My research exploits the complementary aspects of the epidemiological, toxicological, and environmental sciences to develop and refine quantitative risk assessment methods to improve the public’s health. The new concepts of cumulative risk assessment present an opportunity to create interdisciplinary approaches to public and environmental health because of the multiple determinants of health framework that serves as its foundation. My work addresses the health effects of exposure to chemical mixtures including whether differential exposure to mixtures contributes to racial and ethnic health disparities. Current US environmental policies address one chemical at a time while actual exposures occur as multiple chemical mixtures. Through my research I seek to inform environmental policies that account for multiple chemical and non chemical exposures.

environmental health, risk assessment, cumulative risk, public policy, community health

American Association for the Advancement of Science Risk Policy Fellowship, 2001

Centers for Disease Control Dissertation Grant, 1999

Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute Scholarship, 1999

Society for Risk Analysis Student Abstract Award, 1998

Avoca Rod and Gun Club Environmental Scholarship, 1996

Phi Beta Kappa, 1987

Fox, M., Chari, R., Resnick, B., Burke, T. (2009) Potential for chemical mixture exposures and health risks in New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 15 (4): 831-845.

White, R., Cote, I., Zeise, L., Fox, M., Dominici, F., Burke, T., White, P., Hattis, D., Samet, J. (2009) State-of-the-Science Workshop Report: Issues and Approaches in Low Dose–Response Extrapolation for Environmental Health Risk Assessment. Environmental Health Perspectives 17(2):283-287.

Fox, M.A., Tran, N.L., Groopman, J.D., Burke, T.A. (2004) Toxicological Resources for Cumulative Risk: An Example with Hazardous Air Pollutants. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology 40(3):305-311.

Fox, M.A., Groopman, J.D., Burke, T.A. (2002) Evaluating Cumulative Risk Assessment for Environmental Justice: A Community Case Study. Environmental Health Perspectives 110(Suppl. 2):203-209.

Burke, T.A., Litt, J.S., Fox, M.A. (2000) Linking Public Health and the Health of the Chesapeake Bay. Environmental Research Section A 82:143-149.

Tran, N.L., Burke, T.A., Fox, M.A., Litt, J.S., Shalauta, N.M., Ruscio, B. (1999) Environmental Health Risk Assessment Methodology for Application in Oversea Military Deployment. Applied Physics Lab Technical Digest 20(3).