Marie Bourgeois, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Global, Environmental, and Genomic Health Sciences

Concentration Co-Lead, Health, Safety and Environment

Concentration Co-Lead, Environmental & Occupational Health

Director, Center for Environmental / Occupational Risks Analysis & Management

Contact Info

• Office: CPH 1110
• Academic Email: mmbourge@usf.edu
• Academic Phone: (813) 974-6633
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Education

Discipline

Exposure Science

Specialization

• Toxicology
• Risk Assessment and Analysis
• Health and Safety
• Environmental and Occupational Health

Biography

Dr. Bourgeois conducts primary toxicology research and human health, environmental, and occupational exposure and risk assessments/analyses. She designs studies evaluating the adverse effects of industrial chemicals, environmental chemicals and licit/illicit drugs using in silico, in vivo and in vitro models. She has published and presented research on a variety of topics related to the effect of multiple factors on the urinary expression of biomarkers of inflammation, renal failure, oxidative stress, and cardiac dysfunction. Past research activities also include the effect of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibition on chemical induced toxicity. Her current research focuses on elucidating mechanisms of chemical and drug-induced toxicity and studying populations with occupational or environmental exposures to contaminants of known or emerging concern.

Research Interests

• Morbidity and Mortality of Chronic Exposures
• Environmental Fate and Effect
• Bioaccumulation of CECs Across Species and Populations
• Lactational Transfer of Pesticides and Other Environmental Contaminants
• Environmental Contaminants in Infant Nutrition
• Chemical Analysis and Toxicity assessment of Pharma (licit, illicit and grey area)
• Distance Education and Training on Emerging Contaminants and Technologies (DETECT)