Division of Toxicology

Division Director
Valeria Culotta, PhD
Wolfe Street Building, Room E7626
410-955-4712; vculotta@jhsph.edu

Divisional Office
Brenda Robb
Wolfe Street Building, Room E7532
410-955-4712; brobb@jhsph.edu

Toxicology is a discipline in which the basic principles of chemistry, cell and molecular biology, and physiology are brought to bear upon investigations of the adverse effects of chemical agents on living systems. The research involves studies of mechanisms of toxicity in biological systems from the molecular and cellular levels to the intact host, with emphasis on cellular macromolecules and biochemical processes as targets for environmental toxicants.

The Division's laboratories are well equipped for research at the molecular, biochemical, cellular and whole animal levels. The faculty are also members of the Johns Hopkins Center in Urban-Environmental Health supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center supported by the National Cancer Institute.

"The dose makes the poison."
 "Toxicology is part of the solution."

 Toxicology ... is the science that studies the harmful effects of drugs, environmental contaminants, and naturally occurring substances found in food, water, air and soil.
Toxicology... research provides understanding of the mechanisms by which chemical substances cause injury, and this information can be used in the treatment of poisonings.
Source: Society of Toxicology

For additional information, contact Nina Kulacki, Senior Academic Program Coordinator, at 410-955-2212 or nkulacki@jhsph.edu