Ph.D., 1998, North Carolina State University
Assistant Research Scientist
dkeys@uga.edu
Room 140
Environmental Health Science Building
Athens, GA 30602-2102
706.542.0138 (voice)
706-542-7472 (fax)

Areas of Specialty

• Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling
• Human health risk assessment
• Statistical and quantitative methods

Research

• Developing rodent, primate and human physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models.
• Application of statistical and quantitative methods (e.g. parameter estimation, model validation) to toxicological modeling.
• Exploring the impact of these models on human health risk assessment.
  Professional Affiliations
• Society of Toxicology (pending)

Publications

Long B., W. March, D. Keys and C. McKenney, W. Hofmann, In press. Retrospective Study of Soft Contact Lens Wear in Diabetes Patients. Optometry & Vision Science.

Keys, D.A., J.V. Bruckner, S. Muralidhara, and J.W. Fisher, 2003. Tissue Dosimetry Expansion and Cross-Validation of Rat and Mouse Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Models for Trichloroethylene. Toxicological Sciences. 76, 35-50.

Sundberg, S.E., J.J. Ellington, J.J. Evans, D.A. Keys and J.W. Fisher, 2003. “Accumulation of perchlorate in tobacco plants: development of a plant kinetic model.” J. Environ. Monit., 2003, 5, 505-512.

Keys D.A. and A.M. Wadley, 2001 “Application of Behavior Assessment Model to Describing Tefluthrin Movement in Soil.” Internal Technical Report. Syngenta Crop Protection. 17 pp.

Keys, D.A. and A.M. Wadley. 2001 “Development and Application of the Microcap Model to Predict Available Soil Concentrations of Acetochlor and Safener after Application of Microencapsulated Formulations.” Internal Technical Report. Syngenta Crop Protection. TMR0964B. 20 pp.

Keys, D.A., D.G. Wallace, T.B. Kepler and R.B. Conolly. 2000 “Quantitative Evaluation of Alternative Mechanisms of Blood Disposition of Di(n-butyl) Phthalate and Mono(n-butyl) Phthalate in Rats.” Toxicological Sciences. 53, 173-184.

Keys, D.A., D.G. Wallace, T.B. Kepler and R.B. Conolly. 1999 “Quantitative Evaluation of Alternative Mechanisms of Blood and Testes Disposition of Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate and Mono(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate in Rats.” Toxicological Sciences. 49, 172-185.

Keys, D.A. and R. B. Conolly. 1998 “Quantitative Evaluation of Alternative Plausible Mechanisms of Mono(n-butyl) Phthalate Tissue Disposition in Rats.” Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Mechanics Pacific Centre of Thermal-Fluids Engineering: Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Curriculum Vitae