Toxicology Building on Centennial Campus

Leadership

We are the nexus for interdisciplinary environmental health science research at NC State.

Directors

Sue Fenton

Director

Bio

David Aylor

Deputy Director

Bio

External Advisory Board

B. Paige Lawrence, PhD

Dr. Lawrence is the Wright Family Research Professor and Chair of Environmental Medicine, Director of the Rochester Environmental Health Science Center, and inaugural Director of the University of Rochester Institute for Human Health & the Environment. Her research focuses primarily on determining how environmental signals influence the immune system, including how exposures during developmentally sensitive life stages affect immune functions later in life. Her research combines toxicology, immunology, cell and molecular biology, and integrates in vivo, in vitro, and in silico tools.

Dana C. Dolinoy, PhD

Dr. Dolinoy is Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Nutritional Sciences and NSF International Chair of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, where she directs the Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Center. Her research focuses on how nutritional and environmental factors interact with epigenetic gene regulation to shape health and disease.

Erin N. Haynes DrPH

Dr. Hayes in the University of Kentucky Kurt W. Deuschle Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Deputy Director of UK-CARES, and expert in community-engaged environmental health research.

Kenneth S. Ramos, MD, PhD

Dr. Ramos is an accomplished physician-scientist and transformational leader, with designations in the National Academy of Sciences (Lifetime Associate) and National Academy of Medicine (Elected Member). He is recognized throughout the world for his scientific contributions in the areas of genomics, precision medicine and toxicology.