NCSU Toxicology

Our Mission

Our mission is to provide students with comprehensive training in toxicology and environmental health sciences and to ensure they are adept at conducting high impact environmental health research, communicating effectively to a wide variety of audiences, and working as part of multidisciplinary teams. Our graduates go on to successful careers in academia, industry, and government.

The NC State Toxicology Program draws on a interdisciplinary group of faculty from Biological Sciences, Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Statistics, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Engineering, Entomology, and Plant Pathology to provide outstanding research and training in Toxicology and Environmental Health Sciences for MS and PhD students. 

Environmental health science research at NC State has never been stronger as evidenced by the renewal of our NIEHS training grant “Molecular Pathways to Pathogenesis in Toxicology,” now in its 41st year, our NIEHS EHS Core Center Center for Human Health and the Environment, and a recently awarded Superfund Research Program (SRP) Center for Environmental and Health Effects of PFAS.

Our program and centers serve as extraordinary resources for students providing them access to core facilities, sponsored symposia, seminars, workshops, and numerous professional development opportunities.

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Academics

Students benefit from the cohesiveness of our program structure and from the interdisciplinary nature of the program.

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Research

Toxicology research spans an array of topics ranging from the molecular to population level consequences of toxicant exposure.

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People

Meet the faculty, staff, postdocs and students that make up our program.

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Toxicology Highlight

#ToxPack at #2023SOT

The 62nd Annual SOT Meeting and ToxExpo provided an opportunity for NC State Toxicology students, post-docs, and faculty to share their research with toxicologists from across the country and world. It also provided an opportunity for current students to meet with NC State Toxicology alums.

Pictured, L-R: Sean Cone, Gillian Szabo, Dorothy You (Bonner Lab alumna), Ashley Connors, Oindrila Paul (former Hoyo lab member), Stacy Schkoda, Logan Tisch, Katherine Duke (Bonner Lab alumna), Ryan Bartone, Sebnem Eren-Cevik, Vicmarie Marrero-Colon

Julia Grzymkowski successfully defends thesis!

On Wednesday, March 15, Julia Grzymkowski officially became Dr. Julia Grzymkowski with the successful defense of her dissertation, “The Impact of Atrazine-Induced Metabolic Dysfunction on Intestinal Morphogenesis.” Julia’s advisor is Dr. Nanette Nascone-Yoder. Julia will join MedThink SciCom as a scientific writer/communicator. Congratulations to Julia!

Gaddameedhi and the importance of sleep

Dr. Shobhan Gaddameedhi’s work on the importance of sleep on human health was recently highlighted in the Technician, the official student newspaper of NC State University.

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Irvin awarded inaugural Fellowship

Elizabeth Irvin, a second year doctoral student in Dr. Hong Wang’s lab, is one of 30 outstanding doctoral students across the NCSU campus to be awarded an inaugural Goodnight Doctoral Fellowship. This award recognizes Elizabeth’s academic success as a Toxicology student and is renewable for up to four years. A prestigious award, providing an additional supplement directly to the student and covering the cost of student fees, we are thrilled one of our graduate students was chosen as a recipient in the inaugural class of Goodnight Doctoral Fellows.

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