Environmental Health Science


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Jeffrey W. Fisher

Professor
jwfisher@uga.edu

Room 152, Environmental Health Science Building
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-2102
706.542.1001 (voice)
706.542.7472 (fax)

Educational Background

Ph.D., Miami University


Area of Specialty

  • Physiologically based pharmacokinetic models
  • Environmental toxicology and risk assessment

Research Interests

  • Research on inhalation and oral uptake, metabolism, distribution and excretion of organic pollutants in mammals
  • Formulates physiologically based mathematical models to simulate toxicokinetic behavior of organic xenobiotics in mammals.

Professional Affiliations

  • Society of Toxicology

Selected Publications

Liebelt, E.L., Balk, S.J., Faber, W., Fisher, J.W., Hughes, C.L., Lanzkron, S.M., Lewis, K.M., Marchetti, F., Mehendale, H.M., Rogers, J.M., Shad, A.T., Skalko, R.G., E.J. Stanek. 2007. NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on the Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity of Hydroxyurea. Birth Defects Res. (Part B), 80, 259-366.

Fechter, L.D. Gearhart, C., Fulton, S., Campbell, J.W. Fisher, J., Na, K., Cocker, D., Nelson-Miller, A., Moon, P., and B. Pouyatos. 2007. Promotion of Noise-Induced Cochlear Injury by Toluene and Ethylbenzene in the Rat. Tox. Sci., 98, 542- 551.

McLanahan, E.D., J.L. Campbell, D.C. Ferguson, B. Harmon, J.M. Hedge, K.M. Crofton, D.R. Mattie, L. Braverman, D.A. Keys, M. Mumtaz, and J.W. Fisher. 2007. Low Dose Effects of Ammonium Perchlorate on the Hypothalamic- Pituitary- Thyroid (HPT) Axis of Adult Male Rats Pretreated with PCB126. Tox. Sci., 97, 308-317.

Mirfazaelian, A. and J.W. Fisher. 2007. Organ Growth Functions in Maturing Male Sprague-Dawley Rats Based on a Collective Data Base. J. Toxicol. Environ. Health, Part A, 70, 1052-1063.

Gregg, S.D., J.L. Campbell, J.W. Fisher, and M.G. Bartlett. 2007. Methods for the Characterization of Jet Propellent-8: Vapor and Aerosol. Biomed. Chromatogra. 21, 463- 472.

Campbell, J.L. and J.W. Fisher. 2007. A PBPK Modeling Assessment of the Competitive Metabolic Interactions of JP-8 Vapor with Two Constituents, m-Xylene and Ethylbenzene. Inhal. Toxicol., 3, 265-273.

Mirfazaelian, Ahmad, Kyu-Bong Kim, Sookwang Lee, Hyo J. Kim, James V. Bruckner and J.W. Fisher. 2007. Organ growth functions in maturing Sprague-Dawley rats. J. Toxicol. Environ. Health, Part A, 70, 429-438.

Martin, S.A., Simmons, M.B., Ortiz-Serrano, M., Kendrick, C., Gallo, A., Campbell, J., and J.W. Fisher. (Published 2007). Environmental Exposure of a Community to Airborne Trichloroethylene. Archives of Environ. & Occupational Health, 60, 314-316.

Mirfazaelian, Ahmad, Kyu-Bong Kim, Sathanandam S. Anand, Hyo J. Kim, Rogelio Tornero-Velez, James V. Bruckner and J.W. Fisher. 2006. Development of a Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Model for Deltamethrin in the Adult Male Sprague-Dawley Rat. Toxicol. Sci, 93(2), 432-442.

Warren, A., D., LJ Graeter, SR Channel, JS Eggers, CD Goodyear, KL MacMahon, GL Sudberry, JR Latendresse, J.W. Fisher and WH Baker. 2006. Trichloroethylene, trichloroacetic acid and dichloroacetic acid: Does in utero exposure to these chemicals affect eye development? International Journal of Toxicology, 25(4), 279-284.



Courses Taught

EHSC 8510, Environmental Risk Assessment and Communication
EHSC 8220 (8220L), Predictive Toxicology using Mathematical Models