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Peer Reviewer Selection Report for the 

External Peer Review of EPA’s Technical Approach Document

Approach for Estimating Exposures and Incremental Health Effects 

from Lead due to Renovation, Repair, and Painting Activities in

Public and Commercial Buildings

EPA Contract No. EP-C-12-045

Task Order No. 39

September 3, 2014

Prepared for:

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington DC 20460

Prepared by:

Versar, Inc.

6850 Versar Center

Springfield, VA 22151
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Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................ 1

I Identification of Experts................................................................................................... 3

I.1 Experts Nominated by the Public ........................................................................... 3

I.2 Experts Identified by Versar................................................................................... 4

II Conflict of Interest Screening Process ............................................................................. 5

III Selection of Candidates on Proposed List........................................................................ 5

III.1 Credential Evaluation.............................................................................................. 5

III.2 COI Information Evaluation ................................................................................... 6

III.3 Compilation of Results ........................................................................................... 6

IV Selection of Final 10 to 12 Peer Reviewers...................................................................... 7

V EPA Guidance Materials Used for the Peer Review Selection Process........................... 8

FIGURE

Figure ES-1 Flow Chart Summarizing the Peer Reviewer Selection Process

TABLE

Table 1 Versar Ratings Assigned to Candidates Based on their Qualifications

APPENDICES

Appendix A Conflict of Interest (COI) Screening Questionnaire

Appendix B COI Certification Letter to EPA

Appendix C Information on the Candidate Reviewers

Appendix D Biosketches of the Proposed Candidate Reviewers

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

On August 6, 2014, EPA announced in the Federal Register the release of the draft document 

Approach for Estimating Exposures and Incremental Health Effects from Lead due to 

Renovation, Repair, and Painting Activities in Public and Commercial Buildings (Technical 

Approach Document) for the purposes of public review and comment

(http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-08-06/pdf/2014-18357.pdf). Consistent with guidelines 

for the peer review of influential scientific assessments, Versar, Inc., an EPA contractor, was 

tasked with assembling 10 to 12 scientific experts to evaluate the Technical Approach 

Document. The objective of this report is to describe Versar’s selection process for external peer 

reviewers of the Technical Approach Document. 

The peer review selection process was initiated with a three-week public nomination period that 

was held from June 27, 2014 to July 18, 2014, as documented in the Federal Register

(http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-06-27/pdf/2014-15123.pdf). During this period,

members of the public were able to nominate scientific experts with knowledge and experience 

in one or more of the following areas: (1) multimedia routes of human exposure to lead;

(2) modeling of multimedia human exposures; (3) lead exposure pathway assessment; (4) lead 

uptake/absorption; (5) internal biokinetic distribution and physiological effects of lead; (6) tissue 

concentrations of lead; (7) human growth and activity patterns; (8) exposure assessment 

modeling; (9) lead-induced health effects; and (10) risk assessment and uncertainty 

characterization. A total of 18 experts were nominated by the public. 

Following the nomination period, Versar conducted an independent search for qualified scientific 

experts to augment the list of publicly-nominated candidates. Altogether, Versar contacted 63 

experts (18 publicly-nominated, 45 Versar-identified). Of these, 31 were interested and available

(12 publicly-nominated, 19 Versar-identified). CVs for each of these 31 candidates are available 

at the following link: https://downloads.versar.com/data/public/592325.php. 

Versar considered and screened all 31 candidates against the selection criteria described in the 

Federal Register dated June 27, 2014, which included: (1) having demonstrated expertise in the 

areas described above, based on information in their submitted resume, biographical sketch 

and/or current publications; (2) being free of any conflict of interest (COI) and the appearance of 

the lack of impartiality; and (3) being available to participate in-person in a two-day peer review 

meeting in the Washington DC area. In addition, candidates were queried on their availability in 

the December 2014 to January 2015 timeframe, with the exact date for the meeting to be 

determined at a later time. 

Following completion of the screening process, which narrowed the list of potential reviewers to 

15 candidates. Versar provided to EPA the names of the 15 experts on the draft proposed list of 

candidate reviewers. After consultation with the EPA Office of the Science Advisor, the names 

of the 15 candidates and their professional affiliations will be published in the Federal Register. 

The Federal Register will also announce that additional information on the candidates, including 

education and professional experience, will be made available on Versar’s peer review website 

(https://www.peerreview.versar.com/epa/lead/). The Federal Register will provide a 21-day 

period for the public to submit relevant information or documentation on the proposed list of 

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candidates that Versar should consider during the evaluation process of selecting the final 10 to 

12 reviewers. 

Following the close of the public comment period on the proposed list of reviewers, Versar will 

re-evaluate each proposed candidate’s credentials to select the 10-12 experts who, collectively, 

provide expertise spanning the multiple subject matter areas covered in the Technical Approach 

Document and, to the extent feasible, best provide a balance of perspectives. 

A flow chart summarizing the peer reviewer selection process is provided in Figure ES-1. The

final list of reviewers will be published on Versar’s website 

(https://www.peerreview.versar.com/epa/lead/) in late-October 2014. 

Figure ES-1. Summary of the Peer Reviewer Selection Process

Selected Peer Reviewers 

(n=10 to 12)

Candidates Excluded (n=32):

• Unavailable 

• Did not Respond 

Candidates Excluded (n=16):

• Not best qualified

• Potential or Actual COI

Candidate Reviewers 

Nominated by Public (n=18)

Candidate Reviewers Interested and Available (n=31)

Proposed List of Candidate Reviewers (n=15)

Candidate Reviewers

Identified by Versar (n=45)

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I Identification of Experts

I.1 Experts Nominated by the Public

As documented in the Federal Register (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-06-

27/pdf/2014-15123.pdf) a public nomination process was held from June 27, 2014 to July 18, 

2014 to allow members of the public to nominate scientific experts to be considered as peer 

reviewers. Nominations were submitted to the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

(http://www.regulations.gov), by mail, and by hand delivery. The nominators were requested to 

provide the following information on the peer reviewer candidates: nominee's full name, 

address, affiliation, telephone number, email address, and a statement on the nominee's expertise.

Information was collected to determine if the candidates had the appropriate scientific credentials 

in one or more of the following areas: (1) multimedia routes of human exposure to lead; 

(2) modeling of multimedia human exposures; (3) lead exposure pathway assessment; (4) lead 

uptake/absorption; (5) internal biokinetic distribution and physiological effects of lead; (6) tissue 

concentrations of lead; (7) human growth and activity patterns; (8) exposure assessment

modeling; (9) lead-induced health effects; and (10) risk assessment and uncertainty 

characterization.

