Cutting-Edge Research on Environmental Processes & Impacts
Dr Jose Centeno
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, USA
Dr. José A. Centeno is a Senior Supervisory Research Scientist and Chief of the Division of Biophysical Toxicology at the Department of Environmental and Infectious Disease Sciences, U.S. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) in Washington. D.C. Dr. Centeno received is BS and MS in chemistry from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez in 1979 and 1981, respectively; and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Michigan State University in 1987. He is the Director of the International Tissue and Tumor Repository on Chronic Arseniasis, the Registry on Uranium and Depleted Uranium, and the International Registry on Medical Geology. He has published over 85 manuscripts, 6 book chapters, and over 100 research abstracts on various topics of trace elements, metals and metalloids, medical geology, environmental toxicology, biomedical research and environmental health issues. He serves on the Editorial Board of five scientific journals, as Associate Editor of the book on Essentials of Medical Geology (2005), as Associate Editor of the book Metal Contaminants in New Zealand (2005), and as founding member and Co-Chairman of the International Medical Geology Association. Dr. Centeno holds adjunct faculty professorships at major universities and medical institutions including the George Washington University-School of Public Health, Turabo University, Jackson State University, and Hope University-Medical School. Over the last decade, he has focused attention on environmental toxicology, environmental pathology, medical geology, and health effects of trace elements, metals and metalloids, and has conducted research and teaching training activities on medical geology in over 30 countries.
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