Fake Weather Delay: CMU will delay operations until 11 a.m. Dec. 10

CMU is delaying operations on its main campus and CMU North building in Mount Pleasant today, Wednesday, Dec. 10, due to weather. 
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Uzarski, Rebecca

Environmental Health and Safety Program Director

FIXED-TERM FACULTY

More about Rebecca Uzarski

  • Haidar S, Uzarski R, and Juarez R. 2022.   Environmental Health in Rural Regions of the United States In J Inungu and M Minelli (Eds)  Foundations of Rural Public Health in America (1st ed., pp. 235 - 271).  Jones & Bartlett.  Burlington, MA. 
  • Lee C, Nanah C, Held R, Clark A, Huynh U, Pressnall M, Uzarski, R, McCraken J, and Sharma A. 2015.  Effect of Electron Donating Groups on Polyphenol-based Antioxidant Dendrimers.  Biochimie, 111: 125 - 134.
  • Lee CY, Sharma A, Uzarski RL., Cheong JE, Xu, H., Held RA, Upadhaya SK, and Nelson JL. 2011. Potent Antioxidant Dendrimers Lacking Pro-oxidant Activity.  Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 50: 918-925.
  • Pestka, J., Uzarski, R., and Islam, Z.  2005.  Induction of apoptosis and cytokine production in Jurkat human T cells by deoxynivalenol:  Role of mitogen-activated protein kinases and comparison to other 8-ketotrichothecenes.  Toxicology, 206(2):207-19.
  • Uzarski, R. and Pestka, J.  2003. Comparative susceptibility of B cells with different lineages to cytotoxicity and apoptosis induction by translational inhibitors.  Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health A, 66(22): 2105-18.
  • Uzarski, R., Islam, Z., and Pestka, J.  2003.  Potentiation of trichothecene-induced leukocyte cytotoxicity and apoptosis by TNF-α and Fas activation.  Chemico-Biological Interactions, 146(2):105 – 119.
  • Moon, Y., Uzarski, R., and Pestka, J.  2003.  Relationship of trichothecene structure to Cox-2 induction in the macrophage: selective action of type B (8-Keto) trichothecenes.  Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health A, 66(20):1967 - 83.
  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Van Andel Research Institute, 2004
  • PhD, Michigan State University, 2002
  • MS, Central Michigan University, 1995
  • BS, Grand Valley State University, 1992
  • Investigating the impacts of environmental contaminants on human health
  • National Environmental Health Association
  • Michigan Environmental Health Association

Courses Taught

  • HSC 352:  Environmental Health
  • BIO 435:  Environmental Toxicology