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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-directo r 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 D ean 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 Di rector 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 fo cused largely on environmental neurotoxicants as

risk factors for behavioral disorders and neur odegenerative disease. Specifically, this has included more than 30 years of work on the im pact of lead on lear ning and attention and associated neurochemical mechanisms, and th e 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 Toxicolo gical Research, the Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board, the National Acad emy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Dis ease 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 pos itions of President of the Neurotoxicology Specialty Section of the Societ y of Toxicology, President of the Behavioral Toxicology Society, and been named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.Final Biosketches

Panos G. Georgopoulos, Ph.D., Rutgers University – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Environmental and Occupational He alth Sciences Institute (EOHSI)

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

ii. Professional Experience: Dr. Georgopoulos is Professor of Environmental and Occupational Medicine at Rutgers University – Robert Wood J ohnson Medical School. He is also a member of

the Graduate Faculties of Chemical and Bioche mical Engineering, Biomed ical Engineering, and of Environmental Sciences at Rutgers Universi ty, 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 Inst itute of Technology. At EOHSI, he established and directs the Computational Chemodynamics Laborat ory (CCL), a state-of-the-art facility for informatics and modeling of complex environmenta l and biological systems. Furthermore, he codirects the Center for Exposure and Risk Modeling (CERM) at EOHSI. Dr. Georgopoulos’ research areas involve the development and a pplication of mathematical and computational methods for diagnostic and mechanistic studies of multipathway physicochemical processes taking place in interacting environmental and biologi cal 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 co mputational 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 jour nals and currently serves as member of various

national and international scientific and t echnical committees on environmental issues.Final Biosketches

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 member of the adjunct faculty for Syra cuse University where he teaches a course in Environmental Toxicology. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in 1999, focusing his research on applications of probabilistic modeling to lead risk assessment. Prior to jo ining Integral Cons ulting Inc. in 2013, Dr. Goodrum was employed at Cardno Entrix, E nvironmental Resources Management (ERM), ARCADIS-US, Inc., and SRC, Inc. Dr. Goodrum ha s 23 years of experience in quantitative risk assessment and environmental modeling, specializ ing in applications to human health and ecological risk assessment, sediment remedi ation, groundwater compliance monitoring, and natural resource damage assessment. He is a recognized national e xpert in probabilistic modeling, quantitative uncertainty analysis, lead (Pb) risk asse ssment, 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 th e interim Adult Lead models, co-authored numerous platform presentations, technical whit e 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) wor kgroup on Incremental Sampling Methodology (ISM) and serves

as an instructor for ITRC for an on-line seminar series on ISM.Final Biosketches

Dale Hattis, Ph.D., George Perkins Marsh In stitute, Clark University

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

ii. Professional Experience: Dr. Hattis is a Research Profes sor with the Center for Technology Environment and Development (CENTED) of the George Perkins Marsh Institute at Clark University. He received his Ph.D. in Genetic s from Stanford University in 1974 and an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from the Un iversity of California at Berkeley in 1967. For the past 39 years he has been engaged in th e development and application of methodology to assess the health, ecological and economic impact s 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 an d quantitative mechanistic information into risk assessments for both cancer and non-cancer endp oints. Specific stud ies have included quantitative risk assessments, as sessment of reproductive effects, neurological effects, and chronic lung function impairment , four pharmacokinetic-based ri sk assessments for carcinogens, an analysis of uncertainties in physiologically based pharmacoki netic (PBPK) modeling and an analysis of differences among species in processes related to carcinogenesis . Recent research has also explored age-related differences in sensit ivity to carcinogenesis and other effects, and pharmacokinetics and dose response for neurode velopmental effects of the insecticide chlorpyrifos. Dr. Hattis has published more than 200 articles and chapters in scientific journals, books and proceedings. He has been a member of the Environmental Health Committee of the EPA Science Advisory Board, and is currently on the Board of Scientif ic Counselors for the National Toxicology Program. He has also served as a member of the National Research Council Committee on Estimating the Health-Risk-Reduc tion 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 an Associate Professo r in the Department of Earth And Environmental Sciences at the University of Texas at Arlington where he teaches graduate