Versar received a total of 18 unique public nominations from both individuals submitting selfnominations and individuals submitting nominations for other scientific experts. Of the 18 

nominees contacted by Versar, 12 responded that they were interested and available to 

participate in this peer review. The names and affiliations of the publicly-nominated individuals 

are provided below (interested and available nominees in italics):

1. Karyn Bischoff, D.V.M. | Cornell University

2. Asa Bradman, Ph.D. | University of California, Berkeley

3. C. Scott Clark, Ph.D., CIH | University of Cincinnati (Emeritus)

4. Gary Diamond, Ph.D. | Syracuse Research Corporation

5. David Dorman, D.V.M., Ph.D. | North Carolina State University

6. Phillipe Glorennec, Ph.D. | EHESP School of Public Health, France

7. Wendy Heiger-Bernays, Ph.D. | Boston University

8. David Jacobs, Ph.D., CIH | Nation Center for Health Housing/University of Illinois 

9. Bruce Lanphear, M.D., M.P.H. | Simon Fraser University

10. Patricia McLaine, Dr.Ph., M.P.H., R.N. | University of Maryland 

11. Paul Mushak, Ph.D. | PB Associates

12. Richard Rabin, M.S. | Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health

13. Andrew Rooney, Ph.D. | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

14. Anne Steenhout, Ph.D. | Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

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15. Richard Troast, Ph.D. | Troast Environmental Consulting, LLC

16. David Vearrier, M.D., M.P.H. | Drexel University

17. Jennifer Vogel, B.S. | Georgia Environmental Protection Division

18. Kathleen Vork, Ph.D., M.P.H. | California Environmental Protection Agency

I.2 Experts Identified by Versar

Versar conducted an independent search for scientific experts to augment the list of publiclynominated candidates. These experts were identified through searching scientific journals, 

professional societies, scientific meetings and Versar’s database of expert scientists and 

engineers. As a result of this search, Versar identified and contacted a total of 45 potential 

scientific experts. Of the 45 experts contacted, Versar received 19 positive responses expressing 

interest and availability to participate in the December 2014 or January 2015 timeframe. The 

remaining 27 candidates were either not available during the peer review timeframe or did not 

respond to our invitation. Interested candidates provided the same information as the publiclynominated experts, which included their name, contact information, CV containing their

education, employment history, area(s) of expertise, and research activities, as well as recent 

service on advisory committees, publications, and awards. The names and affiliations of the 19

interested and available Versar-identified individuals are provided below:

1. Deborah Cory-Slechta, Ph.D. | University of Rochester

2. Panos Georgopoulos, Ph.D. | Rutgers University

3. Phillip Goodrum, Ph.D. | Integral Consulting, Inc.

4. Dale Hattis, Ph.D. | Clark University

5. Andrew Hunt, Ph.D. | University of Texas, Arlington

6. Naila Khalil, Ph.D., M.B.B.S, M.P.H. | Wright State University

7. Andy Menke, Ph.D., M.P.H. | Social & Scientific Systems, Inc.

8. William Menrath, M.S. | Great Lakes Regional OSHA Center

9. Howard Mielke, Ph.D. | Tulane University

10. Sheryl Milz, Ph.D. | University of Toledo

11. Barbara Petersen, Ph.D., M.P.H. | Exponent

12. Rosalind Schoof, Ph.D. | ENVIRON

13. Joel Schwartz, Ph.D., M.D. | Harvard University

14. Kyle Steenland, Ph.D. | Emory University 

15. Kenneth Unice, M.S. | Cardno ChemRisk

16. Ian von Lindern, Ph.D., PE | Terra Graphics Environmental Engineering, Inc.

17. Clifford Weisel, Ph.D. | Rutgers University

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18. Charles Wilkes, Ph.D. | Versar, Inc.

19. Stephanie Yendell, D.V.M. | Minnesota Department of Health

II Conflict of Interest Screening Process

Versar initiated COI screening on 31 (12 publicly-nominated and 19 Versar-identified) experts to 

ensure that the experts had no COI or appearance of the lack of impartiality. The screening was 

conducted in accordance with EPA guidance (see Section V) and involved each expert 

completing a screening questionnaire with 18 questions to determine if they were involved with 

any other work and/or organizations that might create a real or perceived COI for the current 

task. The COI questionnaire provided to the candidates is included in Appendix A. Additionally, 

each expert was requested to sign a form certifying that, to the best of their knowledge, they did 

not have any COI related to this peer review, and that they were not arranging any new 

professional relationship with, or obtaining any new financial holdings in, an entity that could be 

viewed as related to the topic. Versar also conducted an internet search to determine if the

candidates had previously made any public statements related to this peer review topic or

participated in any other activities that may be considered a COI or indicate the appearance of 

the lack of impartiality. More detail regarding the review of information collected during the 

COI screening process is included in Section III.2.

III Selection of Candidates on Proposed List 

Versar was charged with selecting 12 to 15 candidates for a proposed list of potential reviewers, 

with the intent of selecting 10 to 12 final reviewers from this list. For each candidate, the 

selection process involved evaluation of credentials, COI, and availability, in accordance with 

the June 27, 2014 Federal Register Notice (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-06-

27/pdf/2014-15123.pdf).

III.1 Credential Evaluation

The first step in the selection process was to evaluate each candidate’s credentials based on their 

scientific and technical expertise in the following key areas: (1) epidemiology, (2) multimedia 

routes of human exposure to lead; (3) modeling of multimedia human exposures; (4) lead 

exposure pathway assessment; (5) lead uptake/absorption; (6) internal biokinetic distribution and 

physiological effects of lead; (7) tissue concentrations of lead; (8) human growth and activity 

patterns; (9) exposure assessment modeling; (10) lead-induced health effects; and (11) risk 

assessment and uncertainty characterization. To facilitate evaluation of credentials, a rating

system was developed by Versar to allow comparison of the relative strength of candidates’ 

experience within a discipline/area of expertise. The rating system consisted of three graphic 

symbols, which are shown in Table 1. The solid black circle is considered the highest possible

rating, the half-filled circle represents the next lower rating, and the empty circle is considered

the lowest rating. A rating was not assigned if a candidate did not possess experience in the 

specific area of expertise being evaluated. The table in Appendix C shows the ratings assigned 

for each of the 15 proposed candidate reviewers in the categories listed above. 

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A Versar staff member was assigned to review each candidate’s CV and list of publications in 

order to designate a rating for each category based on their qualifications in the disciplines/areas 

of expertise. Upon completion of this initial review, a secondary review of the information was 

conducted by another Versar staff member.

Table 1. Versar Ratings Assigned to Candidates Based on their Qualifications

Symbol Definition



This symbol was used to indicate that a candidate had performed work and/or research in a key area

that was directly relevant to the disciplines/areas of expertise as well as the chemical of concern (i.e., 

lead). Out of the three symbols, this is considered the highest possible rating. 

◒

This symbol was used to indicate that a candidate had performed work and/or research in a key area, 

some of which was relevant to the disciplines/areas of expertise. However, the candidate did not have 

direct or extensive experience with lead. Therefore, this symbol was used to represent a lower rating 

than the symbol above. 

 This symbol was used to indicate that some of the candidate’s work and/or research was in a key area, 

but that it was less relevant to the disciplines/areas of expertise. The candidate also did not have direct 

or extensive experience with lead. Therefore, this symbol is considered the lowest rating.

III.2 COI Information Evaluation

Following the review of each candidate’s qualifications, Versar staff reviewed the professional 

and financial information collected during the COI screening process. This involved reviewing 

the responses to the COI questionnaire, as well as the results of the internet search conducted on 

the candidates regarding publications or statements that might indicate the appearance of the lack 

of impartiality. Versar staff also verified that the candidates signed the form provided during the 

COI screening process. A letter certifying that the 15 proposed candidate reviewers adequately 

passed the COI evaluation process and that Versar has found no significant evidence to trigger a 

COI finding for any of the proposed candidate reviewers listed in Section III.3, below is included 

in Appendix B of this report.

