Anthony DeCaprio

Anthony DeCaprio is currently a Professor of environmental health sciences at the School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he teaches graduate courses in toxicology, risk assessment, and occupational/environmental health. Prior to this, he was an Associate Professor in environmental health and toxicology, a Director of the Exposure Assessment Laboratory, State University of New York, and a Research Scientist at the New York State Department of Health. He has also held positions as a Senior Scientist with several environmental consulting firms. Dr. DeCaprio’s current research interests include human exposure assessment and the development and application of exposure biomarkers in environmental and occupational health. He has been involved in exposure assessment studies for native American populations and other communities and occupational cohorts in USA. He has also published extensively on mechanisms of organic solvent neurotoxicity, protein adduct formation by reactive xenobiotics, and dioxin/PCB toxicology and exposure assessment. He received his B.S. degree in biology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and his Ph.D. degree in toxicology from Albany Medical College. Dr. DeCaprio is a Member of the Society of Toxicology, the International Society of Exposure Analysis, and the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. He has been a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology since 1986. He has authored over 50 technical articles and book chapters and is the Editor of a recently published book called Toxicologic Biomarkers.

Biography Updated on 2 April 2008

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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. PCBs and cognitive functioning of Mohawk adolescents
    Neurotoxicology and Teratology, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 439–445, 2006
  2. Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure assessment by multivariate statistical analysis of serum congener profiles in an adult Native American population
    Environmental Research, vol. 98, no. 3, pp. 284–302, 2005
  3. Protein Adduct Formation as a Molecular Mechanism in Neurotoxicity
    Toxicological Sciences, vol. 86, no. 2, pp. 214–225, 2005
  4. Relationship of Lead, Mercury, Mirex, Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene, Hexachlorobenzene, and Polychlorinated Biphenyls to Timing of Menarche Among Akwesasne Mohawk Girls
    PEDIATRICS, vol. 115, no. 2, pp. e127–e134, 2005
  5. Waste Crankcase Oil: An Environmental Contaminant with Potential to Modulate Estrogenic Responses
    Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A, vol. 67, no. 14, pp. 1081–1094, 2004
  6. Thyroid function in relation to burden of PCBs, ,?-DDE, HCB, mirex and lead among Akwesasne Mohawk youth: a preliminary study
    Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 91–99, 2004
  7. ?-Diketone neuropathy: axon atrophy and the role of cytoskeletal protein adduction
    Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, vol. 199, no. 1, pp. 20–34, 2004
  8. The Toxicology of Hydroquinone -- Relevance to Occupational and Environmental Exposure
    Critical Reviews in Toxicology, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 283–330, 1999
  9. Characterization of glutathione conjugates of pyrrolylated amino acids and peptides by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry with electrospray ionization
    Journal of Chromatography B: Biomedical Sciences and Applications, vol. 688, no. 2, pp. 187–196, 1997
  10. Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 31, no. 7, pp. 1837–1848, 1997
  11. Regioselective Binding of 2,5-Hexanedione to High-Molecular-Weight Rat Neurofilament Proteinsin Vitro
    Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, vol. 145, no. 1, pp. 211–217, 1997
  12. Solid-state 13C-NMR spectroscopy of adduction products of 2,5-hexanedione with ribonuclease, albumin, and rat neurofilament protein
    Chemico-Biological Interactions, vol. 102, no. 2, pp. 101–116, 1996
  13. Inhibition of 2,5-Hexanedione-Induced Protein Crosslinking by Biological Thiols: Chemical Mechanisms and Toxicological Implications
    Chemical Research in Toxicology, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 764–771, 1995
  14. Chemical Research in Toxicology, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 551–558, 1994
  15. Analysis of alkylpyrrole autoxidation products by high-performance liquid chromatography with thermospray mass spectrometry and UV photodiode-array detection1
    Journal of Chromatography A, vol. 628, no. 1, pp. 37–47, 1993
  16. Limited and selective adduction of carboxyl-terminal lysines in the high molecular weight neurofilament proteins by 2,5-hexanedione in vitro
    Brain Research, vol. 586, no. 2, pp. 219–228, 1992
  17. Application of clinical laboratory measurements to issues of environmental health
    Clinica Chimica Acta, vol. 206, no. 1-2, pp. 83–93, 1992
  18. Chemical Research in Toxicology, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 496–504, 1992
  19. Comparative neurotoxicity and pyrrole-forming potential of 2,5-hexanedione and perdeuterio-2,5-hexanedione in the rat*1, *2
    Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, vol. 92, no. 1, pp. 75–85, 1988
  20. Subchronic oral toxicity of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in the guinea pig: Comparisons with a PCB-containing transformer fluid pyrolysate
    Fundamental and Applied Toxicology, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 454–463, 1986
  21. Alterations in rat axonal cytoskeletal proteins induced by in vitro and in vivo 2,5-hexanedione exposure*1
    Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, vol. 78, no. 2, pp. 235–247, 1985
  22. Molecular mechanisms of diketone neurotoxicity
    Chemico-Biological Interactions, vol. 54, pp. 257–270, 1985
  23. The role of environmental matrices and experimental vehicles in chlorinated dibenzodioxin and dibenzofuran toxicity
    Chemosphere, vol. 14, no. 6-7, pp. 685–695, 1985
  24. Neurotoxicity and protein binding of 2,5-hexanedione in the hen*1, *2
    Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 297–307, 1983
  25. Subchronic oral toxicity in guinea pigs of soot from a polychlorinated biphenyl-containing transformer fire
    Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 308–322, 1983
  26. Acute toxicity in guinea pigs and rabbits of soot from a polychlorinated biphenyl-containing transformer fire
    Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 425–439, 1982
  27. Covalent binding of a neurotoxic n-hexane metabolite: Conversion of primary amines to substituted pyrrole adducts by 2,5-hexanedione*1, *2
    Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 440–450, 1982
  28. Central and peripheral neurotoxic esterase activity and dose-response relationship in adult hens after acute and chronic oral administration of diisopropyl fluorophosphate
    Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, vol. 2, no. 3-4, pp. 383–399, 1978