Thesis Title: Distribution, Elimination and Toxicity assessment of Semi-volatile Polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) after Inhalation Exposure

Advisor: Peter Thorne, Ph.D.

Year of Graduation: 2013

Program: Ph.D.

Current Position: Assistant Professor

Current Employer/Institution: Emory University

Publications from Human Toxicology Program Research:

Hu X, Adamcakova-Dodd A, Lehmler HJ, Hu D, Kania-Korwel I, Hornbuckle KC, Thorne PS, Time course of congener uptake and elimination in rats after short-term inhalation exposure to an airborne polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) mixture, Environ Sci Technol. 2010 Sep 1;44(17):6893-900. doi: 10.1021/es101274b.

Hu X, Adamcakova-Dodd A, Lehmler HJ, Hu D, Hornbuckle K, Thorne PS, Subchronic inhalation exposure study of an airborne polychlorinated biphenyl mixture resembling the Chicago ambient air congener profile, Environ Sci Technol. 2012 Sep 4;46(17):9653-62. doi: 10.1021/es301129h.

Hu X, Lehmler HJ, Adamcakova-Dodd A, Thorne PS, Elimination of inhaled 3,3'-dichlorobiphenyl and the formation of the 4-hydroxylated metabolite, Environ Sci Technol. 2013 May 7;47(9):4743-51. doi: 10.1021

Hu, X., Adamcakova-Dodd, A., and Thorne, P.S. (2014) The fate of inhaled (14)C-labeled PCB11 and its metabolites in vivo, Environment International, 63 92-100.

Hu X, Adamcakova-Dodd A, Lehmler HJ, Gibson-Corley KN, Thorne PS. Toxicity evaluation of exposure to an atmospheric mixture of polychlorinated biphenyls by nose-only and whole-body inhalation regimens, Environ. Sci. Technol.2015:49,11875-83

LinkedIn page