Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
Open Access

Abstract

Yon Rojanasakul is Robert C. Byrd Distinguished Professor and Program Leader at the West Virginia University Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center. He is also a guest scientist at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, USA. He received his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Wisconsin at Madisonin 1989 and has since worked as a full-time faculty member at West Virginia University. Dr. Rojanasakul's research is in the areas of occupational and environmental toxicology, nanotechnology and molecular carcinogenesis. His research focus is on cellular and molecular mechanisms of lung fibrosis and carcinogenesis induced by respirable dusts, nanomaterials, and heavy metals. He has published over 170 peer-reviewed research articles in reputable journals.

Biography

Liying Wang, is a Principal Investigator/Research Biologist at National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and an adjunct professor in School of Pharmacy and member of Allen Lung Cancer program at Mary Babb Randolph Cancer center, West Virginia University (WVU), USA. After received her Medical Bachelor degree in 1983 from Beijing University-Medical College, China and Ph.D. degree in Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, WVU, USA, she has been working on medical and occupational research such as silicosis, heavy metal toxicology, and occupational nanoparticle-induced lung diseases. Her Cellular Nanotoxicology Lab has been extensively conducting multi-phase research projects to address critical issues in the emerging adverse human health effect of work place particle exposure with more than 70 peer-reviewed publications.