Stuart Shalat, Sc.D.
Associate Professor
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Exposure Science Division
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute

Research Interests:

Carry out epidemiologic investigations of the effects of chronic exposure to a broad range of environmental toxins, including pesticides and metals on the neurobehavioral development of infants and children. Develop and evaluate new imaging methodologies (Computerized Thermographic Imaging) for assessing possible health effects of xenobiotic estrogens on breast development in peri-pubescent girls. Develop new digital imaging methodologies for assessing children's mouthing behavior as it relates to non-dietary ingestion of environmental toxins. Examine the potential exposure risks to children posed by the use of arsenical wood preservatives (CCA) in playgrounds and home decks.

Publications:

Ihrig MM, Shalat SL, Baynes C. A hospital based case-control study of stillbirths and environmental exposure to arsenic using an atmospheric dispersion model linked to a geographical information system (GIS). Epidemiology. 1998;9:290-294.

Barber R. Shalat SL, Hendricks K, Joggerst B, Larsen R, Lucina Suarez, Finnell R. Investigation of folate pathway gene polymorphisms and the incidence of neural tube defects in a Texas Hispanic population. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 2000;70:45-52.

Garcia SS, Ake B, Clement B, Huebner HJ, Donnelly KC, Shalat SL. Initial results of environmental monitoring in the Texas Rio Grande Valley. Environment International. 2001;26:465-474.

Eisen EA, Smith TJ, Kriebel D, Woskie SR, Myers DJ, Kennedy SM, Shalat SL, Monson RR. Respiratory health of automobile workers and exposures to metal-working fluid aerosols: lung spirometry. Am. J. Ind. Med. 2001;39:443-453.

Shalat SL, Donnelly KC, Freeman NCG, Calvin JA, Ramesh S, Jimenez M, Black K, Coutinho C, Needham LL, Barr DB, Ramirez J. Nondietary ingestion of pesticides by children in an agricultural community on the US/Mexico border: Preliminary results. J Expo. Anal. Environ. Epidemiol. 2003;13:42-50.

Awards and Honors:

1986-1987 Yale University School of Medicine Institutional Fellowship, National Cancer Institute - Postdoctoral Fellow

1983-1986 National Research Service Award, National Institute of Environmental Heath Sciences - Training Fellow