Initiative for Environmental-Health Disparities and Medicine

Research Cooperation in Environmental Health (ARCH) Committees

ARCH Internal Advisory Board

Lee E. Limbird, Ph.D.
Committee Co-Chairperson
Vice-President for Research &
Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Meharry Medical College

Twum-Ampofo Ansah, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurobiology and Neurotoxicology
Meharry Medical College

Michael Aschner, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology
Senior Investigator
John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Ariel Y. Deutch, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology
Director, National Parkinson Foundation Center at Vanderbilt
Department of Psychiatry
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Robert J. Matusik, Ph.D.
Professor of Urological Surgery, Cell & Developmental Biology, and Cancer Biology
Director of Urologic Surgery Research
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Darryl B. Hood, PhD.
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Division of Neurobiology and Neurotoxicology
Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience
Meharry Medical College

 

F. Peter Guengerich, Ph.D.
Committee Co-Chairperson
Professor of Biochemistry
Center Director
Vanderbilt NIEHS Center in Molecular Toxicology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Jason D. Morrow, M.D.
F. Tremaine Billings Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
Director Research Center for Pharmacology and Drug Toxicology
Chief, Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Ben Ogunkua, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Cancer Biology
Meharry Medical College

Aramandla Ramesh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Cancer Biology
Meharry Medical College

Hubert K. Rucker, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Institutional and Multi-investigator Grants Development
Meharry Medical College

Jason D. Morrow, M.D.
F. Tremaine Billings Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
Director Research Center for Pharmacology and Drug Toxicology
Chief, Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

 

ARCH Program Advisory Committee

Martin S. Philbert, Ph.D.
Chair of External Advisory Committee
Professor of Environmental Sciences
Senior Associate Dean, School of Public Health
University of Michigan, Ann, Arbor, MI.

Stephen H. Safe, D. Phil.
Distinguished Professor
Director, Center for Environmental & Genetic Medicine
Institute of Biosciences & Technology
Texas A & M University System Health Science Ctr
College Station, TX

 

Thomas A. Gasiewicz, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair, Department Environmental Science;
U Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
Rochester, NY

Ellen Silbergeld, Ph.D.
Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Environmental Health Sciences
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

 

ARCH Program Administrative Support Staff

Eryka N. Porter
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Division of Neurobiology and Neurotoxicology
Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience
Meharry Medical College
3213 WBSB
615.321.2975 (office)
eporter@mmc.edu

Frederick L. Tyson, Ph.D.
Scientific Program Administrator
Population Health and Susceptibility Branch
Division of Extramural Research and Training
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

  Alycia Buford-Penn
Department of Pediatrics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
615.936.7230
alycia.buford@vanderbilt.edu

NIEHS Staff

Donald Ellis
Grants Management Specialist
NIEHS Grants Management Branch