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Paul B. Tchounwou

Professor and Associate Dean, School of Science and Technology
 
   

Education

  
   
               

Tulane University Medical Center

   Sc.D.  

1990

  

Environ. Toxicology

  
   

 

  

 

 

 

  

Tulane University Medical Center

   M.S.P.H.  

1987

  

Environmental Health

  
   

 

          

Univesity of Yaounde, Cameroon

 

M.Sc.

 

1984

 

Biochemistry

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Univesity of Yaounde, Cameroon

   B.Sc.  

1983

  

Biological Sciences

  
               
 
   

Positions and Employment

  
    2007 - Present Professor & Associate Dean, School of Science and Technology, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS.
2001 - 2007 Professor & Director. Environmental Science PhD Program, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS.
1996 - 2001 Associate Professor & Director. Environmental Science PhD Program, Jackson State University.
1999 - Present Adjunct Associate Professor. Tulane University Health Sciences Center. New Orleans, LA
1998 -  Present JSU Representative. Task Force on Cancer Research, Mississippi Research Consortium
           Public Health Focus Team Member. Gulf of Mexico Program, Environmental Protection Agency
           Advisory Board Member. NIH-MBRS Program, Jackson State University
           Research Director. Bioremediation, Education, Science and Technology Program, Jackson State.
           School of Science and Technology Representative. Graduate Council, Jackson State University
           Advisory Board Member. Mississippi Source Water Assessment Program, MS DEQ.
           Advisory Board Member. Mississippi Biomass Council, MS DEED.
           Manager. Environmental Toxicology Laboratory, Jackson State University
           Moderator. 7th International Symposium on Metal Ions in Medicine. St. Petersburg, Russia, May 2002.
1994 - 1996 Research/Teaching Associate. Tulane University Med. Center & Xavier University College of Pharmacy
1991 - 1994 Assistant Professor. Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. University of Yaounde, Cameroon
          Researcher & Lab supervisor. Center for Medical Research. IMPM, Yaounde, Cameroon
          Consultant. Water and Health Project. UNICEF and ORSTOM, Yaounde, Cameroon
          Consultant. Schistosomiasis & Primary Health Care Research. USAID, Cameroon
1987 - 1990 Teaching Assistant. Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
 		  
       
   

Editorial Board and Registration

  
   
  • Editorial Board Member-Regional Associate Editor for the U.S.A.: "International Journal of Environmental Toxicology, ISSN 1053-4725". John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New-York .
  • Editorial Board Member: “Journal of Environmental Biology, ISSN 0254-8704”. Triveni Enterprises, India.
  • Guest Editor. “International Journal of Molecular Sciences, ISSN 1422-0067”. MDPI. Basel, Switzerland.
  • Reviewer: “Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment”, ASTM; "Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology@ Springer Verlag, New York; "Acta Tropica", Elsevier Science in Amsterdam, Netherlands; AAdvances in Environmental Research@, California, USA; “International Journal of Social Science and Medicine”, Boston, USA; “Handbook of Environmental Health and Safety Vol. I & II, 3rd.Ed”; “Illustrated Dictionary of Environmental Health and Occupational Safety”, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
  • Proposals Review Panelist. Research Competitiveness Service, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington DC; U.S. EPA Gulf of Mexico Program. NASA Stennis Space Center, MS.
  • Certified Toxicologist. National Environmental Health association. Denver, CO.
  • Registered Sanitarian. LN 1133 of 03/24/1995. State of Louisiana Board of Examiners for Sanitarians. LA.
 