In addition to the COI screening that has been completed, Versar will also obtain updated COI 

information from the peer reviewers one week prior to the initial peer review conference call, 

two weeks prior to the in-person meeting, and at the start of the meeting, to confirm that the 

individuals are still eligible to serve as peer reviewers. 

III.3 Compilation of Results

Once evaluation of the 31 candidates’ scientific credentials and COI information was completed, 

results were compiled and recorded in a table to document the evaluation process (provided in 

Appendix C). The table includes the names of the candidates along with their affiliation, 

education information, and ratings assigned for each discipline/area of expertise. Comments on 

the candidates’ qualifications and COI status were summarized and included in the table to assist 

the Versar team in narrowing the proposed list to 15 candidates.

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Based on Versar’s review of the responses received during the COI process, 16 of the 31 

candidates were eliminated from further consideration due to the availability of stronger 

candidates in the required areas of expertise or potential COI. Information on candidates’ 

expertise and potential COI can be found in Appendix C. The remaining 15 candidates were 

evaluated using the selection criteria and rating system developed for this peer review. After 

careful consideration and discussions on the candidates’ credentials, Versar selected all 15 

qualified candidates for the draft proposed list of candidate reviewers. These experts covered the 

areas of expertise desired, were generally available to attend the public peer review meeting in 

the December or January timeframe, provided a balance of perspectives, and had no real or 

apparent COI related to this peer review or the appearance of the lack of impartiality. 

Once the evaluation of experts was complete, Versar provided to EPA the proposed list of 15 

candidate reviewers, along with their biographical sketches (Appendix D). The draft list of 

proposed reviewers is as follows: 

1. Deborah Cory-Slechta, Ph.D. | University of Rochester

2. Panos Georgopoulos, Ph.D. | Rutgers University

3. Phillip Goodrum, Ph.D. | Integral Consulting, Inc.

4. Dale Hattis, Ph.D. | Clark University

5. Andrew Hunt, Ph.D. | University of Texas, Arlington

6. Naila Khalil, Ph.D., M.B.B.S., M.P.H. | Wright State University

7. Andy Menke, Ph.D., M.P.H. | Social & Scientific Systems, Inc.

8. Howard Mielke, Ph.D. | Tulane University

9. Paul Mushak, Ph.D. | PB Associates

10. Rosalind Schoof, Ph.D. | ENVIRON

11. Joel Schwartz, Ph.D., M.D. | Harvard University

12. Anne Steenhout, Ph.D. | Université Libre de Bruxelles

13. Kenneth Unice, M.S. | Cardno ChemRisk

14. Ian von Lindern, Ph.D., PE | Terra Graphics Environmental Engineering, Inc.

15. Kathleen Vork, Ph.D., M.P.H. | California Environmental Protection Agency

IV Selection of Final 10 to 12 Peer Reviewers

A Federal Register notice to be published in late-September will invite the public to submit 

comments on the proposed list of peer reviewers for Versar’s consideration prior to selection of 

the final reviewers. Along with consideration of the public comments, Versar will re-evaluate 

each proposed candidate’s credentials to select the 10 to 12 experts who, collectively, best cover

the areas of expertise needed for this peer review, have no real or apparent COI or appearance of 

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the lack of impartiality, and who are available to attend a two-day meeting in the Washington 

DC area in the December 2014 to January 2015 timeframe. 

V EPA Guidance Materials Used for the Peer Review Selection Process

All activities conducted during the peer review selection process were in compliance with the 

following peer review and conflict of interest guidance documents, as specified in Task Order 

2013-06, under EPA Contract No. EP-C-13-010. 

• Conflicts of Interest Review Process for Contractor-Managed Peer Reviews of EPA

HISA and ISI Documents (March 13, 2013). Memo from EPA Science and Technology 

Policy Council, available at http://www.epa.gov/osa/pdfs/epa-process-for-contractor.pdf.

• EPA Peer Review Handbook: Third Edition 

(http://www.epa.gov/peerreview/pdfs/peer_review_handbook_2012.pdf)

• December 2009 Addendum to the EPA Peer Review Handbook

(http://www.epa.gov/peerreview/pdfs/spc_peer_rvw_handbook_addendum.pdf)

• EPA COI Screening Questionnaire template provided in the contract

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Appendix A

Conflict of Interest (COI) Screening Questionnaire
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Conflict of Interest Screening Questions 

1. To the best of your knowledge and belief, is there any connection between the document, Approach 

for Estimating Exposures and Incremental Health Effects from Lead due to Renovation, Repair, and 

Painting Activities in Public and Commercial Buildings, and any of your and/or your spouse's 

compensated or uncompensated employment, including government service, during the past 24 

months? 

___Yes* ___No

*If yes, please describe.

2. To the best of your knowledge and belief, is there any connection between the document, Approach 

for Estimating Exposures and Incremental Health Effects from Lead due to Renovation, Repair, and 

Painting Activities in Public and Commercial Buildings, and any of your and/or your spouse's research 

support and project funding, including from any government, during the past 24 months? 

___Yes* ___No

*If yes, please describe.

3. To the best of your knowledge and belief, is there any connection between the document, Approach 

for Estimating Exposures and Incremental Health Effects from Lead due to Renovation, Repair, and 

Painting Activities in Public and Commercial Buildings, and any consulting by you and/or your spouse, 

during the past 24 months? 

___Yes* ___No

*If yes, please describe.

4. To the best of your knowledge and belief, is there any connection between the document, Approach 

for Estimating Exposures and Incremental Health Effects from Lead due to Renovation, Repair, and 

Painting Activities in Public and Commercial Buildings, and any expert witness activity by you and/or

your spouse, during the past 24 months? 

___Yes* ___No

*If yes, please describe.

5. To the best of your knowledge and belief, have you, your spouse, or dependent child held, in the past 

24 months, any financial holdings (excluding well diversified mutual funds and holdings with a value less 

than $15,000) with any connection to the document, Approach for Estimating Exposures and 

Incremental Health Effects from Lead due to Renovation, Repair, and Painting Activities in Public and 

Commercial Buildings? 

___Yes* ___No

*If yes, please describe.

6. Have you made any public statements or taken positions on or closely related to the document, 

Approach for Estimating Exposures and Incremental Health Effects from Lead due to Renovation, Repair, 

and Painting Activities in Public and Commercial Buildings? 

___Yes* ___No

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*If yes, please describe.

7. Have you had previous involvement with the development of EPA’s Approach for Estimating 

Exposures and Incremental Health Effects from Lead due to Renovation, Repair, and Painting Activities in 

Public and Commercial Buildings you have been asked to review? 

___Yes* ___No

*If yes, please describe.

8. To the best of your knowledge and belief, is there any other information that might reasonably raise a 

question about an actual or potential personal conflict of interest or bias? 

___Yes* ___No

*If yes, please describe.

9. To the best of your knowledge and belief, is there any financial benefit that might be gained by you or 

your spouse as a result of the outcome of this review? 

___Yes* ___No

*If yes, please describe.

Supplemental Information for Conflict of Interest Screening

EPA has developed enhanced COI requirements that require Versar to obtain relevant information from 

individuals who are selected to serve as a peer reviewer of Highly Influential Scientific Assessments 

(HISA) or Influential Scientific Information (ISI). The information collected, with respect to you, your 

spouse, and dependent child, will be held in confidence and will only be used to determine if a COI exists. 

