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Suzanne Forsyth
Co-Chair
UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education
- B.S. in Environmental Toxicology UC Davis; MPH in Public Health UC Berkeley
- Nearly 30 years' experience in serving pesticide regulatory officials and stakeholders at the tribal, state and federal levels
- Experience as a pesticide registration chemist, water quality specialist, and risk assessment associate bringing subject matter specificity to her work in pesticide safety education
- Formerly served as Coordinator for the Tribal Pesticide Program Council (TPPC)
- 18 years successfully managed the nationally acclaimed Pesticide Regulatory Education Program (PREP)
- In 2014 honored with Life Membership to the American Association of Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO)
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Kaci Buhl
Oregon State University
- Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) Coordinator in Oregon
- Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of Environmental & Molecular Toxicology
- 10 years as the Project Coordinator of the National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC) at Oregon State University
- Worked in pesticide enforcement and incident coordination at the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA)
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Fred Berman
Advisory Board Member
Toxicology Information Center, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences at Oregon Health & Science University
- BS Microbiology Oregon State University; DVM Washington State University; PhD Toxicology OSU
- 18 years as Director, Toxicology Information Center, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences at Oregon Health & Science University
- Co-investigator at the National Pesticide Information Center
- Consultant to the Oregon Department of Agriculture’s Pesticide Analytical and Response Center
- 10 years’ experience in veterinary clinical and emergency medical practice
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Aidan Black
Advisory Board Member
Environmental Protection Specialist, U.S. EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs,
- BA in Environmental Policy, Colby College
- Provide support to implement the Worker Protection Standard and Certification of Pesticide Applicators regulations
- Work with a diverse group of stakeholders through the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee to facilitate discussion of recommendations for U.S. EPA’s pesticide programs
- Served as a Community Gardening and Agroforestry Facilitator in The Gambia.
- Experience in forest conservation in Northern New England
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John Forsyth
Advisory Board Member
Occupational Health Services, Woodland Healthcare
- Practicing physician, Occupational Medicine, Woodland Healthcare, 1995 to present. Practice includes evaluating and treating pesticide exposures.
- California Medical Supervisor Program for pesticide surveillance 1995 to present
- Physician, US Navy 1986 to 1995; duties included CAW-17 flight surgeon, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard branch clinic Officer in Charge
- UCSF Occupational Medicine Residency
- St. Louis University Medical School
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Charlotte Halverson
Advisory Board Member
Agrisafe Network
- Clinical Director, AgriSafe Network
- Graduate of Agricultural Medicine Core Course – University of Iowa
- BSN (1986), COHN-S (1998)
- Served 17 years as the Clinical Services manager of the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety
- Occupational Health Services nursing – Mercy Medical Center, Dubuque, IA – 5 years
- Served 10 years as the manager of the Rural Outreach services for Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque IA – serving eastern Iowa, northwest IL, and southwest WI
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Jeff Jenkins
Advisory Board Member
Environmental & Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University
- B.S. Biochemistry, PhD Entomology
- Professor and Extension Specialist, Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University
- Director, National Pesticide Information Center
- Former Chair AGRO Division of the American Chemical Society, President Toxicology Education Foundation, and collaborator Extension Toxicology Network (ExTOXnet)
- 40+ years working with producers, state governments, NGOs, industry, federal agencies, and international organizations concerned about the adverse impacts of chemicals.
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Catherine Karr
Advisory Board Member
Department of Pediatrics/Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
- Professor, jointly appointed in the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington. Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology
- Primary Care Pediatrician, UW Pediatric Care Center – Roosevelt Clinic
- Internal Advisor, Pacific Northwest Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, University of Washington
- Director, NW Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, University of Washington
- Research focuses on environmental contaminant exposures in pregnancy and childhood and impacts on respiratory and neurodevelopmental health
- Trained as MD (Univ WA), PHD (Epidemiology, Univ WA), MS (Toxicology, Univ WA)
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Steve Kirkhorn
Advisory Board Member
Agrisafe Network
- MD, MPH, and BS from the University of Minnesota
- Agrisafe Medical Director
- Occupational Medicine Advisor to the NIOSH Upper Midwest Center for Agricultural Safety and Health at the University of Minnesota
- Former Director/Section Chief of Occupational Health at the Minneapolis Veterans Administration Health Care System; Director of the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Academic Program; Director/Section Chief of Occupational Health; and Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota
- Boarded in Occupational Medicine and Family Practice
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Ouahiba Laribi
Advisory Board Member
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
- PhD in cell and molecular biology, University François Rabelais of Tours, France (1998-2001)
- MPH in Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, French National School of Public Health (EHESP)
- 10 years of experience working as a scientist in different academic organizations in the US, Spain, France and Switzerland
- Since 2002, toxicologist at the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) primarily working on the Medical Supervision Program and Outreach on Pesticides Related Illnesses.