courses in Human Health Risk Asse ssment/Probabilistic Risk Assessment, Issues in Environmental Health, and Toxicology. He prev iously was on the faculty of the Pathology Department of the State University of New Yo rk Health Science Center in Syracuse, NY (14 years), and held a position in envi ronmental 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, a nd with mapping the distri bution of lead in dust across urban environments (funded by the U.K. De partment of the Environment, EPA, HUD, and NSF). His work has also repeatedly focused on le ad contamination of urban soil. Dr. Hunt has also published in the areas of lung disease associ ated with inhaled particles from environmental and occupational sources, and pediatric asthma in relation to environmental exposures. Dr. Hunt has served on various committees and panels, in cluding panels for NSF on S-STEM applications, and for EPA on the Science Advisory Board peer re view of lead dust tec hnical analyses. He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles a nd chapters in scientif ic 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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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 (e quivalent to MD) (1986)

ii. Professional Experience: Dr. Khalil is an Assistant Profe ssor in Community Health at Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine , Center for Global Hea lth. She received her Ph.D. in Environmental Epidemiology from th e University of Pittsburgh in 2007. She is a physician and also holds an MPH from Pakist an. In Pakistan, Dr. Khalil was the national program manager for Environmental Health, a co llaborative effort with the World Health Organization. Before joining the Center for Global Health as Assistant Professor, Dr. Khalil was a post-doctoral researcher at Wr ight State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Lifespan

Health Research Center where her research fo cused on cardiovascular disease epidemiology. Dr. Khalil’s doctoral dissertation focused on multiple health outcomes associated with environmental lead exposure in older people. Dr. Khalil has publ ished widely on lead related health outcomes.

Her research has shown that elevated blood lead concentration is linked with diminishing bone density, and elevated risk of fractures and mortality in olde r women. In older men she has reported a negative association between occupa tional lead exposure a nd neurocognitive function and bone density. Dr. Khalil is on the editorial board of the Journal of Family Medicine & Community Health and serves as a reviewer for journals such as Environmental Health Perspectives and British Medical Journal . She is a member of the American Society of Bone and

Mineral Research.Final Biosketches

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. Pr ior to his position at Social & Scientific Systems, Inc., Dr. Menke was a research assistan t in the Department of Epidemiology and Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg

School of Public Health. Dr. Me nke’s research experi ence includes the conduc t and analysis of epidemiologic studies, focusing on the epidemio logy of diabetes, sex steroid hormones, iron metabolism, and environmental exposure to he avy metals. Specific studies on lead and

associated blood lead levels in U.S. adults a nd cardiovascular mortalit y, stroke, and end-stage renal disease. Dr. Menke has published more th an 35 peer-reviewed journal articles and has made presentations at more than 15 scientific mee tings. He serves as a reviewer for journals such

as American Journal of Kidney Diseases; Americ an Journal of Preventive Medicine; Annals of Epidemiology; Cancer Epidemiology, Biomar kers & Prevention; Environmental Research; and Environmental Science and Technology. Dr. Menke is a member of the American Heart Association, the Society for Epidemiologic Rese arch, and the American Diabetes Association.Final Biosketches

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 Medi cine. 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 hi s urban geochemistry research

in 1971 and his research has focused on accumula ted 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 me tal 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 wh ereby clean soils were brought in to reduce the potential for childhood exposure to lead and othe r 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 a nd chapters in scientif ic journals, books and proceedings and has served on editorial boards of scientific journals. He served on EPA’s Science Advisory Board to conduct a consultatio n 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 Envir onmental Geochemistry and Health.Final Biosketches

