The potential effect of hazardous chemical and physical agents in occupational settings is a special application of exposure assessment that is critical to public health and economic development in the United States and the world. EHS researchers are engaged in a number of studies that relate to occupational health and support the department's academic curriculum in industrial hygiene.

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Marsha C. Black

Associate Professor, Interim Department Head
mblack@uga.edu

Room 206A Environmental Health Science Building
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-2102
706.542.0998 (voice)
706.542.7472 (fax)

Educational Background

Ph.D., University of Tennessee

Area of Specialty

Aquatic Toxicology
Water Quality
Biomarkers; Biomonitoring

Research Interests

Use of aquatic organisms as pollution biomonitors
Development and use of biomarker assays to detect physiological and biochemical responses of fish and bivalves to pollution stress
In situ monitoring of suburban non-point source pollution
Developing water quality criteria for protection of bivalve species

Professional Affiliations

Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) since 1984
SETAC-North America Board of Directors
Editorial Board Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Curriculum Vitae

Directory Listings

Faculty Harold Barnhart Marsha C. Black Dana Cole William M. Cosgrove Jeffrey W. Fisher Brian G. Forrester Charles H. Jagoe Erin K. Lipp Luke P. Naeher Daryl Rowe Mary Alice Smith Phillip L. Williams Anne Marie Zimeri Emeritus Faculty [an error occurred while processing this directive] Staff Tammy Ray Ella M. Willingham Graduate Students No directory listing

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