   

Publications

 
   
  • Tchounwou PB, Abdelghani AA, Pramar Y and Heyer LR. Health risk assessment of hexachlorobenzene and hexachlorobutadiene residues in fish collected from a hazardous-waste-contaminated wetland in Louisiana, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment 1333: 368-382, 1998.
  • Tchounwou PB, and Reed L. Assessment of lead toxicity to the marine bacterium, Vibrio fischeri, and to a heterogeneous population of microorganisms derived from the Pearl river in Jackson, Mississippi. Reviews on Environmental Health, 14(2):51-61, 1999.
  • Tchounwou PB. Climate change and its potential impacts on the Gulf Coast region of the United States. Reviews on Environmental Health, 14(2):91-102, 1999.
  • Tchounwou PB, Wilson B, and Ishaque A. Important considerations in the development of public health advisories for arsenic and arsenic-containing compounds in drinking water. Reviews on Environmental Health, 14(4):211-229, 1999.
  • Tchounwou PB, Siddig AA, and Marian ML. Post-remediation monitoring for soil, sediment and water contamination by lead from a controlled Superfund site in Mississippi, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment: 8(1381) 16-32. 2000.
  • Tchounwou PB, Wilson B, Ishaque A, and Sutton D. Toxicity evaluation of arsenic trioxide and atrazine to three developmental stages of Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes). Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine, 6:18-21, 2000.
  • Tchounwou PB. Health risk assessment and management of arsenic and other toxic and hazardous metals in drinking water. Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine, 6:22-23, 2000.
  • Tchounwou PB, Wilson B, Schneider J, and Ishaque A. Cytogenetic assessment of arsenic trioxide toxicity in the Mutatox, Ames II, and CAT-Tox (L) assays. Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine, 6:89-91, 2000.
  • Tchounwou PB, and Reed L. Effects of cadmium and lead on the bioluminescence of Vibrio fischeri, and the growth and oxygen uptake of microorganisms.Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine, 6:682-684, 2000.
  • Tchounwou PB. Climate change and its potential impacts on the Gulf Coast region of the United States. In: Ning ZH, and Abdollahi KK, Eds. Current Stresses and Potential Vulnerabilities-Implications of Global Change for the Gulf Coast Region of the United States. GCRCCC and Franklin Press Inc., Baton Rouge, LA. pp. 18-22, 2000.
  • Tchounwou PB, Wilson B, and Ishaque A, Ransome R., Huang MJ, and Leszczynski J. Toxicity assessment of atrazine and related triazine compounds in the Microtox assay, and computational modeling for their structure-activity relationship. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 1:63-74, 2000.
  • Tchounwou PB, Wilson B, and Ishaque A. Embryotoxicity of arsenic trioxide, and atrazine to Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes), and cytotoxicity to human liver carcinoma cells (HepG2).Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment 1403: 83-95, 2001.
  • Tchounwou PB, Ishaque A. and Wilson B.Transcriptional activation of stress genes, and Cytotoxicity in human liver carcinoma cells (HepG2) exposed to 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene, 2,4-Dinitrotoluene, and 2,6-Dinitrotoluene. Environmental Toxicology 6: 209-216, 2001.
  • Tchounwou PB, Wilson B, Ishaque A. and Schneider J. Atrazine potentiation of arsenic-trioxide-induced cytotoxicity and gene expression in human liver carcinoma cells (HepG2). Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry 222: 49-59, 2001.
  • Tchounwou PB, Ishaque A. and Schneider J. Cytotoxicity and transcriptional activation of stress genes in human liver carcinoma cells (HepG2) exposed to cadmium chloride. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry 222: 21-28, 2001.
    16. Tchounwou PB, Ishaque A, Sutton D, Nanashvilli N, and Shen E. Biomarkers of sensitivity and effect associated with cadmium and mercury toxicity in human liver carcinoma cells. Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine,11: 132-137, 2002.
  • Tchounwou PB, Wilson B, Ishaque A. and Schneider J. Differential cytotoxicity and gene expression in human liver carcinoma cells exposed to arsenic trioxide, and monosodium acid methane arsonate. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2003 (In Press).
 
   

National and International Recognition

  
   
  • Recognition for Excellence in Environmental Health Sciences. May 1987.
  • Elected Member of Delta Omega Honorary Public Health Society. May 1991.
  • Decree of Merit for Outstanding Contributions to Toxicology and Public Health. February 1998.
  • Faculty Scholar Award for Cancer Research. American Association for Cancer Research. Philadelphia, PA 2001.
  • National Role Model Award for Biomedical Research. NIH/NASA-Minorities Access Inc. Washington DC 2001.