Paul Mushak, Ph.D., PB Associates

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

ii. Professional Experience: Dr. Mushak is a Senior Partner at PB Associates where he is a toxicologist and human health ri sk assessment specialist, princi pally working in the area of environmental lead and other metals, metalloids, and organometals. He received his Ph.D. in Organometal and Biological Chemis try from the University of Florida in 1970. Dr. Mushak also had extensive training and rese arch experience in metal and analytical toxicology in the Department of Pathology, University of Florid a School of Medicine. Hi s post-doctoral training was at the Yale University Department of Molecu lar Biophysics and Biochemistry in the area of biochemical toxicology and enzymo logy of certain toxic and essent ial metals. Dr. Mushak was a visiting professor at the Albert Einstein Colle ge of Medicine (1995-2010) and a faculty member from 1971 to 1993 at the University of North Ca rolina - 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 assessm ents. He was the author of the comprehensive lead book, Lead and Public Health: Science, Risk and Regulation (2011), 180 research articles, conference abstracts, and book chapters, and has served on approximately 50 expert advisory national and international committees including EP A’s Science Advisory Board Panel for the All Ages Lead Model, EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) – Lead Review Panel, and a number of Nationa l Academy of Sciences committees on environmental metals. Dr.

Mushak has co-authored more than two dozen risk assessment documents for various Federal and international agencies on lead, arsenic, ca dmium, 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 me tals 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.Final Biosketches

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 Amer ican 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. Sc hoof received her Ph.D. in Toxicology from the University of Cincinnati in 1982 and has more th an 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 litigati on projects. Dr. Schoof has direct ed evaluations of chemical toxicity, derivation of risk-based exposure le vels, health risk assessments for cancer and noncancer end points and multimedia exposure asse ssments. Dr. Schoof is an internationally recognized expert on evaluation of arsenic and othe r metals (including lead) in the environment, as well as in the human diet, and on the bioavailab ility of metals from soil. Her experience with lead has included numerous exposure studies and ri sk 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 litigatio n 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 Canadi an ministries, and on

several National Research Council committees. She ha s 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 wa s certified as a DABT starting in 1986 and is a Fellow of the Academy of Toxicol ogical Science. She is a member of the Society of Toxicology, Society for Risk Analysis and the International Soci ety for Exposure Science.Final Biosketches

Joel Schwartz, Ph.D., M.D., Harvard School of Public Health

i. Education: Brandeis University, Ph.D. in Theoretic al 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, Switzer land, in 2010. His research intere sts are in epidemiology and the health consequences of exposure to pollutants, focusing on the health e ffects 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 adul ts, neurological/cognitive effects in children, auditory effects in children, and effects of lead on children’s grow th. 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 chroni c effects of air pollution exposure and recently established that the exposure to fine combustion particles in ai r at concentrations well below current standards are associated with a range of a dverse health effects, le ading to a tightening of the U.S. air quality standards. He is also experienced in the mode ling of continuous covariates in epidemiologic studies, both for better covari ate 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 boa rds of several jour nals 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 Commi ttee, and the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Assessing Lead Expos ure in Critical Populations.Final Biosketches

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

i. Education: Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Ph.D. in Sciences (1987)

ii. Professional Experience: Dr. Steenhout is a Professor of Environmental Sciences at the Institute for Environmental Management and Physical Planning (I GEAT, Sciences Faculty) and is on the Pharmacy Faculty at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Brussels, Belgium. She also is Director of the Research Unit "Group for Ecotoxicological Evaluation on Pollutants, Safety and Impacts on Humans" (GEEPSIH) since 1997. Dr. Steenhout received her Ph .D. in Sciences from ULB in 1987, focusing her

