2007 | Jennifer Flippin
jlflippi@unity.ncsu.edu Environmentally-Relevant Mixtures of Thyroid Disrupting Chemicals: Testing Additivity of Hepatic Inducers and Thyroperoxidase Inhibitors/LeBlanc and Crofton |
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| 2007 | S. Thorne Gregory, III
stgregor@unity.ncsu.edu Effect of successional revegetation on PAH-contaminated sediment/Shea and Nichols |
|
| 2007 | Caitrin Martin
camarti2@unity.ncsu.edu Delineating Sources and Estimating Cadmium Bioaccumulation & Susceptibility Differences Among Aquatic Insects/Buchwalter |
Peace Corps Volunteer Senegal, West Africa |
| 2007 | Beth Wasilak Cooper BWASILAK@nc.rr.com Glucocorticoid Regulation of the Pregnane X Receptor is a Key Determinant in the Magnitude of CYP3A Induction by Xenobiotics/ Wallace | Study Toxicologist, GlaxoSmithKline
Research Triangle Park, NC |
| 2006 | Richard C. T. Casabar, Captain USAF
Richard.Casabar@WPAFB.AF.MIL Endosulfan induces CYP2B6 and CYP3A4 by activating the pregnane X receptor/Wallace |
Research Toxicologist, HEPB Air Force Research Laboratory Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433 |
| 2004 | Emily Kaydos
ekaydos@nc.rr.com Fertility and the sperm membrane biomarker (SP22) are compromised in an additive fashion by priority disinfection by-products of drinking water: a validation of enzyme linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) for SP22/Klinefelter |
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| 2002 | Benjamin Gersh, M.D.
gershb@ecu.edu Toxicant-induced low birthweight: relationship to malformation incidence and postnatal outcome/Branch |
Resident, Brody School of Medicine Psychiatric Medicine East Carolina University, Greenville, NC |
| 2000 | Elena Craft, Ph.D. Comparative responsiveness of Lon Evans rats versus C57BL/6J mice given TCDD-like and phenobartital-like PCB congeners/Winston |
Scientist, ChemRisk & Duke University
Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences Durham, NC |
| 2000 | Karen Kast-Hutcheson
kgkast@hotmail.com Identification and characterization of embryo toxicity of the fungicide propiconazole to Daphnia magna/LeBlanc |
Research Analyst I, Duke University Medical
Center Biochemistry (Hellinga Lab) Durham, NC |
| 2000 | Lucia Lopez-Perez The toxic and preneoplastic effects of chronic dichloroacetic acide exposure in the Japanese Medaka small fish model/Leidy & Law |
Current Master of Science-Toxicology Students
| Year Enrolled | Student Name & E-mail Research Area/Faculty Advisor & Laboratory |
Education |
| 2007 | Phillip Bost
pcbost@ncsu.edu Cellular and molecular mechanisms of fibrosis/ Bonner |
B.S. in Biology, Mars Hill College, North Carolina |
| 2008 | Elizabeth Cable
ekcable@ncsu.edu Elemental analyses of field collected stream insects & research on manganese bioaccumulation from dissolved and dietary sources in aquatic insects/Buchwalter |
B.S. in Biochemistry, Miami University, Ohio |