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Uzarski, Rebecca
Environmental Health and Safety Program Director
FIXED-TERM FACULTY
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Publications & Presentations
- Haidar S, Uzarski R, and Juarez R. 2022. Environmental Health in Rural Regions of the United States In J Inungu and M Minelli (Eds) Foundations of Rural Public Health in America (1st ed., pp. 235 - 271). Jones & Bartlett. Burlington, MA.
- Lee C, Nanah C, Held R, Clark A, Huynh U, Pressnall M, Uzarski, R, McCraken J, and Sharma A. 2015. Effect of Electron Donating Groups on Polyphenol-based Antioxidant Dendrimers. Biochimie, 111: 125 - 134.
- Lee CY, Sharma A, Uzarski RL., Cheong JE, Xu, H., Held RA, Upadhaya SK, and Nelson JL. 2011. Potent Antioxidant Dendrimers Lacking Pro-oxidant Activity. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 50: 918-925.
- Pestka, J., Uzarski, R., and Islam, Z. 2005. Induction of apoptosis and cytokine production in Jurkat human T cells by deoxynivalenol: Role of mitogen-activated protein kinases and comparison to other 8-ketotrichothecenes. Toxicology, 206(2):207-19.
- Uzarski, R. and Pestka, J. 2003. Comparative susceptibility of B cells with different lineages to cytotoxicity and apoptosis induction by translational inhibitors. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health A, 66(22): 2105-18.
- Uzarski, R., Islam, Z., and Pestka, J. 2003. Potentiation of trichothecene-induced leukocyte cytotoxicity and apoptosis by TNF-α and Fas activation. Chemico-Biological Interactions, 146(2):105 – 119.
- Moon, Y., Uzarski, R., and Pestka, J. 2003. Relationship of trichothecene structure to Cox-2 induction in the macrophage: selective action of type B (8-Keto) trichothecenes. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health A, 66(20):1967 - 83.
Education
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Van Andel Research Institute, 2004
- PhD, Michigan State University, 2002
- MS, Central Michigan University, 1995
- BS, Grand Valley State University, 1992
Research Interests
- Investigating the impacts of environmental contaminants on human health
Membership in Professional Organizations
- National Environmental Health Association
- Michigan Environmental Health Association
Courses Taught
- HSC 352: Environmental Health
- BIO 435: Environmental Toxicology