Please provide the following information (a response must be entered for each item):

10. Compensated and uncompensated employment (for panel member and spouse): list sources of 

compensated and uncompensated employment, including government service, for the preceding two 

years, including a brief description of the work.

11. Research Funding (for panel member): list sources of research support and project funding, 

including from any government, for the preceding 24 months for which the panel member served as the 

Principal Investigator, Significant Collaborator, Project Manager, or Director. For panel member's 

spouse, provide a general description of research and project activities in the preceding two years.

12. Consulting (for panel member): list sources of compensated consulting activities during the 

preceding two years, including names of clients, if compensation provided 15% or more of your annual 

compensation. For panel member's spouse, provide a general description of consulting activities for the 

preceding two years.

13. Expert witness activities (for panel member): list sources of compensated expert witness activities 

and a brief description of each issue and testimony [during the preceding 24 months.] For panel 

member's spouse, provide a general description of expert testimony provided in the preceding two 

years.

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14. Assets: Stocks, Bonds, Real Estate, Business, Patents, Trademarks, and Royalties (for panel member, 

spouse, and dependent children): list specific financial holdings that collectively had a fair market value 

greater than $15,000 at any time during the preceding 24-month period (excluding well diversified 

mutual funds, money market funds, treasury bonds, and personal residence).

15. Liabilities (for panel member, spouse, and dependent children): list liabilities over $10,000 owed at 

any time in the preceding twelve months (excluding a mortgage on personal residence, home equity 

loans, automobile and consumer loans).

16. Public Statements: provide a brief description of any public statement made and/or positions taken 

on or closely related to the matter under review by the panel member.

17. Involvement with document under review: provide a brief description of any previous involvement 

of the panel member in the development of the document (or review materials) the individual has been 

asked to review.

18. Other potentially relevant information: provide a brief description of any other information not 

mentioned above that might reasonably raise a question about an actual or perceived bias, lack of 

impartiality, or personal conflict of interest including, but not limited to, association with any groups, 

companies, local governments, or state governments that have previously made a public statement, 

taken a position (for or against) on issues, or participated in litigation related to lead-based paint 

hazards.

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Appendix B

COI Certification Letter to EPA
COI CERTIFICATION LETTER TO EPA

Date: September 3, 2014

To: Ernest Falke, Stan Barone, Mark Cranley

RE: Contractor’s COI Certification Letter to EPA

From: David Bottimore

Versar, Inc.

Subject: Selection of Peer Review Panelists for the External Peer Review of EPA’s Technical Approach Document

Approach for Estimating Exposures and Incremental Health Effects from Lead due to Renovation, Repair, 

and Painting Activities in Public and Commercial Buildings, under TO 39, Contract EP-C-12-045

Prior to potentially entering into any arrangement with a peer reviewer, Versar has conducted a thorough evaluation to determine 

if the candidate reviewers pose a conflict of interest or an appearance of a lack of impartiality. Each candidate peer reviewer has 

provided answers to all questions of conflict of interest to date and all written information that Versar collected shall be retained 

in Versar’s files including an explanation of the suitability and rationale for including or excluding each final proposed panelist. 

In addition to the collection of written information, Versar staff have conducted Internet searches for public comments made by 

each candidate reviewer. 

With this letter, Versar concludes and certifies that all proposed peer review panelists have adequately passed the COI evaluation 

process signifying that, in Versar’s judgement, there is no significant evidence to trigger a COI finding for any of the proposed

panel members listed below. Versar shall select and enlist the services of reviewers from the list of proposed panelists below.

Through Versar’s continuing obligation to identify and report any actual or potential conflict of interest or an appearance of a 

lack of impartiality, Versar’s files will document the results of each panelist’s recertification. If any actual or potential conflict of

interest or appearance of a lack of impartiality is found, disclosure shall be made to the EPA.

Proposed Candidate Panel Members:

1. Deborah A. Cory-Slechta, Ph.D.

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 

9. Paul Mushak, Ph.D.

PB Associates 

2. Panos G. Georgopoulos, Ph.D.

Rutgers University – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 

Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute 

(EOHSI)

10. Rosalind A. Schoof, Ph.D., DABT

ENVIRON Corporation

3. Philip E. Goodrum, Ph.D.

Integral Consulting Inc.

11. Joel Schwartz, Ph.D., M.D. 

Harvard School of Public Health

4. Dale Hattis, Ph.D. 

George Perkins Marsh Institute, Clark University

12. Anne Steenhout, Ph.D.

Université Libre de Bruxelles

5. Andrew Hunt, Ph.D. 

University of Texas at Arlington

13. Kenneth M. Unice, MS

Cardno ChemRisk

6. Naila Khalil, M.B.B.S., MPH., Ph.D. 

Center for Global Health Boonshoft School of Medicine, 

Wright State University

14. Ian H. von Lindern, Ph.D., PE 

TerraGraphics Environmental Engineering, Inc.

7. Andy Menke, MPH, Ph.D.

Social & Scientific Systems, Inc.

15. Kathleen L. Vork, MPH, Ph.D. 

California Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)

8. Howard W. Mielke, Ph.D. 

Tulane University School of Medicine

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Appendix C

Information on the Candidate Reviewers
Key:

 Work/research includes this area, less relevant to topic and lead 

◒ Work/research in this area & some relevant to topic, but not directly to lead 

 Work/research in this area & directly relevant to topic and lead

No. Name Affiliation Education/Certifcations Candidate Type

Epidemiology

Exposure Routes

Exposure Modeling

(Uptake/Absorption)

Exposure Modeling

(Ambient/Indoor)

Air and/or Soil 

Exposure Pathways

 Uptake/Absorption

Biokinetic Distribution / 

Physiological Effects

Tissue 

Concentrations 

Human Growth / 

Activity Patterns

Lead-induced Health 

Effects

Proposed List of Candidate Reviewers

1 Deborah Cory-Slechta University of Rochester Ph.D., Experimental Psychology/Pharmacology (1977) V      

2 Panos Georgopoulos Rutgers University Ph.D., Chemical Engineering (1986) V ◒◒◒◒◒◒◒ ◒◒3 Phillip Goodrum Independent Consultant Ph.D., Environmental Engineering (1999) V   4 Dale Hattis Clark University Ph.D., Genetics (1974) V     5 Andrew Hunt University of Texas, Arlington Ph.D., Mineral Magnetism (1988) V     6 Naila Khalil Wright State University

Ph.D., Environmental Epidemiology (2007), M.B.B.S., M.P.H.

V    

7 Andy Menke Social & Scientific Systems, Inc. Ph.D., Epidemiology (2010), M.P.H., V  ◒  ◒  8 Howard Mielke Tulane University Ph.D., Geography (1972) V    9 Paul Mushak PB Associates

Ph.D. Metalloorganic/Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (1970)

N      

10 Rosalind Schoof Environ Ph.D., Toxicology (1982), DABT V          

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 Work/research includes this area, less relevant to topic and lead 

◒ Work/research in this area & some relevant to topic, but not directly to lead 

 Work/research in this area & directly relevant to topic and lead

No. Name Affiliation Education/Certifcations Candidate Type

Epidemiology

Exposure Routes

Exposure Modeling

(Uptake/Absorption)

Exposure Modeling

(Ambient/Indoor)

Air and/or Soil 

Exposure Pathways

 Uptake/Absorption

Biokinetic Distribution / 

Physiological Effects

Tissue 

Concentrations 

Human Growth / 

Activity Patterns

Lead-induced Health 

Effects

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11 Joel Schwartz Harvard University Ph.D., Theoretical Physics (1980), M.D. (2010) V    ◒ 

12 Anne Steenhout Université Libre de Bruxelles Ph.D., Ecotoxicology (1986) N   13 Ken Unice Cardno ChemRisk M.S., Environmental Engineering (1998) V ◒ ◒  ◒◒◒◒◒◒14 Ian von Lindern

TerraGraphics Environmental Engineering, Inc.

