Biography

Dr. Jeffrey D. Laskin is a Professor and Chief of the Division of Toxicology in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS). He is director of the Toxicology Division at the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI), a joint program of Rutgers University and RWJMS and is Deputy Director of the Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology at Rutgers University. He is Director of the UMDNJ/Rutgers University CounterACT Research Center of Excellence, a major White House initiated national security priority to expedite research on the most promising scientific discoveries that would lead to improved medical countermeasures to protect Americans against a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) attack. He is a member of the NJ Department of Homeland Security Preparedness College and is a founding member of the Executive Committee of the University Center for Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response of RWJMS-UMDNJ, Rutgers University, and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.

Research Intrest

toxicology

List of Publications
Francis, M, Groves, AM, Sun, R, Cervelli, JA, Choi, H, Laskin, JD, Laskin, DL. CCR2 Regulates Inflammatory Cell Accumulation in the Lung and Tissue Injury following Ozone Exposure. Toxicol. Sci. 2016; :. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfw226. PubMed PMID:28171673
Venosa, A, Gow, JG, Hall, L, Malaviya, R, Gow, AJ, Laskin, JD, Laskin, DL. Regulation of Nitrogen Mustard-Induced Lung Macrophage Activation by Valproic Acid, a Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor. Toxicol. Sci. 2017;157 (1):222-234. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfx032. PubMed PMID:28184907
Yang, S, Jan, YH, Mishin, V, Heck, DE, Laskin, DL, Laskin, JD. Diacetyl/l-Xylulose Reductase Mediates Chemical Redox Cycling in Lung Epithelial Cells. Chem. Res. Toxicol. 2017;30 (7):1406-1418. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.7b00052. PubMed PMID:28595002
Szilagyi, JT, Vetrano, AM, Laskin, JD, Aleksunes, LM. Localization of the placental BCRP/ABCG2 transporter to lipid rafts: Role for cholesterol in mediating efflux activity. Placenta. 2017;55 :29-36. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2017.04.006. PubMed PMID:28623970 PubMed Central PMC5497756
Malaviya, R, Laskin, JD, Laskin, DL. Anti-TNFα therapy in inflammatory lung diseases. Pharmacol. Ther. 2017; :. doi: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2017.06.008. PubMed PMID:28642115