Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Center for Health Hazards Preparedness Health Management and Systems Sciences   Role: Faculty Title: Professor & Chair Office No: 4055 Address: 555 South Floyd St., Suite 4026 Phone: 502/852-3007 Fax: 502/852-3304 Student Office Hours: Wednesday 11AM - 12PM E-mail:  David.Tollerud@Louisville.edu

Background

David J. Tollerud, M.D., M.P.H. is Professor and Chair of the Department Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences and Program Director for the Masters of Public Health degree program. He received his M.D. degree from Mayo Medical School in 1978 and his M.P.H. degree from the Harvard School of Public Health in 1990. Dr. Tollerud has extensive clinical training, with specialty board certifications in internal medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine, and environmental and occupational medicine, with a long-standing interest in the health of disadvantaged and underserved populations.

Dr. Tollerud's research interests include the effects of environmental pollution on asthma and other health problems, particularly among children and inner-city disadvantaged populations. A second area of research interest is strategies to prevent work-related injury and illness. Dr. Tollerud has published over 60 scientific articles, books and book chapters, is a member of numerous professional and scientific organizations, and sits on a number of local, national and international committees dealing with environmental, occupational, and public health issues.

Ongoing funded projects include health effects of occupational exposures among workers at the Department of Energy facility in Paducah, Kentucky in collaboration with the University of Cincinnati and University of Kentucky. A newly developing collaboration will focus on the application of sophisticated biomonitoring equipment and principles of exercise physiology and ergonomics to prevent workplace injuries.

Community outreach and environmental education, particularly to African American and Hispanic communities, is also an important and growing focus of Dr. Tollerud and the Department's activities that include collaboration with other community and state agencies.

Research Interests

Asthma

Children's Environmental Health

Community outreach and environmental education

Environmental Justice

Health Effects of Air Pollution

Minority Environmental Health

Occupational Injuries and Illness

Teaching Activities

Environmental & Occupational Courses

Current Projects

Health Effects of Occupational Exposures Among Workers ;
Environmental Health Website;

Community Outreach Environmental Seminar; Biomonitoring Equipment to Prevent Workplace Injuries

Service

University of Louisville:

Member, University Biosafety Task Force

Member, University DFA Distinguished Teaching Award Committee

Member, University Individual Conflict of Interest Committee

Member, University Scholar Award Committee

Member: Partnership for a Green City Project; Co-Chair, Environmental Health Committee

Member: Community Farm Alliance, Research Advisory Team

Teach course segments in the Institute for Public Health Research Environmental Health

Consult with U of L Environmental Health Services on specific issues as requested

School of Public Health and Information Sciences:

Dean's Executive Committee

Council of Chairs and Deans

Curriculum Committee

Accreditation Committee

Issues Course Committee

Portfolio Committee

Degree Working Group Committee

Program Director, Masters of Public Health degree program

Chair, Search Committees for Health Management & Systems Sciences and Health Knowledge & Cognitive Sciences department chairs and faculty for Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences department

National:

Member, Institute of Medicine Environmental Health Roundtable, Washington, DC

Board Member, Institute of Medicine; Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, Poison Prevention Committee.

Member, National Academy of Science; Chair, Disposition of the Air Force Health Study (AFHS)

Chair, American Thoracic Society, Environmental and Occupational Health Assembly

Chair, Committee on Superfund Site Assessment and Remediation in the Coeur d'Alene River Basin, National Research Council, Washington, DC.

Numerous NIH Study Sections

Professional Memberships:

American College of Chest Physicians

American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

American College of Physicians

American College of Preventive Medicine

American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)

American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)

American Public Health Association

American Society of Hematology

American Thoracic Society

European Respiratory Society

Editorial Board Membership:

American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Editorial Review Board Member

Journal of Occupational Hearing Loss, Editorial Board Member

Institute of Medicine, Review Coordinator, Gulf War Health, Phase IV

Mentoring Activities

Mentoring several graduate students.

Honors and Awards

2000-02: Selected to be Chair, Environmental and Occupational Health Assembly Long Range Planning Committee of the American Thoracic Society.

2001: Selected to be a National Associate, National Academies of Science

2001-05: Selected as Member, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC

2003-05: Elected Chair, Environmental and Occupational Health Assembly, American Thoracic Society

2003-05: Member of the Board of Directors, American Thoracic Society

2005: Received Distinguished University Scholar Award from the University of Louisville

Office Hours

By Appointment
Contact Barbara Parker, Administrative Assistant at 502-852-3290

My Support Staff

Barbara Parker, Administrative Assistant

Outside Interests

Traveling

Publications

Books
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"Characterizing Exposure of Veterans to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides Used in Vietnam: Final Report"
Hoel DG, Hammond SK, Koller LD, Loomis DP, Rappaport SM, Smith TJ, Tollerud DJ, Zeise L.  Washington DC; National Academy Press
Publication Date: 2003
 
"lDistribution and Administration of Potassium Iodide in the Event of a Nuclear Incident"
Tollerud DJ (Committee Chair), Becker DV, Braverman LE, Keller LR, Langley KS, Maher TJ, Miller K, Reiners CH-J, Russel JJ, Volland RH, Wilds EL, Williams ED, Zeise L.  Washington, DC; National Academies Press
Publication Date: 2003
 
"Herbicide/Doxin Exposure and Type 2 Diabetes"
Tollerud DJ, (Committee Chair).  Washington, DC; National Academy Press
Publication Date: 2000
 
"Veterans and Agent Orange. Update 1998"
Tollerud DJ, (Committee Chair).  Washington, DC; National Academy Press
Publication Date: 1998
 