Ph.D., Environmental Science and Engineering (1980), PE V       

15 Kathleen Vork CalEPA Ph.D., Environmental Health Sciences (2003), M.P.H. N  ◒    

Not Best Qualified or Potential COI

16 Karyn Bischoff Cornell University D.V.M. (1995) N

17 David Dorman North Carolina State University Ph.D., Veterinary Biosciences/Toxicology (1990) N

18 Phillipe Glorennec EHESP School of Public Health Ph.D., Université de Rennes 1 (2006) N 

19 Wendy Heiger-Bernays Boston University Ph.D., Biochemistry (1987) N 

20 William Menrath Great Lakes OSHA Educaton Center M.S., Population Biology (1975) V 

21 Sheryl Milz University of Toledo

Ph.D., Public Health Services/Industrial Hygiene (1994)

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 Work/research includes this area, less relevant to topic and lead 

◒ Work/research in this area & some relevant to topic, but not directly to lead 

 Work/research in this area & directly relevant to topic and lead

No. Name Affiliation Education/Certifcations Candidate Type

Epidemiology

Exposure Routes

Exposure Modeling

(Uptake/Absorption)

Exposure Modeling

(Ambient/Indoor)

Air and/or Soil 

Exposure Pathways

 Uptake/Absorption

Biokinetic Distribution / 

Physiological Effects

Tissue 

Concentrations 

Human Growth / 

Activity Patterns

Lead-induced Health 

Effects

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22 Barbara Petersen Exponent Ph.D., Biochemistry (1976), M.P.H. V 

23 Richard Rabin MassCOSH M.S., Public Health Administration (1983) N 

24 Andrew Rooney National Toxicology Program/NIEHS Ph.D., Zoology (1998) N

25 Kyle Steenland Emory University Ph.D., Epidemiology (1985) V 

26 Richard Troast Troast Environmental Consulting, LLC Ph.D., Environmental Science and Public Policy (2006) N

27 David Vearrier Drexel University M.D. (2005), M.P.H. (2013) N

28 Jennifer Vogel Georgia Environmental Protection Division B.S., Industrial Engineering (2001) N 

29 Stephanie Yendell Minnesota Department of Health D.V.M. (2011) V 

30 Cliff Weisel Rutgers University Ph.D., Chemical Oceanography (1981) V 

31 Charles Wilkes Versar, Inc. Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering (1994) V

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Appendix D

Biosketches of the Proposed Candidate Reviewers
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Deborah A. Cory-Slechta, Ph.D., University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 

i. Education: University of Minnesota, Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology (1977) 

ii. Professional Experience: Dr. Cory-Slechta is a Professor in the Department of Environmental 

Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine 

and Dentistry, where she also serves as co-director of the Behavioral Sciences Facility Core and 

director of the Animal Behavior Core. Dr. Cory-Slechta received her Ph.D. from the University 

of Minnesota in 1977 and worked as a junior staff fellow of the National Center for 

Toxicological Research beginning in 1979. She was appointed to the faculty of the University of 

Rochester Medical School in 1982 and was appointed Chair of the Department of Environmental 

Medicine and Director of the NIEHS Environmental Health Sciences Center at the University of 

Rochester in 1998. From 2000 to 2002, she was the Dean for Research and Director of the AAB 

Institute for Biomedical Sciences. Following her appointment as Dean, she concurrently served 

until 2007 as the Chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine at 

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and as Director of the Environmental and Occupational 

Health Sciences Institute, a joint Institute of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and 

Rutgers. Dr. Cory-Slechta’s research has focused largely on environmental neurotoxicants as 

risk factors for behavioral disorders and neurodegenerative disease. Specifically, this has 

included more than 30 years of work on the impact of lead on learning and attention and 

associated neurochemical mechanisms, and the participation in numerous national and 

international committees/review panel/workshops on lead. These research efforts have resulted 

in over 170 papers and book chapters to date. Dr. Cory-Slechta has served on and chaired 

numerous national research review and advisory panels, including committees of the National 

Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the Food and Drug 

Administration, the National Center for Toxicological Research, the Environmental Protection 

Agency Science Advisory Board, the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, 

and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. In addition, Dr. Cory-Slechta has served on the editorial boards of several journals 

including Environmental Health Perspectives, Neurotoxicology, Toxicology, Toxicological 

Sciences, Fundamental and Applied Toxicology, Neurotoxicology and Teratology, and American 

Journal of Mental Retardation. She has held the elected positions of President of the 

Neurotoxicology Specialty Section of the Society of Toxicology, President of the Behavioral 

Toxicology Society, and been named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. 
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Panos G. Georgopoulos, Ph.D., Rutgers University – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 

Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI) 

i. Education: California Institute of Technology, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (1986) 

ii. Professional Experience: Dr. Georgopoulos is Professor of Environmental and Occupational 

Medicine at Rutgers University – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is also a member of 

the Graduate Faculties of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and 

of Environmental Sciences at Rutgers University, and a member of the Rutgers Environmental 

and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI). Dr. Georgopoulos received his Ph.D. in 

Chemical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology. At EOHSI, he established 

and directs the Computational Chemodynamics Laboratory (CCL), a state-of-the-art facility for 

informatics and modeling of complex environmental and biological systems. Furthermore, he codirects the Center for Exposure and Risk Modeling (CERM) at EOHSI. Dr. Georgopoulos’ 

research areas involve the development and application of mathematical and computational 

methods for diagnostic and mechanistic studies of multipathway physicochemical processes 

taking place in interacting environmental and biological systems. The aim of this research is to 

improve the understanding and quantification of human exposure and biological mechanismbased dosimetry and risk for environmental toxics; this is being accomplished through the 

ongoing development of a consistent mechanistic multiscale modular computational framework 

for source-to-dose-to-effect modeling of toxicant dynamics. Outcomes of this research include 

integrative computational models of toxicokinetic and toxicodynamic processes at the cellular, 

tissue and whole body levels. Dr. Georgopoulos has published more than 125 peer-reviewed 

articles and chapters in scientific journals, books and proceedings, and has authored or coauthored several state and Federal government documents and numerous technical reports. He 

has served on editorial boards of scientific journals and currently serves as member of various 

national and international scientific and technical committees on environmental issues. 
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Philip E. Goodrum, Ph.D., Integral Consulting Inc.

i. Education: SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Ph.D. in Environmental 

Engineering (1999) 

ii. Professional Experience: Dr. Goodrum is a Senior Managing Scientist at Integral Consulting 

Inc. and a Senior Consultant at Cardno ENTRIX. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental 

Engineering from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in 1999. Prior to 

joining Integral Consulting Inc. in 2013, Dr. Goodrum was employed at Environmental 

Resources Management (ERM), ARCADIS-US, Inc., and SRC, Inc. where he conducted and 

reviewed numerous quantitative risk assessments. Dr. Goodrum has 23 years of experience in 

quantitative risk assessment and environmental modeling, specializing in applications to human 

health and ecological risk assessment, sediment remediation, groundwater compliance 

monitoring, and natural resource damage assessment. He is a recognized national expert in 

probabilistic modeling, quantitative uncertainty analysis, lead (Pb) risk assessment, and 

statistical methods. Dr. Goodrum served for approximately 10 years as a consultant for EPA’s 

Technical Review Workgroup for Lead, managed EPA’s “Lead Hotline,” which assisted the 

public with applications of both the IEUBK model and the interim Adult Lead models, coauthored numerous platform presentations, technical white papers and guidance documents, and 

actively participated in the research and development of EPA’s All Ages Model for Lead. Dr. 

