Project Leaders
The Center consists of two Environmental Science Project and four Biomedical Science Research Projects. These projects will explore various aspects of asbestos fate, exposure, remediation, and adverse health effects.
The Project Leaders consist of senior investigators:
Project 1: Remediation of Asbestos Particles
Brenda Casper, Ph.D., Project Leader
Professor of Biology and Department Chair
Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania bcasper@sas.upenn.edu
Project 2: Mobility and Fate of Asbestos Particles
Douglas J. Jerolmack, Ph.D., Project Leader
Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
sediment@sas.upenn.edu
Project 3: Social Determinants of Risk and Attitudes about Asbestos in a Superfund Environmental Justice Community
Frances K. Barg, Ph.D., Project Leader
Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Fran.Barg@uphs.upenn.edu
Project 4: Animal Models of Mesothelioma
Joseph Testa, Ph.D., Project Leader
Professor, Carol & Kenneth E. Weg Chair in Human Genetics
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Joseph.Testa@fccc.edu
Project 5: Chemoprevention of Asbestos-Induced Lung Diseases
Melpo Christofidou-Solomidou, Ph.D., Project Leader
Research Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
melpo@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Project 6: Biomarkers of Asbestos Exposure
Ian A. Blair, Ph.D., Project Leader
A.N. Richards Professor
Department of Systems Pharmacology & Translational Therapeutics
Center for Cancer Pharmacology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
ianblair@upenn.edu