Research Priorities

Risk Assessment Program 2002 - 2003

Executive Summary 2001 - 2002 | Research Program Archive


Research
Focus

 

 

The focus of this initiative (team) is on development and validation of methodologies for performing:
  • Environmental risk assessments with emphasis on:
  • complex chemical mixtures
  • endocrine modulators
  • metals
  • Extrapolations of risk across species and different levels of biological organization

Research Program
Projects
2002 - 2003

Principle Investigator Project Title Collaborators

Dr. Bruce Greenberg
University of Waterloo, Department of Biology
Tel: 519-8884567, ext. 3209
Fax: 519-746-0614
Email: greenber@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca

The role of reactive oxygen species in ecotoxicology: Impacts of oxyPAH/metal mixtures and the use of mechanistic data in risk assessment. Click here for a project summary.

U. Borgmann, NWRI, Environment Canada
B. Dowsley, ESG International, Guelph, Ontario
P. Schulte, University of British Columbia
K. Solomon, University of Guelph
D.G. Dixon, N. Bols, M. Vijayan, C. Peterson, J. Carlson S. Babu, X.-D. Huang, Y. El-Alawi,
S. Tripuranthakan, M. Lampi, Lara Diener, T. Akhtar, J. Nykamp, University of Waterloo

Dr. P.V. Hodson
Queens University
School of Environmental Studies, Department of Biology
Kingston, ON
K7L 3N6
Tel.: 613-533-6129
Fax.: 613-533-6617
Email: hodsonp@biology.queensu.ca

Toxicity of alkyl-substituted PAH. Click here for a project summary.

V. Snieckus, R.S. Brown, C. Metcalfe; Y. Kiparissis, P. Akhtar (PDFs); X. Cai,
S. Tabash, Queen's University

Dr. Kannan Krishnan
University de Montreal
2375 Cote Ste. Catherine
Montreal, PQ., H3C 3J7
Tel: 514-343-6581
Fax: 514-343-2200
Email: kannan.krishnan@umontreal.ca

Physiological modeling for interspecies extrapolation and risk assessment of chemicals in mixtures. Click here for a project summary.

G. Charest-Tardif, P. Gagnon, G. Bala, M. Beliveau, K. Price, A. Nong, Université de Montréal; M. Charbonneau, INRS Santé; K. Solomon, University of Guelph

Dr. Francis Law
Simon Fraser University
Dept. of Biological Sciences
Environmental Toxicology Program
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC. V5A 1S6
Tel: 604-291-4285
Fax: 604-291-3496
Email: francis_law@sfu.ca

Development of physiologically-based toxicokinetic (PBTK) models for exposure assessment of crude oil and petroleum product chemicals in cattle, terrestrial and aquatic wildlife. Click here for a project summary.

R. W. Coppock, Department of Toxicology, Alberta Research Council.
K. Krishnan, Université de Montréal
D. Sit, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia

Dr. Don Mackay
Trent University
Canadian Environmental Modelling Centre - 1600 West Bank Drive
Peterborough, ON., K9J 7B8
Tel: 705-748-1011, ext. 1489
Fax: 705-748-1569
Email: dmackay@trentu.ca

Continued development and application of general PBPK models for environmental risk assessment. Click here for a project summary.

K. Krishnan, Université de Montréal
T. Cahill, I. Cousins, E. Webster, Trent University

Dr. Paul Sibley
Environmental Biology, University of Guelph
Guelph, ON. N1G 2W1
Tel.: 519-824-4120 ext. 52950
Fax.: 519-837-3861
Email: psibley@evb.uoguelph.ca
The application of functional endpoints in sediment toxicity assessments. Click here for a project summary.

Dr. Hung Lee, Environmental Microbiologist, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph
Dr. Keith Solomon, Environmental Toxicologist, Centre for Toxicology, University of Guelph
Amanda Warne (research technician).

Keith Solomon
Centre for Toxicology, Univ. of Guelph
Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1
Tel: 519-824-4120 ext. 52950
Fax: 519-837-3861
Email: ksolomon@tox.uoguelph.ca
Risk assessment of pharmaceutical mixtures in aquatic ecosystems. Click here for a project summary. S. Mabury, University of Toronto;
S. Richards, P. Sibley, D. Johnson, R. Brain, C. Wilson, University of Guelph;

 


 

Team
Leaders

 

 

Contact Team Leader:

Dr. Peter Hodson
Queens University
School of Environmental Studies, Department of Biology

Kingston, ON
K7L 3N6

Tel.: 613-533-6129
Fax.: 613-533-6617
Email: hodsonp@biology.queensu.ca

If after reviewing CNTC theme team research priorities, you wish to discuss your capability to contribute to the team's research program contact the applicable CNTC Team Leader by phone or e- mail to further discuss opportunities.


 


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