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IITRI Receives Five Contracts from NCI Inhalation Toxicologist Joins Life Sciences Staff Staff Member Joins Ranks of D.A.B.T. Scientists IITRI Wins Contract to Reduce Weapons of Mass Destruction
IITRI Receives Five Contracts from NCI IITRI's Life Sciences Group received five new contract awards from the Division of Cancer Prevention at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Specific awards are for:
Dr. David L. McCormick, vice president and director of the Life Sciences Group, offered "a special hats off" to Michael McGibbon, assistant vice president for administration and senior contract administrator, and Leigh Ann Senoussi, executive assistant, who played critical roles in all of the successful proposals. Other key participants in one or more of the NCI proposals included Dr. Lina Long, research chemist for the Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Division, Dr. Miguel Muzzio, senior chemist for the Inhalation Toxicology Division, and Dr. Michael Cwik, senior chemist for the Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Division.
Inhalation Toxicologist Joins Life Sciences Staff Dr. Nabil Al-Humadi recently joined IITRI's Life Sciences Group as a Research Inhalation Toxicologist and will be a study director in the Inhalation Toxicology Division. For the past 10 years, Dr. Al-Humadi worked at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as a researcher. He brings diverse experience in the areas of immuno- and inhalation toxicology. He holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacy from West Virginia University/School of Pharmacy, as well as a M.S. in both Human Nutrition and Food Technology. He has more than 20 abstracts and 10 peer-reviewed papers. Dr. Al-Humadi's major areas of interest include the Th1 and Th2 type responses in the immune system and adjuvancy effect of inhaled diesel exhaust on allergic reactions. He also has developed a highly sensitive LC method to measure antioxidants such as thiols. The addition of Dr. Al-Humadi will enhance the number of study directors in the Inhalation Toxicology Division and expand IITRI's expertise in immunotoxicology.
Staff Member Joins Ranks of D.A.B.T. Scientists Dennis Sullivan, M.S., Research Biologist in IITRI's Inhalation Toxicology Division, recently passed the exam to become certified as a Diplomat of the American Board of Toxicology (D.A.B.T.). Mr. Sullivan's technical expertise lies in inhalation toxicology, test atmosphere generation and monitoring, aero microbiology, antiviral testing of compounds, immune responses, immunotoxicology, mutagenicity testing, tissue culture, and wastewater virology. Since joining IITRI in 1979, Mr. Sullivan has been involved in several inhalation toxicology programs, including studies for the National Toxicology Program (NTP). He specializes in the conduct of whole-body and nose-only inhalation toxicology exposures and the setup of test atmosphere generation and monitoring methods, including automatic data capture systems
IITRI Wins Contract to Reduce Weapons of Mass Destruction The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) recently awarded IITRI a contract with a potential value of $690 million. In this program, IITRI will lead a team of 14 organizations to provide research and technical support to counter the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Weapon classes to be included in the program include chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high explosives threats. The goal of the program is to deliver solutions for reducing the threat from WMD, and to increase DTRA's capabilities for homeland defense and counter-terrorism.
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