Goodrum served on EPA’s Science Advisory Board for lead and on EPA’s Clean Air Scientific 

Advisory Committee (CASAC) - Lead Review Panel. He is a member of the Interstate 

Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC) workgroup on Incremental Sampling Methodology 

and the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 
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Dale Hattis, Ph.D., George Perkins Marsh Institute, Clark University

i. Education: Stanford University, Ph.D. in Genetics (1974) 

ii. Professional Experience: Dr. Hattis is a Research Professor with the Center for Technology 

Environment and Development (CENTED) of the George Perkins Marsh Institute at Clark 

University. He received his Ph.D. in Genetics from Stanford University in 1974 and an 

undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from the University of California at Berkeley in 1967. For 

the past thirty years he has been engaged in the development and application of methodology to 

assess the health, ecological and economic impacts of regulatory actions, including those related 

to the occupational exposure to lead. His work has focused on the development of methodology 

to incorporate interindividual variability data and quantitative mechanistic information into risk 

assessments for both cancer and non-cancer endpoints. Specific studies have included 

quantitative risk assessments, assessment of reproductive effects, neurological effects, and 

chronic lung function impairment, four pharmacokinetic-based risk assessments for carcinogens, 

an analysis of uncertainties in physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling and an 

analysis of differences among species in processes related to carcinogenesis. Recent research has 

also explored age-related differences in sensitivity to carcinogenesis and other effects. Major 

current research projects include PBPK modeling and mechanism-based dose response modeling 

of carcinogenic effects. Dr. Hattis has published more than 200 articles and chapters in scientific 

journals, books and proceedings. He is a member of the Environmental Health Committee of the 

EPA Science Advisory Board, and for several years he has served as a member of the Food 

Quality Protection Act Science Review Board. He has also served as a member of the National 

Research Council Committee on Estimating the Health-Risk-Reduction Benefits of Proposed Air 

Pollution Regulations. Dr. Hattis has been a councilor and is a Fellow of the Society for Risk 

Analysis, and serves on the editorial board of its journal, Risk Analysis. 
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Andrew Hunt, Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington 

i. Education: University of Liverpool, England, Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science (1988) 

ii. Professional Experience: Dr. Hunt is on the faculty of the Department of Earth And 

Environmental Sciences at the University of Texas at Arlington where he teaches courses in 

Human Health Risk Assessment/Probabilistic Risk Assessment, Global Environment and Human 

Health, and Toxicology. He previously was on the faculty of the Pathology Department of the 

State University of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse, NY. (14 years) and held a 

position in environmental consulting for four years. For the past 25 years, Dr. Hunt’s research 

has addressed health and environmental hazards in urban and indoor environments. He has 

conducted a number of studies concerned with characterizing and apportioning the sources of 

lead in indoor dust, and with mapping the distribution of lead in dust across urban environments 

(funded by the U.K. Department of the Environment, EPA, HUD, and NSF). His work has also 

repeatedly focused on lead contamination of urban soil. Dr. Hunt has also published in the areas 

of lung disease associated with inhaled particles, and pediatric asthma in relation to 

environmental exposures. Dr. Hunt has served on various committees and panels, including the 

Executive Board of the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health and EPA’s Science 

Advisory Board peer review of lead dust technical analyses. He has published more than 50 peerreviewed articles and chapters in scientific journals, books and proceedings. In addition, Dr. 

Hunt has served on the editorial boards of several journals including Air & Water Borne 

Diseases and Journal of Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 
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DRAFT 

Naila Khalil, M.B.B.S., MPH., Ph.D., Center for Global Health Boonshoft School of Medicine, 

Wright State University 

i. Education: University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D. in Environmental Epidemiology (2007); 

Quaid-e-Azam University, MPH in Public Health (2000); University of the Punjab, M.B.B.S. in 

Medicine and Surgery (equivalent to MD) (1986) 

ii. Professional Experience: Dr. Khalil is an Assistant Professor in Community Health at Wright 

State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Center for Global Health. She received her 

Ph.D. in Environmental Epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh in 2007. She is a 

physician and also holds an MPH from Pakistan. In Pakistan, Dr. Khalil was the national 

program manager for the National Institute of Environmental Health, a collaborative effort with 

World Health Organization. Before joining the Center for Global Health as Assistant Professor, 

Dr. Khalil was a post-doctoral researcher at the Lifespan Health Research Center at Wright State 

University Boonshoft School of Medicine where her research focused on cardiovascular disease 

epidemiology. Dr. Khalil’s doctoral dissertation focused on multiple health outcomes associated 

with environmental lead exposures in older people. She is currently working on a project 

involving the association of blood lead concentration with falls and bone density in older men. 

Dr. Khalil has a number of peer-reviewed publications on lead exposure including the 

association of blood lead levels with bone fractures and mortality in older women and the 

association of occupational cumulative lead and neurocognitive function. Dr. Khalil is on the 

editorial board and serves as a reviewer for journals such as the Journal of Family Medicine & 

Community Health and Environmental Health Perspectives. She is a member of the American 

Society of Bone and Mineral Research. 
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Andy Menke, MPH, Ph.D., Social & Scientific Systems, Inc. 

i. Education: Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Ph.D. in 

Epidemiology (2010); Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, MPH, 

(2005) 

ii. Professional Experience: Dr. Menke is a Senior Research Analyst at Social & Scientific 

Systems, Inc. He received his Ph.D. in Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University, 

Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2010 and his MPH from Tulane University, School of 

Public Health and Tropical Medicine in 2005. Prior to his position at Social & Scientific 

Systems, Inc., Dr. Menke was a research assistant in the Department of Epidemiology and Welch 

Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg 

School of Public Health. Dr. Menke’s research experience includes the conduct and analysis of 

epidemiologic studies, focusing on the epidemiology of diabetes, sex steroid hormones, iron 

metabolism, and environmental exposure to heavy metals. Specific studies on lead and 

associated blood lead levels in U.S. adults and cardiovascular mortality, stroke, and end-stage 

renal disease. Dr. Menke has published more than 35 peer-reviewed journal articles and has 

made presentations at more than 15 scientific meetings. He serves as a reviewer for journals such 

as American Journal of Kidney Diseases; American Journal of Preventive Medicine; Annals of 

Epidemiology; Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention; Environmental Research; and 

Environmental Science and Technology. Dr. Menke is a member of the American Heart 

