THIS IS A LIVE STREAM WEBINAR ONLY. THERE IS NO IN-PERSON SESSION.

About the Speaker: Dr. Gallagher joined the faculty of the University of Washington in 2004 and previously held the Sheldon D. Murphy Endowed Chair of Toxicology and Environmental Health. Dr. Gallagher was formerly an Associate Professor at the University of Florida were he also served as Director of the Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory in the College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Gallagher serves as the Director of the UW Superfund Research Program, a multi-investigator and multi-institutional center funded by NIEHS that addresses the effects of neurotoxic chemicals on ecological and human health. In addition to his Superfund activities, he is also an active member of the UW Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Heath (CEEH) and the UW training grant in Environmental Pathology and Toxicology. Dr. Gallagher is a member of the Society of Toxicology as well as the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Dr. Gallagher maintains an active research and teaching program focused on chemical injury in aquatic organisms, and using approaches that integrates molecular, biochemical physiological and behavioral endpoints. Students and post-docs in Dr. Gallagher's laboratory have the opportunity to work in the areas of comparative toxicology of aquatic organisms, and use fish models to address the environmental impacts of chemical exposures on human health.