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Center Administrators

Superfund Research Program

The SRP Center Administrators, under the direction of the Center Directors, provide infrastructure for fiscal and administrative support for the SRP projects and Cores. The Center Administrators handle the financial/budgetary aspects of their respective Centers.

Contact information for each Center Administrator is listed below. Links to the SRP Center pages are also provided.

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Baylor College of Medicine: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Ultrasensitive Detection, Early-Life Exposures - Clinical Outcomes (Preterm Births, Chronic Lung Disease, and Neurocognitive Deficits), Prevention and Remediation

Center Administrator: Cynthia Shope
Baylor College of Medicine
Email: cshope@bcm.edu

Center Administrator: Mary Michael Gillis
Baylor College of Medicine
Email: myates@bcm.edu

Columbia University: Columbia University and Northern Plains Partnership for the Superfund Research Program

Center Administrator: Nancy J Lolacono
Columbia University
Mailman School of Public Health
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
New York, New York 10032
Phone: 212-305-1623
Email: njl2@columbia.edu

Duke University: Duke University Superfund Research Center - Developmental Co-Exposures: Mechanisms, Outcomes, and Remediation

Center Administrator: Jessica Straehle
Duke University
Nicholas School of the Environment
LSRC Bldg A, Rm 346A
Box 90328
Durham, North Carolina 27708
Email: jessica.straehle@duke.edu

Harvard School of Public Health: Metals and Metal Mixtures: Cognitive Aging, Remediation, and Exposure Sources (MEMCARE)

Center Administrator: Julie Goodman
Harvard School of Public Health
665 Huntington Avenue
Dept. of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Building 1, Room 317
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Email: jmgoodman@hsph.harvard.edu

Louisiana State University: Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals

Center Administrator: Gina L Billiot
Louisiana State University
Email: glarpe1@lsu.edu

Center Administrator: Kristen Curtis
Louisiana State University
Email: Kristen.curtis@pbrc.edu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: The MIT Superfund Research Program: A Systems Approach for the Protection of Human Health from Hazardous Chemicals

Center Administrator: Amanda Tat
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave
56-669
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307
Phone: 617-253-2848
Email: atat@mit.edu

Michigan State University: Environmental, Microbial and Mammalian Biomolecular Responses to AhR Ligands

Center Administrator: Amy S. Swagart
Michigan State University
Institute for Integrative Toxicology
1129 Farm Lane, Room 165H
Food Safety Toxicology Building
EAST LANSING, Michigan 48824
Phone: 517-432-3313
Email: swagart@msu.edu

North Carolina State University: Center for Environmental and Health Effects of PFAS

Center Administrator: Denise Hall
North Carolina State University
Toxicology Building 1104A
Campus Box 7633
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
Phone: 919-515-5710
Email: dwhall@ncsu.edu

Northeastern University: Puerto Rico Testsite for Exploring Contamination Threats (PROTECT)

Center Administrator: Lura Slowinski
Northeastern University
501 Stearns Center
360 Huntington Ave.
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Phone: 617-373-4153
Email: l.slowinski@northeastern.edu

Oregon State University: PAHs: New Technologies and Emerging Health Risks

Center Administrator: Shawn Tucker
Oregon State University
1011 Ag and Life Science Building
Corvallis, Oregon 97331-7302
Phone: 541-737-0908
Email: Shawn.tucker@oregonstate.edu

Texas A&M University: Comprehensive Tools and Models for Addressing Exposure to Mixtures During Environmental Emergency-Related Contamination Events

Center Administrator: Arlean Rohde
Texas A&M University
4458 TAMU
College Station, Texas 77843
Phone: 979-862-4063
Email: arohde@tamu.edu

University of Alabama at Birmingham: Impact of Airborne Heavy Metals on Lung Disease and the Environment

Center Administrator: Claire Auriemma
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
1900 University Blvd
Tinsley Harrison Tower, Suite 422
Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0006
Phone: 205-440-3361
Email: cauriemma@uabmc.edu

University of Arizona: Exposures, Health Impacts, and Risk for Mine Waste Contamination

Center Administrator: Rocio Estrella
University of Arizona
Saguaro Hall 325
1110 E. South Campus Dr.
P.O. Box 210033
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0033
Phone: 520-626-7101
Email: mariae@email.arizona.edu

University of California-Berkeley: Toxic Substances in the Environment

Center Administrator: Cliona M McHale
University of California-Berkeley
School of Public Health
Environmental Health Sciences Division
2121 Berkeley Way West, Room 5302
Berkeley, California 94720-7360
Phone: 510-643-5100
Email: cmchale@berkeley.edu

University of Iowa: Airborne PCBs: Sources, Exposures, Toxicities, Remediation

Center Administrator: David Purdy
University of Iowa
Phone: 319-335-4419
Email: david-purdy@uiowa.edu

University of Kentucky: Nutrition and Superfund Chemical Toxicity

Center Administrator: Jennifer L Moore
University of Kentucky
161 Oliver H. Raymond Building, Office 364
Lexington, Kentucky 40506
Phone: 859-218-1343
Email: j.moore2@uky.edu

University of Louisville: Environmental Exposure and Cardiometabolic Disease

Center Administrator: Millicent Gornek
University of Louisville
Email: millicent.gornek@louisville.edu

University of New Mexico: UNM Metals Exposure and Toxicity Assessment on tribal Lands in the Southwest (METALS) Superfund Research Program

Center Administrator: Carolyn Roman
University of New Mexico
1 University of New Mexico
MSC09 5360
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001
Phone: 505-272-6674
Email: cwroman@salud.unm.edu

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: The UNC Chapel Hill Superfund Research Program

Center Administrator: Celeste Carberry
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Email: ccarberry@unc.edu

University of Rhode Island: Sources, Transport, Exposure & Effects of PFAS (STEEP) Center

Center Administrator: Cathy Dwyer
University of Rhode Island
Email: cathydwyer@uri.edu

Wayne State University: Center for Leadership in Environmental Awareness and Research

Center Administrator: Lara Treemore-Spears
Wayne State University
Email: treemorespears@wayne.edu

Yale University: Emerging Water Contaminants: Investigating and Mitigating Exposures and Health Risks

Center Administrator: Barbara Masi
Yale University
Email: Barbara.masi@yale.edu

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Last Reviewed: April 08, 2025