Association, the Society for Epidemiologic Research, and the American Diabetes Association. 
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Howard W. Mielke, Ph.D., Tulane University School of Medicine

i. Education: University of Michigan, Ph.D. in Geography (1972) 

ii. Professional Experience: Dr. Mielke is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the 

Tulane University School of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. in Geography from the University 

of Michigan in 1972 and his undergraduate degree in biology, chemistry and geography from 

Macalester College in 1963. Prior to his current appointment at Tulane University, Dr. Mielke 

held a joint appointment in the Department of Chemistry and the Center for Bioenvironmental 

Research at Tulane and Xavier Universities. Dr. Mielke began his urban geochemistry research 

in 1971 and his research has focused on accumulated environmental sources of lead and its 

association with childhood lead poisoning in inner city environments. He has published 

numerous articles on the topic of exterior metal accumulation in many cities including New 

Orleans where he conducted a multi-media study of metals in urban and rural areas. This study 

was followed by a pilot project whereby clean soils were brought in to reduce the potential for 

childhood exposure to lead and other toxins that had accumulated in the soil. Dr. Mielke also 

studied multiple metal contamination from house paints as a result of power sanding and paint 

scraping that changed the regulations for house painting in New Orleans. His research has 

influenced policy for the removal of lead from gasoline, and supported revised lead laws in New 

Orleans, Michigan, Canada, Mexico, Peru, the European Union, and Norway. Dr. Mielke has 

published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and chapters in scientific journals, books and 

proceedings and has served on editorial boards of scientific journals. He served on EPA’s 

Science Advisory Board to conduct a consultation and peer review of EPA’s draft lead dust 

technical analyses. Dr. Mielke is a full member of the Society of Toxicology and a member of 

the board of the Society of Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 
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Paul Mushak, Ph.D., PB Associates 

i. Education: University of Florida, Ph.D. in Organometal and Biological Chemistry (1970) 

ii. Professional Experience: Dr. Mushak is a Senior Partner at PB Associates where he is a 

Toxicologist and Human Health Risk Assessment Specialist, principally working in the area of 

environmental lead and other metals, metalloids, and organometals. He received his Ph.D. in 

Organometal and Biological Chemistry from the University of Florida in 1970. Dr. Mushak also 

had extensive training and research experience in metal and analytical toxicology in the 

Department of Pathology, University of Florida School of Medicine. His post-doctoral training 

was at the Yale University Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry in the area of 

biochemical toxicology and enzymology of certain toxic and essential metals. Prior to his 

partnership at PB Associates, Dr. Mushak was a visiting professor at the Albert Einstein College 

of Medicine and a faculty member from 1971 to 1993 at the University of North Carolina - 

Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Pathology Department. Dr. Mushak has more than 45 years of 

education, training, and experience in the areas of exposures and their determinants, analytical 

pediatric toxicology, toxicokinetics, modeling and health risk assessments. He was the author of 

the book, Lead and Public Health: Science, Risk and Regulation (2011), 180 research articles, 

conference abstracts, and book chapters, and has served on approximately50 expert advisory 

national and international committees including EPA’s Science Advisory Board Panel for the All 

Ages Lead Model and EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) – Lead 

Review Panel. Dr. Mushak has co-authored more than two dozen risk assessment documents for 

various Federal and international agencies on lead, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, etc. He has 

testified before Congressional committees on two occasions about childhood lead poisoning. Dr. 

Mushak has been qualified as an expert on lead and other metals risk assessment before six 

Federal and six state courts. He is a member of the Society of Occupational and Environmental 

Health, the Society for Risk Analysis, and the Society of Toxicology, among others. 
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Rosalind A. Schoof, Ph.D., DABT, ENVIRON Corporation 

i. Education: University of Cincinnati, Ph.D. in Toxicology (1982) 

ii. Professional Experience: Dr. Schoof is a Principal at ENVIRON where she is a board 

certified toxicologist (Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology (DABT)). Prior to 

joining ENVIRON in 2010, she was a Principal and Senior Toxicologist at Integral Consulting, 

Inc., Gradient Corporation, and Exponent. Dr. Schoof received her Ph.D. in Toxicology from the 

University of Cincinnati in 1982 and has more than 25 years’ experience assessing human health 

effects and exposures from metals and other chemical substances for a variety of projects, such 

as contaminated site remediation; commercial, industrial, agricultural and residential exposure 

assessments; product uses; and dietary exposures. Her projects have included numerous health 

risk assessments conducted under various U.S. and international regulatory settings, as well as 

regulatory, research and litigation projects. Dr. Schoof has directed evaluations of chemical 

toxicity, derivation of risk-based exposure levels, health risk assessments for cancer and 

noncancer end points and multimedia exposure assessments. Dr. Schoof is an internationally 

recognized expert on evaluation of arsenic and other metals (including lead) in the environment, 

as well as in the human diet, and on the bioavailability of metals from soil. Her experience with 

lead has included numerous exposure studies and risk assessments for mine and smelter sites; 

risk assessments for manufacturing, landfill, and waste combustion sites; regulatory and research 

projects for/cited by Health Canada, EPA, State of Montana; and litigation projects (e.g., former 

shooting range; mining and smelting site). Dr. Schoof has published more than 40 peer-reviewed 

articles and chapters in scientific journals, books and proceedings. She has served on numerous 

peer review panels for U.S. agencies (e.g., EPA, ATSDR) and Canadian ministries, and on 

several National Research Council committees. She has also served as a member of the British 

Columbia Contaminated Sites Science Advisory Board, the Expert Advisory Panel for the 

Canadian Metals in the Human Environment-Research Network, and the Washington Model 

Toxics Control Act Science Panel. Dr. Schoof was certified as a DABT starting in 1986 and is a 

Fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Science. She is a member of the Society of Toxicology, 

Society for Risk Analysis and the International Society for Exposure Science. 
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Joel Schwartz, Ph.D., M.D., Harvard School of Public Health 

i. Education: Brandeis University, Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics (1980); University of Basel, 

Switzerland, M.D. (2010) 

ii. Professional Experience: Dr. Schwartz is Professor of Environmental Epidemiology at the 

Harvard School of Public Health and Director of the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis. He 

received his Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from Brandeis University in 1980 and his M.D. from 

the University of Basel, Switzerland, in 2010. His research interests are in epidemiology and the 

health consequences of exposure to pollutants, focusing on the health effects of lead and air 

pollutants. Prior to his academic appointment at the Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. 

Schwartz was a Senior Scientist at EPA until 1994. Dr. Schwartz has studied the cardiovascular 

effects of lead exposure in adults, neurological/cognitive effects in children, auditory effects in 

children, and effects of lead on children’s growth. He has also done work on sources of lead 

exposure, including establishing gasoline lead as the major source of lead exposure in the U.S. 

Dr. Schwartz has studied both acute and chronic effects of air pollution exposure and recently 

established that the exposure to fine combustion particles in air at concentrations well below 

current standards are associated with a range of adverse health effects, leading to a tightening of 

the U.S. air quality standards. He is also experienced in the modeling of continuous covariates in 

epidemiologic studies, both for better covariate control and to more accurately assess the 

relationship between exposure and response. Dr. Schwartz has published more than 600 peerreviewed articles and chapters in scientific journals, books and proceedings. In addition, Dr. 

