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Center Administrators

Superfund Research Program

The SRP Center Administrators, under the direction of the Center Directors, provide infrastructure for fiscal and administrative support for the SRP projects and Cores. The Center Administrators handle the financial/budgetary aspects of their respective Centers.

Contact information for each Center Administrator is listed below. Links to the SRP Center pages are also provided.

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Baylor College of Medicine: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Ultrasensitive Detection, Early Life Exposures-Clinical Outcomes (Preterm Births, Chronic Lung Disease, and Neurocognitive Deficits), Prevention and Remediation

Center Administrator: Cynthia Shope
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas 77030
Phone: 713-798-4192
Email: cshope@bcm.edu

Columbia University: Columbia University and Northern Plains Partnership for the Superfund Research Program

Center Administrator: Nancy J Lolacono
Columbia University
Mailman School of Public Health
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
New York, New York 10032
Phone: 212-305-1623
Email: njl2@columbia.edu

Duke University: Duke University Superfund Research Center - Developmental Co-Exposures: Mechanisms, Outcomes, and Remediation

Center Administrator: Jessica Straehle
Duke University
Nicholas School of the Environment
LSRC Bldg A, Rm 309B
Box 90328
Durham, North Carolina 27708
Email: jessica.straehle@duke.edu

Louisiana State University: Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals

Center Administrator: Gina L Billiot
Louisiana State University
Email: glarpe1@lsu.edu

Center Administrator: Kristen Curtis
Louisiana State University
Email: Kristen.curtis@pbrc.edu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: The MIT Superfund Research Program: A Systems Approach for the Protection of Human Health from Hazardous Chemicals

Center Administrator: Kathleen Brody
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Email: kbrody@mit.edu

Michigan State University: Environmental, Microbial and Mammalian Biomolecular Responses to AhR Ligands

Center Administrator: Amy S. Swagart
Michigan State University
Institute for Integrative Toxicology
1129 Farm Lane, Room 165H
Food Safety Toxicology Building
East Lansing, Michigan 48824
Phone: 517-432-3313
Email: swagart@msu.edu

North Carolina State University: Center for Environmental and Health Effects of PFAS

Center Administrator: Denise Hall
North Carolina State University
Toxicology Building 1104A
Campus Box 7633
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
Phone: 919-515-5710
Email: dwhall@ncsu.edu

Oregon State University: Center for the Science, Technology, and Emerging Health Risks of PAHs

Center Administrator: Shawn Tucker
Oregon State University
1011 Ag and Life Science Building
Corvallis, Oregon 97331-7302
Phone: 541-737-0908
Email: Shawn.tucker@oregonstate.edu

Texas A&M University: Comprehensive Tools and Models for Addressing Exposure to Mixtures During Environmental Emergency-Related Contamination Events

Center Administrator: Arlean Rohde
Texas A&M University
4458 TAMU
College Station, Texas 77843
Phone: 979-862-4063
Email: arohde@tamu.edu

University of Alabama at Birmingham: Impact of Airborne Heavy Metals on Lung Disease and the Environment

Center Administrator: Claire Auriemma
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
1900 University Blvd
Tinsley Harrison Tower, Suite 422
Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0006
Phone: 205-440-3361
Email: cauriemma@uabmc.edu

University of Arizona: The DUST Center: Hazardous Dust in Drylands - Exposure, Health Impacts, and Mitigation

Center Administrator: Elena Cameron
University of Arizona
Email: ercameron@arizona.edu

University of California-Berkeley: Toxic Substances in the Environment

Center Administrator: Cliona M McHale
University of California-Berkeley
School of Public Health
Environmental Health Sciences Division
2121 Berkeley Way West, Room 5302
Berkeley, California 94720-7360
Phone: 650-520-9354
Email: cmchale@berkeley.edu

University of Iowa: Iowa Superfund Research Program: Airborne PCBs: Sources, Exposures, Toxicities, Remediation

Center Administrator: David Purdy
University of Iowa
Phone: 319-335-4419
Email: david-purdy@uiowa.edu

University of Kentucky: Nutrition and Superfund Chemical Toxicity

Center Administrator: Jennifer L Moore
University of Kentucky
161 Oliver H. Raymond Building, Office 364
Lexington, Kentucky 40506
Phone: 859-218-1343
Email: j.moore2@uky.edu

University of Louisville: Environmental Exposure and Cardiometabolic Disease

Center Administrator: Millicent Gornek
University of Louisville
Email: millicent.gornek@louisville.edu

University of New Mexico: UNM Metals Exposure and Toxicity Assessment on tribal Lands in the Southwest (METALS) Superfund Research Program

Center Administrator: Carolyn Roman
University of New Mexico
1 University of New Mexico
MSC09 5360
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001
Phone: 505-272-6674
Email: cwroman@salud.unm.edu

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: The UNC Chapel Hill Superfund Research Program (UNC-SRP)

Center Administrator: Celeste Carberry
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Email: ccarberry@unc.edu

University of Rhode Island: Sources, Transport, Exposure & Effects of PFAS (STEEP) Center

Center Administrator: Catherine Dwyer
University of Rhode Island
Coastal Institute Building, Room 30
120 South Ferry Rd
Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882
Email: cathydwyer@uri.edu

University of Southern California: Southern California Superfund Research and Training Program for PFAS Assessment, Remediation, and Prevention (ShARP)

Center Administrator: Sarah Rock
University of Southern California
Email: srock@usc.edu

Wayne State University: Center for Leadership in Environmental Awareness and Research

Center Administrator: Tanisha Hodges
Wayne State University
Email: ft2195@wayne.edu

Center Administrator: Lara Treemore-Spears
Wayne State University
Email: treemorespears@wayne.edu

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Last Reviewed: May 27, 2026