Education and Training

B.Sc.: University of Delhi
M.Sc.: National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Pharmaceutics)
M.Sc.: University of Louisville (Pharmacology & Toxicology)
Ph.D.: University of Louisville (Pharmacology & Toxicology)

Research Interests

• Environmental Toxicology and Endocrinology
• Environmental Liver Disease
• Gut-Liver Interactions
• Sex Differences
• Community Science
• Environmental Health Disparities

Featured Publications

• Wahlang B. RISING STARS: Sex differences in toxicant-associated fatty liver disease. J Endocrinol. 2023 Jun 16;258(1):e220247. doi: 10.1530/JOE-22-0247. PMID: 37074385.
• Piell KM, Petri BJ, Head KZ, Wahlang B, Xu R, Zhang X, Pan J, Rai SN, de Silva K, Chariker JH, Rouchka EC, Tan M, Li Y, Cave MC, Klinge CM. Disruption of the mouse liver epitranscriptome by long-term aroclor 1260 exposure. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 2023 Jun;100:104138. doi: 10.1016/j.etap.2023.104138. Epub 2023 May 1. PMID: 37137421.
• Liu S, He L, Bannister OB, Li J, Schnegelberger RD, Vanderpuye CM, Althouse AD, Schopfer FJ, Wahlang B, Cave MC, Monga SP, Zhang X, Arteel GE, Beier JI. Western diet unmasks transient low-level vinyl chloride-induced tumorigenesis; potential role of the (epi-)transcriptome. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2023 Jun 1;468:116514. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2023.116514. Epub 2023 Apr 14. PMID: 37061008; PMCID: PMC10164119.
• Wahlang B, Gao H, Rai SN, Keith RJ, McClain CJ, Srivastava S, Cave MC, Bhatnagar A. Associations between residential volatile organic compound exposures and liver injury markers: The role of biological sex and race. Environ Res. 2023 Mar 15;221:115228. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115228. Epub 2023 Jan 4. PMID: 36610539; PMCID: PMC9957966.
• Gripshover TC, Wahlang B, Head KZ, Young JL, Luo J, Mustafa MT, Kirpich IA, Cave MC. The environmental pollutant, polychlorinated biphenyl 126, alters liver function in a rodent model of alcohol-associated liver disease. Alcohol (Hanover). 2023 Jan;47(1):60-75. doi: 10.1111/acer.14976. Epub 2022 Dec 1. PMID: 36377258; PMCID: PMC9974797.
• Petri BJ, Piell KM, Wahlang B, Head KZ, Andreeva K, Rouchka EC, Cave MC, Klinge CM. Polychlorinated biphenyls alter hepatic m6A mRNA methylation in a mouse model of environmental liver disease. Environ Res. 2023 Jan 1;216(Pt 3):114686. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114686. Epub 2022 Oct 28. PMID: 36341798; PMCID: PMC10120843.
• Petri BJ, Piell KM, Wahlang B, Head KZ, Andreeva K, Rouchka EC, Pan J, Rai SN, Cave MC, Klinge CM. Multiomics analysis of the impact of polychlorinated biphenyls on environmental liver disease in a mouse model. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 2022 Aug;94:103928. doi: 10.1016/j.etap.2022.103928. Epub 2022 Jul 6. PMID: 35803474.
• Zelko IN, Taylor BS, Das TP, Watson WH, Sithu ID, Wahlang B, Malovichko MV, Cave MC, Srivastava S. Effect of vinyl chloride exposure on cardiometabolic toxicity. Environ Toxicol. 2022 Feb;37(2):245-255. doi: 10.1002/tox.23394. Epub 2021 Oct 30. PMID: 34717031; PMCID: PMC8724461.
• Cave MC, Pinkston CM, Rai SN, Wahlang B, Pavuk M, Head KZ, Carswell GK, Nelson GM, Klinge CM, Bell DA, Birnbaum LS, Chorley BN. Circulating MicroRNAs, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, and Environmental Liver Disease in the Anniston Community Health Survey. Environ Health Perspect. 2022 Jan;130(1):17003. doi: 10.1289/EHP9467. Epub 2022 Jan 6. PMID: 34989596; PMCID: PMC8734566.
• Wahlang B, Gripshover TC, Gao H, Krivokhizhina T, Keith RJ, Sithu ID, Rai SN, Bhatnagar A, McClain CJ, Srivastava S, Cave MC. Associations Between Residential Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds and Liver Injury Markers. Toxicol Sci. 2021 Dec 28;185(1):50-63. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfab119. PMID: 34668566; PMCID: PMC8714366.