- OEHHA’s Environmental Justice coordinator.
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Ana Rivera-Lupiañez
Project Officer Advisor
U.S. EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs
- B.S. in Chemical Engineering UPR Mayagüez; M.S. in Environmental Management, PUPR
- 10 years’ experience working with the Federal Government
- Experience conducting human health risk assessments for the registration and safe use of pesticides
- Provides general support to the Pesticide Worker Safety Program
- Project Officer for the National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC) and the Farmworker Health and Safety Alliance Pesticide Safety Education Project (AFOP) cooperative agreements
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Jenifer Park
Project Officer
U.S. EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs
- B.S. in Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Science, University of Michigan
- MPH in Social and Behavioral Sciences and Global Health, focus on environmental health, Yale School of Public Health
- Works and provides support to implement the Worker Protection Standard and Certification of Pesticide Applicators regulation.
- Experience conducting epidemiological research on pesticide exposure and health.
- Served as a Community Health Advisor with the U.S. Peace Corps in educating, managing programs, and spreading awareness about major health issues affecting the rural population in Zambia.
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James R. Roberts
Advisory Board Member
Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina
- MD (Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center) and MPH in maternal child health (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
- Professor of Pediatrics, over 20 years in the General Pediatrics faculty at MUSC
- Director, South Carolina Pediatric Practice Research Network
- Research interests include children’s environmental exposures, vaccine delivery
- Co-Author, Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings, 5th and 6th editions
- Chair of the Board of Directors, Children’s Environmental Health Network
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Diane Rohlman
Advisory Board Member
Occupational & Environmental Health, University of Iowa
- Associate professor in the Department of Occupational & Environmental Health in the University of Iowa’s College of Public Health where she holds the Endowed Chair in Rural Safety and Health.
- Director of the University of Iowa’s Healthier Workforce Center and Agricultural Safety and Health Training Program in the University of Iowa’s Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety.
- Research focuses on the health effects of occupational and environmental exposures, with emphasis on the increased workplace risks faced by younger employees.
- Studies have examined agricultural workers in the United States and around the world, including research on the effects of pesticide exposure on adolescents and their developing nervous system.
- Received masters and doctorate in experimental psychology from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.
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Marc Schenker
Advisory Board Member
Public Health Sciences and Medicine, University of California Davis
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Public Health Sciences and Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine.
- Over 30 years of experience in medicine and public health research, teaching and public service.
- Founding director of the Davis Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety, and the Migration and Health Research Center.
- Specialty is occupational and environmental disease, with a focus on respiratory and reproductive health.
- Conducts epidemiologic research and public policy advocacy on the health of global migrant populations with a particular focus on farmworkers and occupational disease.
- Editor of the book, "Migration and Health: Research Methods Handbook."
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David Vearrier
Advisory Board Member
University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Chair, Occupational and Environmental Toxicology Section of American Academy of Clinical Toxicology
- Board certified medical toxicology, occupational medicine, emergency medicine
- Professor of emergency medicine and preventive medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center
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Michael Yeh
Advisory Board Member
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Medical Officer, Health Studies Section and Emergency Management, Radiation, Chemical Branch in the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice at the National Center for Environmental Health and the CDC
- BS in Biology, SUNY Stony Brook, MS in Journalism Columbia University; MS Epidemiology University at Buffalo; MD University at Buffalo
- Board certified in emergency medicine and internal medicine
- Practiced emergency medicine in community hospitals on Long Island and Rhode Island
- Medical toxicology fellow at Emory University / CDC 2019 - 2021
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PERC-med Projects
Resources for the prevention, recognition, and treatment of pesticide-related health conditions.