research on the circulation and accumulation of lead in humans and the environment. Dr. Steenhout’s experience includes environmental epidemiology, soci al and vulnerability factors, exposure assessment, toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics 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 de veloped a lead biokinetic model (all-age) and exposure model (all sources) . Dr. Steenhout has perfo rmed model validation exercises for EPA on independent datasets, including U.S. soil lead studies. The models evaluated a variety of sources including lead paints and comp arisons with IUBK performances. Dr. Steenhout contributed regularly to EPA’s Lead Group, ECAO/NCEA, and to EPA’s Working Group on Lead Models and workshops. She was selected as a Member both of the Heavy Metals and the Biomonitoring Working Groups in the European SCALE Initiative (Dir ectorate General 'Environment' of the European Commission preparing EU integrated Environment and Health strategy for adoption by the Council of the European Union). Dr Steenhout has published about 70 peer-reviewed papers a nd book chapters, and 200 presentations. Consultant activities of Dr Steenhout include membership and inputs to about 150 government documents on risk assessment methods, e xposure estimates, toxicological reference values, or human and ecological assessments for specific inorga nic or organic chemicals, for Belgium, France or supranational entities, including the Scientific Co mmittee for Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER) of the European Commission, DG Health and Consumers.Final Biosketches

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 assess ment, and database experience. Prior to joining Cardno ChemRisk in 2004, 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, occupa tional exposure assessment, hu man health risk assessment, environmental fate and transport analysis, com puter 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 l ead-based paint, refinement of a biokinetic model

for cobalt which was based on a framework or iginally developed for the International Commission on Radiological Prot ection (ICRP) age specific biokine tic model for lead, and an

assessment of the adverse health effects associ ated with cobalt exposure. Mr. Unice has coauthored more than 35 journal articles on th e topics of biokinetic modeling, biomonitoring, environmental fate and transport models, meta ls exposure, pathogen risk assessment, and exposure reconstruction. Mr. Unice has served as an external p eer reviewer for EPA and as a peer reviewer on behalf of the Pennsylvania Depa rtment of Environmental Protection. He is a

member of the International Society of Exposure Science (IS ES) and the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA).Final Biosketches

Ian H. von Lindern, Ph.D., PE, TerraGraphics Environmen tal Engineering, Inc.

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

ii. Professional Experience: Dr. von Lindern is the Executive Director of TerraGraphics International Foundation (TIF O) a non-profit Humanitari an environmental response organization. He served as Chief Executive Offi cer and Principal Scien tist of TerraGraphics Environmental Engineering from 1984-2014. He has nearly 40 years of national and international environmental engineering/scie nce experience that includes a variety of environmental assessments; studies in air, wa ter, 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 i nvestigations involving primary and secondary lead smelters and battery processors, landfills, and uranium mill taili ngs at several major mining/smelting sites in the U.S., as well as inte rnationally. Dr. von Lindern 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 modeli ng in assessing human health risk, developing cleanup criteria and remedial design. TerraGraphics conducted sitespecific quantitative analysis of the relationship between obs erved blood lead levels and environmental variables, and one of the most exte nsive evaluations of lead paint as an additional source of exposure at a CERCLA s ite. 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 th e reduction of childhood blood lead levels and

remedial activities at this site. He has led five international cleanup projects in China, Russia, Dominican Republic, Senegal, and Zamfara, Ni geria where severe mortality and morbidity

effects have occurred in recent years. 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) Subcommitt ee 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 Child ren 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.Final Biosketches

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 (OE HHA) at the California Environmental Protection Agency. She

received her Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sc iences from the University of California at Berkeley in 2003 and her MPH degree in Occu pational and Environmental Health from the University of Minnesota, School of Public Hea lth 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 adul t populations. Dr. Vork has imple mented various statistical and mathematical modeling methods to estimate, adjust and check the accuracy and consistency of predictions from models combining expos ure pathways with physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) and biokine tic models. She is the primary author of the report entitled “Estimating Workplace Air and Worker Blood Lead Concentration using an Updated Physiologically-based Pharmacokinetic (PBP K) 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 publishe d 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 Tr aining Regulations for Lead Paint Abatement while working for the California Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, and also Chaired the Lead Training Course Planning Co mmittee while working for the Alameda County Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. Dr. Vork is currently a member of the Genetic and Environmental Toxicology Association of Northern California.