Schwartz has served on the editorial boards of several journals including the International 

Journal of Biometeorology and the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care 

Medicine. He has served on EPA’s Science Advisory Board Ad Hoc All Ages Lead Committee, 

EPA’s Lead Clean Air Science Advisory Committee, and the National Academy of Sciences’ 

Committee on Assessing Lead Exposure in Critical Populations. 
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Anne Steenhout, Ph.D., Université Libre de Bruxelles 

i. Education: Université Libre de Bruxelles, Ph.D. in Sciences (1986/87) 

ii. Professional Experience: Dr. Steenhout is a Professor at the Institute for Environmental 

Management and Physical Planning (IGEAT) and Director of the Research Unit "Group for 

Ecotoxicological Evaluation on Pollutants, Safety and Impacts on Humans" (GEEPSIH) at the 

Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Brussels, Belgium. She received her Ph.D. in Sciences 

from ULB in 1986/87 and her research focuses on the assessment of chemical risks and 

vulnerable groups for both inorganic and organic contaminants. Dr. Steenhout’s experience 

includes environmental epidemiology, exposure assessment, toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics, 

and variability and uncertainty analysis for lead and other contaminants. In addition, she has 

experience on the accumulation of lead in hard tissues (bone, teeth) in children and adults, and 

developed a lead biokinetic model (all-age) and exposure model (all sources). The models 

evaluated a variety of sources including lead paints and comparisons with IUBK performances. 

Dr. Steenhout also contributed to EPA’s Working Group on Lead Models. She has also served 

on the European Union Scientific Committee for Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER). Dr. 

Steenhout has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters, 150 grant 

reports, and 120 presentations. 
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Kenneth M. Unice, MS, Cardno ChemRisk 

i. Education: University of Arizona, MS. in Environmental Engineering (1998) 

ii. Professional Experience: Mr. Unice is a Science Advisor at Cardno ChemRisk, He received 

his MS in Environmental Engineering from the University of Arizona in 1998 and has 15 years 

of quantitative human health risk, exposure assessment, and database experience. Prior to joining 

Cardno ChemRisk in 2005, Mr. Unice was employed at AMEC as an Environmental Engineer 

and Health Scientist. Mr. Unice’s expertise is in the areas of environmental modeling, biokinetic 

modeling, indoor air modeling, occupational exposure assessment, human health risk assessment, 

environmental fate and transport analysis, computer programming and database design. He has 

been involved in a number of projects involving exposure and risk/dose-response assessments for 

metals including an analysis of exposures to lead-based paint, refinement of a biokinetic model 

for cobalt which was based on a framework originally developed for the International 

Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) age specific biokinetic model for lead, and an 

assessment of the adverse health effects associated with cobalt exposure. Mr. Unice has coauthored more than 35 journal articles on the topics of biokinetic modeling, biomonitoring, 

environmental fate and transport models, metals exposure, pathogen risk assessment, and 

exposure reconstruction. Mr. Unice has served as an external peer reviewer for EPA and as a 

peer reviewer on behalf of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. He is a 

member of the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES) and the Society for Risk 

Analysis (SRA). 
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Ian H. von Lindern, Ph.D., PE, TerraGraphics Environmental Engineering, Inc. 

i. Education: Yale University, Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering (1980) 

ii. Professional Experience: Dr. von Lindern has been Chief Executive Officer and Principal 

Scientist of TerraGraphics Environmental Engineering since co-founding the firm in 1984. He 

received his Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering from Yale University in 1980 and 

has nearly 40 years of national and international environmental engineering/science experience 

that includes a variety of environmental assessments; studies in air, water, and soil pollution; 

toxic and hazardous materials investigations; remedial and cleanup plans; human health risk 

assessments; and application of statistical analysis techniques to multi-disciplinary 

environmental problems. He has directed over 40 major health/environmental investigations 

involving primary and secondary lead smelters and battery processors, landfills, and uranium 

mill tailings at several major mining/smelting sites in the U.S., as well as internationally. Dr. von 

Lindern has worked for the State of Idaho on various projects involving the Bunker Hill/Coeur 

d’Alene Basin Hill Superfund Site for more than 35 years as the head Risk Assessor and Project 

Manager. In that capacity he had extensive experience in applying exposure and biokinetic lead 

modeling in assessing human health risk, developing cleanup criteria and remedial design. 

TerraGraphics conducted site-specific quantitative analysis of the relationship between observed 

blood lead levels and environmental variables, and one of the most extensive evaluations of lead 

paint as an additional source of exposure at a CERCLA site. Blood lead data relative to yard and 

house dust lead levels were analyzed to evaluate the effectiveness of the yard remediation 

program. Dr. von Lindern has a number of peer-reviewed publications on the reduction of 

childhood blood lead levels and remedial activities at this site. Dr. von Lindern has served as an 

EPA Science Advisory Board Member on five occasions: (1) Review Subcommittee for Urban 

Soil Lead Abatement Demonstration Project, 1993; (2) Subcommittee Assessing the Consistency 

of Lead Health Regulations in U.S. EPA Programs, 1992; (3) Review Subcommittee Assessing 

the Use of the Biokinetic Model for Lead Absorption in Children at RCRA/CERCLA Sites, 

1988; (4) the Ad Hoc All-Ages Lead Model (AALM) Review; and (5) National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard for lead Panel (2006-2008). He also served on the EPA Clean Air Scientific 

Advisory Committee (CASAC) Subcommittee on Exposure Assessment Methodology, 1988, 

and was a member of the EPA Criteria Assessment Committee for Lead in the Ambient Air from 

1975-1986 and 2006-2008. 
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Kathleen L. Vork, MPH, Ph.D., California Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) 

i. Education: University of California at Berkeley, Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences 

(2003); University of Minnesota, MPH in Occupational and Environmental Health 

ii. Professional Experience: Dr. Vork is a Staff Toxicologist for the Office of Environmental 

Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) at the California Environmental Protection Agency. She 

received her Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of California at 

Berkeley in 2003 and her MPH degree in Occupational and Environmental Health from the 

University of Minnesota, School of Public Health in 1988. Prior to her position at OEHHA, Dr. 

Vork worked for the California Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. Dr. Vork has 

extensive experience and expertise relating to exposure pathways and the pharmacokinetics of 

lead in worker and general adult populations. Dr. Vork has implemented various statistical and 

mathematical modeling methods to estimate, adjust and check the accuracy and consistency of 

predictions from models combining exposure pathways with physiologically-based 

pharmacokinetic (PBPK) and biokinetic models. She is the primary author of the report entitled 

“Estimating Workplace Air and Worker Blood Lead Concentration using an Updated 

Physiologically-based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Model” (2013). She has conducted work 

involving the derivation of human lactation transfer coefficients for various chemicals including 

lead for the “Risk Assessment Guidelines Technical Support Documents for Exposure 

Assessment and Stochastic Analysis” (2012) and contributed work published in “The Derivation 

of Non-cancer Reference Exposure Levels” (2007) for the California Air Toxics Hot Spots 

program. Dr. Vork has worked collaboratively with multiple agencies and the public. She has 

served on California’s Advisory Committee for Training Regulations for Lead Paint Abatement, 

the California Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, and was Chair of the Alameda County Lead 

Poisoning Prevention Program Course Planning Committee. Dr. Vork is currently a member of 

the Genetic and Environmental Toxicology Association of Northern California.