LAURA C. GREEN, Ph.D., D.A.B.T.

Education:

1981.    Ph.D. Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.).

1975.    B.A. with honors in Chemistry, Wellesley College.

Board Certification:

Certification in general toxicology — Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology (D.A.B.T.), 1988; recertified 1993, 1998, and 2003.

Professional Experience:

1986-Present Lecturer, Biological Engineering Division, M.I.T.

1989-Present. Senior Scientist and President, Cambridge Environmental Inc.

1985-1989. Vice President for Environmental Health and Toxicology, Meta Systems Inc.

1983-1986.  Research Affiliate and Project Coordinator for a five-year grant from the American Cancer Society for work in biochemical epidemiology, Department of Applied Biological Sciences, M.I.T.

1983-1985. Research Director of the Scientific Conflict Mapping Project, Harvard University School of Public Health.  Developed a new method for making scientific and regulatory decisions about toxic and carcinogenic chemicals in the workplace and environment.  Co-authored a book entitled, In Search of Safety: Chemicals and Cancer Risk (Harvard University Press)

1981-1983.  Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Toxicology, M.I.T. Research with Professor Gerald Wogan directed toward developing dosimeters for carcinogenic chemicals.  Studied the covalent modification of hemoglobin and albumin by carcinogens.  Determined that blood protein adduction was quantitative and sensitive, and therefore of use in assessing actual human exposures.

1975-1981. Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant, and Predoctoral Trainee, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Summer, 1974.  Research Chemist, Dow Chemical Company, Wayland, Massachusetts.  Developed a direct oxidative synthesis method for propylene oxide.

Other Professional Activities:

Toxicologist on the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Medical Review Panel on Formaldehyde-related Claims

Invited peer reviewer, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Invited peer reviewer, United States Environmental Protection Agency

Invited peer reviewer, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention

Invited peer reviewer, Epidemiology

Invited peer reviewer, Inhalation Toxicology

Invited peer reviewer, Risk Analysis

Invited peer reviewer, Solid Waste and Power

Invited member, Visiting Committee, Whitaker College of Health Sciences and Technology, M.I.T.

Invited member, Visiting Committee, Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Health, M.I.T.

Invited member, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Science Advisory Panel

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