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At EOHSI, Dr. Shalat has pioneered the use of digital videography for quantifying the role of child behavior as a modifier of exposure to environmental toxins (EPA STAR# R827440. His work in infants and young children has revealed that dose is highly correlated with children’s patterns of mouthing behaviors. He has built on that understanding of child behavior in the development of the Pre-toddler Inhalable Particulate Environ-mental Robotic (PIPER) Sampler for determining early childhood inhalation exposures, which is the subject of a current R01 (ES014717). He is also collaborating with investigators at the University of Miami on the role of Florida Red Tide in childhood respiratory problems. He has initiated recent collaborations with other Center members and is developing translational studies of the role of gene-environment interactions with regards to pesticide exposures in childhood and ADHD. Dr. Shalat is also a Co-Investigator with the Queens Vanguard Center of the National Children’s Study (NICHD - Contract # 0258-325-4609).
Dr. Shalat is Associate Professor in the UMDNJ-RWJMS Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine. He has spent the last two decades investigating how environmental exposures affect the health of children and the developing fetus |