"Veterans and Agent Orange. Update 1996."
Tollerud DJ, (Committee Chair)..  Washington DC; National Academy Press
Publication Date: 1997
 
"Characterizing Exposure of Veterans to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides Used in Vietnam: Scientific Considerations Regarding a Request for Proposals for Research"
Hoel DG, Hammond SK, Koller LD, Loomis DP, Rappaport SM, Smith TJ, Tollerud DJ, Zeise L.  Washington DC; National Academy Press
Publication Date: 1997
 
"Veterans and Agent Orange"
Fallon H, Tollerud DJ (Committee Vice-Chair), Breslow N, Berlin J, Bolla K, Colditz G, Goetz C, Kaminski N, Kriebel D, Mottet NK, Neugut A, Nicholson W, Olshan A, Rodgers K, Sprince N, Weisel C.  Washington DC; National Academy Press
Publication Date: 1993
 
Book Chapters
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"Outdoor Air Pollution"
"Occupational, Industrial, and Environmental Toxicology"
McDow S, Tollerud DJ. Michael Greenberg; St. Louis, MO: Mosby;
Publication Date:
 
"Educational Opportunities"
"A Practical Approach to Occupational and Environment Medicine"
Tollerud DJ, Emmett EA.. Robert McCunney; Wilkins, PA: Lippencott Williams;
Publication Date: 2003
 
"Foundries and Steelmaking"
"Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Disease"
Muldoon SR, Tollerud DJ. Harper P, Balmes J, Schenker M; St. Louis, MO: Mosby;
Publication Date: 1994
 
Journal Articles
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"Serum neopterin, beta-2 microglobulin, soluble interleukin-2 receptors, and immunoglobulin levels in healthy adolescents."
Satoh T, Brown LM, Maloney EM, Kurma CC, Nelson DL, Fuchs D, Wachter H, Tollerud DJ.. Clin Immunol Immunopathol; 1998(88 (2)): 176-182
Publication Date: 1998 (2)
 
"Nasal Lavage Inflammatory Mediators as Biomarkers of Upper Airway Exposure to Fuel Oil Ash"
Woodin MA, Hauser R, Siegel PD, Tollerud DJ, Lewis DM, Liu Y, Smith T, Christiani DC. Am J Resp Crit Care Med; 158(1): 182-187
Publication Date: 1998
 
"Blood Interleukin-8 Production in Chemical Workers with Bronchitic Symptoms"
Keman S, Willemse B, Tollerud DJ, Guevarra L, Schins RP, Borm PJA. Am J Ind Med; 32(6): 670-673
Publication Date: 1997 Dec
 
"The Association of Ambient Air Pollution with Twice Daily Peak Expiratory Flow Rate Measurements in Children"
Neas LM, Dockery DW, Koutrakis P, Tollerud DJ, Speizer FE. Am J Epidem; 141(): 111-122
Publication Date: 1995
 
"A Model for Assessing the Respiratory Hypersensitivity Potential of Chemical Allergens"
Satoh S, Kramarik JA, Tollerud DJ, Karol MH. Toxicology Letters; 78(): 57-66
Publication Date: 1995
 
"Racial Variation in Serum Soluble Interleukin-2 Receptor Levels: A Population-based Study of Healthy Smokers and Nonsmokers"
Tollerud DJ, Kurman CC, Morris-Brown L, Nelson DL, Blattner WA. J Immunol Immunopathol; 70(3): 274-279
Publication Date: 1994 March
 
"Elevated Soluble Interleukin-2 Receptors in Young Healthy Cigarette Smokers"
Tollerud DJ, Weiss ST, Leung DYM. Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol; 97(): 25-30
Publication Date: 1992
 
"Asthma, Hay Fever, and Phlegm Production are Associated with Distinct Patterns of Allergy Skin Test Reactivity, Eosinophilia, and Serum IgE Level: The Normative Aging Study"
Tollerud DJ, O'Connor GT, Sparrow D, Weiss ST. Am Rev Resp Dis; 144(): 776-781
Publication Date: 1991
 
"T-Cell Subsets in Healthy Black Smokers and Nonsmokers. Evidence for Ethnic Group as an Important Response Modifier"
Tollerud DJ, Brown LM, Blattner WA, Mann DL, Pankiw-Trost L, Hoover RA. Am Rev Resp Dis; 144(): 612-616
Publication Date: 1991
 
"T-Cell Subsets in Healthy Teenagers: The Transition to the Adult Phenotype"
Tollerud DJ, Ildstad ST, Brown LM, Clark JW, Blattner WA, Mann DL, Neuland CY, Pankiw-Trost L, Hoover RN. Clin Immunol Immunopathol; 56(): 88-96
Publication Date: 1990
 
"Association of Cigarette Smoking with Decreased Numbers of Circulating Natural Killer Cells"
Tollerud DJ, Clark JW, Brown LM, Neuland CY, Mann DL, Pankiw-Trost LK, Blattner WA, Hoover RN. Am Rev Resp Dis; 139(): 194-198
Publication Date: 1989
 
"The Influence of Age, Race, and Gender on Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Subsets in Healthy Nonsmokers"
Tollerud DJ, Clark JW, Brown LM, Neuland CY, Pankiw-Trost LK, Blattner WA, Hooker RN. J Clin Immunology; 9(): 214-222
Publication Date: 1989
 
"The Effects of Cigarette Smoking on T-Cell Subsets: A Population-Based Survey of Healthy Caucasians"
Tollerud DJ, Clark JW, Brown LM, Neuland CY, Mann DL, Pankiw-Trost, LK, Blattner WA, Hoover RN. Am Rev Resp Dis; 139(): 1446-1451
Publication Date: 1989