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Case Studies Cases are contributed by course participants in Metals in Medicine and the Environment, University of Virginia, Fall Semester 2007 and 2008. Fall 2008 Weston Andrews, Biology (3rd year undergrad): lead and Alzheimers disease, positron emission tomography (PEG) imaging Joseph Houck, Chemistry (1st year grad): vanadium, arsenic Evan Joslin, Chemistry (1st year grad): thallium, lewisite Morgan Moyer, Chemistry (1st year grad): hard metal disease, peripheral neuropathy Anders Nelson, Neuroscience (3rd year undergrad): aluminum and Alzheimers disease, metals in seafood Allan Prior, Chemistry (1st year grad): photodynamic therapy, MRI Vijay Ramdeen, Chemistry (1st year grad): coal, cigarettes Rebecca Schwantes, Chemistry/Math (4th year undergrad): ewaste, mountain top removal, nuclear energy Laura Strausberg, Chemistry (1st year grad): mercury and hat making Fall 2007 James Corson, Psychology/Neuroscience (3rd year grad): manganese neurotoxicity, zinc toxicity and cerebral ischemia, nuclear weapons and radiation exposure Sara Dudgeon, Neuroscience (2nd year grad): iron and pregnancy, tattoos, copper mining James East, Chemistry (2nd year grad): molybdenum, bismuth, cisplatin Megan Huffman, Chemistry (2nd year grad): cremation, jewelry contact allergy, gold salts and rheumatoid arthritis Sarah Kleinfeld, Religious Studies/Bioethics (4th year undergrad): ayurvedic medicine, thimerosal and childhood vaccines, health effects of chernobyl Noah Prescott, Chemistry (4th year undergrad): silver, technetium, phytoremediation Jarrod Rasnake, Chemistry (4th year undergrad): cadmium poisoning and itai itai disease, chelation therapy, photoacoustic imaging and gold nanoshells Rebecca Reddaway, Psychology/Neuroscience (3rd year grad): nickel and hybrid cars, copper and wound healing, lead toxicity and age Jessica Sheehan, Mechanical Engineering (2nd year grad): lead in chocolate, contaminants in breast milk, makeup Tyler St. Clair, Chemistry (1st year grad): tin antifouling paints, titanium dioxide sunscreens, magnetic iron oxide particles
Web Design and Course Instructor Cassandra Fraser, Professor, UVA Department of Chemistry (Fraser Lab)
Homepage Image Photograph of Two Indeterminate Lines by Bernar Venet, 2003, taken by Cassandra Fraser at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Funding We are grateful to the Center for Global Health at the University of Virginia for support in the form of a mini-grant through the Framework Program for Global Health at the Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health to develop the Metals in Medicine and the Environment course (Chem 812/536). Special thanks is extended to Rebecca Dillingham, UVA Framework Program Director and Joy Boissevain, Program Administrator. We also thank the National Science Foundation for support for our research and synergistic educational programs such as this. |
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