Mary Ann Smith

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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
School of Public Health
Environmental Sciences
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 1991
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Co-DirectorAppointed: 1993
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Graduate FacultyAppointed: 1991

Mailing Address

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
School of Public Health
1200 Herman Pressler Drive, RAS W644
Houston, Texas 77030
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (713) 500-9236
Mary.A.Smith@uth.tmc.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, Pharmacology/Toxicology, 1984.
B.S., University of Texas at Austin, Pharmacy, 1979.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Environmental Sciences.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)

Memberships

American Association for the Advancement of Science
Association for Women in Science
Gulf Coast Society of Toxicology
New Mexico Disaster Medical Assistance Team
Society of Toxicology

Honors and Awards

2000, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Nominee for John P. McGovern Outstanding Teacher Award, University of Texas - Houston Health Science Center
1996-2000, University of Texas School of Public Health Peer Recognition for Outstanding Scholarship, University of Texas - Houston Health Science Center
1995, University of Texas School of Public Health John P. McGovern Outstanding Teacher Award, University of Texas - Houston Health Science Center
1994-2000, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Dean's Excellence Award List, University of Texas - Houston Health Science Center
1993, University of Texas School of Public Health Outstanding Faculty List, University of Texas - Houston Health Science Center
1993, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Dean's Teaching Award List, University of Texas - Houston Health Science Center
1989-1990, University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy Outstanding Teacher, University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy
1989-1990, University of New Mexico Graduate & Undergraduate Teacher of the Year Award, University of New Mexico
1982, University of Texas Graduate Student Research Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin
1981, University of Texas Graduate Student Research Awar, University of Texas at Austin
Rho Chi Honor Society,
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society,

Previous Positions

1987-1991, Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, College of Pharmacy, Albuquerque, NM
1985-1987, Postdoctoral Fellow, Smith Kline & French Laboratories, Department of Investigative Toxicology
1985-1987, Postdoctoral Fellow, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science, Department of Pharmacology/Toxicology
1984-1985, Staff Fellow, National Institute of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Experimental Therapeutics & Metabolism, Bethesda, MD
1980-1984, Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Austin
1979-1979, Research Assistant, University of Texas at Austin

Funding Received

  • NCI: 'Migrant farmworker questionnaire pretest', $3,713, Sep 1995 to Aug 1996.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): 'Human reproductive effects of polyhalogenated biphenyls', $349,879, Sep 1993 to Jun 1996.
  • NCI: 'Tracing migrant farm workers in Starr County, Texas', $24,982, May 1995 to Apr 1996.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): 'Joint training program to study toxic mechanisms', $756,078, Jul 1996 to Jun 2001.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): 'Mechanisms of pesticide - induced distal nephron injury', $696,815, Apr 2000 to Mar 2003.

Publications

  • Morgenstern LB, Wein TH, Smith MA, Moye LA, Pandey DK, Labarthe DR, Comparison of stroke hospitalization rates among Mexican-Americans and non-Hispanic whites, Neurology, 54(10), 2000-2, May 2000 Abstract
  • Wein TH, Smith MA, Morgenstern LB, Race/ethnicity and location of stroke mortality: implications for population-based studies, Stroke, 30(8), 1501-5, August 1999 Abstract
  • Morgenstern LB, Pandey DK, Smith MA, Ramsey D, Labarthe DR, Nichaman MZ, Greater stroke rate during hospitalization for acute heart disease among Mexican Americans than non-Hispanic whites, Neuroepidemiology, 18(5), 241-7, 1999 Abstract
  • Tong Y, Tucker SB, Smith MA, Expression of Hras-p21 and keratin K13 in UVR-induced skin tumors in Sencar mice, Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, 53(6), 439-53, March 1998 Abstract
  • Mathewson JJ, Salameh BM, DuPont HL, Jiang ZD, Nelson AC, Arduino R, Smith MA, Masozera N, HEp-2 cell-adherent Escherichia coli and intestinal secretory immune response to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in outpatients with HIV-associated diarrhea, Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, 5(1), 87-90, Jan 1998 Abstract
  • Tong Y, Smith MA, Tucker SB, Chronic ultraviolet exposure-induced p53 gene alterations in Sencar mouse skin carcinogenesis model, Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, 51(3), 219-34, June 1997 Abstract
  • Smith MA, Mathewson JJ, Ulert IA, Scerpella EG, Ericsson CD, Contaminated stethoscopes revisited, Archives of Internal Medicine, 156(1), 82-4, January 1996 Abstract

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