Intermediate Term Training

Fall 2000

Andrea Adamcakova Dodd, MSc, PhD candidate (Iowa)

Research Assistant
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health
University of Iowa

(formerly at)
Institute of Preventive and Clinical Medicine
Department of Environmental Sciences
Bratislava, Slovakia

Fogarty Training in Iowa

Courses: Epidemiology Data Analysis, Environmental Health, Principles of Epidemiology

Mentor: Peter Thorne, PhD, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health

Professional Interests

Epidemiology of allergic diseases in relation to the environment. Current projects include:

• Allergic Diseases among Children in The Slovak Republic, a project jointly funded by the Institute of Preventive and Clinical Medicine, Slovakia, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
• Toxicology as Possible Risk Factor for Allergy Development.
• A Prospective Laboratory and Epidemiologic Investigation of Allergic Diseases among Central European Children: Placental Uptake and Transfer of Environmental Chemicals Relating to Allergy in Childhood Years.
• Impact of Placental Contamination on Th1/Th2 Cytokine Secretion in Cord Blood and Allergy Development in Childhood .

Workshops

April 02. RESPIRATORY INFLAMMATION, ASTHMA AND ALLERGIC DISEASES, A. Adamcakova, P. Thorne

Nadja Dekleva, PhD

Consultant
Ministry of Agriculture
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Fogarty Training in Iowa

Courses: Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Groundwater, Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Health

Mentor: Jerald Schnoor, Ph.D.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Professional Interests

Forestry and food control.

Microbial degradation of organophosphates, and enhanced microbial degradation of PAH in the presence of root exudates.

Workshops

Oct. 01. BIOREMEDIATION AND PHYTOREMEDIATION OF ORGANICS AND NUTRIENTS, N. Dekleva, Jerry Schnoor

Jana Kubienova, MD, PhD

Research Assistant (formerly at)
Palacky University College of Medicine
Department of Preventive Medicine
Olomouc, Czech Republic

Fogarty Training in Iowa

Courses: Epidemiological Problems, Exercise Programs with Special Populations, Nutrition Research Strategies, Epidemiology Data Analysis, Biostatistical Methods

Mentors: James Merchant and Linda Snetselaar
College of Public Health

Professional Interests

• Effects of life style on health.
• Nutrition and human health.

Workshops

June 01. NUTRITION AND CHRONIC DISEASES, J. Kubienova, Linda Snetselaar

Attila Savary, MD, PhD

University of Debrecen School of Public Health
Department of Preventive Medicine
Debrecen, Hungary

Fogarty Training in Iowa

Courses: Independent Study in Occupational and Environmental Health, Principles of Epidemiology, Environmental Health

Mentor: Lar Fuortes, MD
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health
College of Public Health

Professional Interests

• Intracellular function of FXIIIA in monocytes and macrophages.
• Pesticide exposures and health.