Environmental Health Science


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Mary Alice Smith

Associate Professor
masmith@uga.edu
http://www.uga.edu/caes/safefood/smith.html
Room 201B, Environmental Health Science Building
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-2102
706.542.2454 (voice)
706.542.7472 (fax)

Educational Background

Ph.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences


Area of Specialty

  • Developmental and reproductive toxicology
  • Microbial and chemical risk assessment

Research Interests

  • Effects of toxicants on reproduction and development
  • Environmental and microbial risk assessment methodology
  • Effects of pathogens on pregnancy and development
For more information about listeriosis during pregnancy, please see the following USDA fact sheet: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Protect_Your_Baby/index.asp

Professional Affiliations

  • Society of Toxicology
  • Teratology Society
  • International Association for Food Protection
  • Co-interim director, Academy of the Environment

Honors and Awards


Selected Publications

Smith, MA, K Takeuchi, G Anderson, GO Ware, HM McClure, RB Raybourne, N Mytle, MP Doyle. 2007. Dose Response of Listeria–induced Stillbirths in Non–Human Primates. Infection and Immunity (in press).

Williams, D, EA Irvin, RA Chmielewski, JF Frank, and MA Smith. 2007. Dose response of Listeria monocytogenes after oral exposure in pregnant guinea pigs. J Food Protection 70(5):1122-1128.

Henderson, WM and MA Smith. 2007. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) in fetal and neonatal mice following in utero exposure to 8-2 fluorotelomer alcohol (FTOH). Toxicol Sci. 95(2):452-61. 2006 Nov 8; [Epub ahead of print].

Henderson, WM, EJ Weber, JW Washington, and MA Smith. 2007. Simplified method to determine fluorinated chemicals using a selective ion scan for perfluoroalkyl chain fragments with GC/MS. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 846(1-2):155-161. 2006 Sep 23; [Epub ahead of print].

Scofield, EH, WM Henderson, AB Funk, GL Anderson and MA Smith. 2006. Diethylene glycol monomethyl ether, ethylene glycol monomethyl ether and the metabolite, 2-methoxyacetic acid affect in vitro chondrogenesis. Reproductive Toxicology Nov;22(4):718-24. 2006, Jul 7, [Epub ahead of print].

Mytle, N, GL Anderson, S Lambert, MP Doyle and MA Smith. 2006. Effect of fat content on infection of Listeria monocytogenes in a mouse model. J Food Protection 69 (3):660-665.

Takeuchi, K, N Mytle, S Lambert, M Coleman, MP Doyle and MA Smith. 2006. Comparison of Listeria monocytogenes virulence in a mouse model. J Food Protection 69(4):842-846.

Yeo, A, MA Smith, D Lin, EL Riche, A Moore, J Elter, and S Offenbacher. 2005. Campylobacter rectus mediates growth restriction in pregnant mice. J Periodontol. 76(4):551-557.

Campbell, JL, Jr, MA Smith, JW Fisher and DA Warren. 2004. Dose-Response for Retinoic Acid-Induced Forelimb Malformations and Cleft Palate: A Comparison of Computerized Image Analysis and Visual Inspection. Births Defects Research (Part B) 71:289-295.

Smith, MA, K Takeuchi, RE Brackett, HM McClure, R Raybourne, K Williams, US Babu, GO Ware, JR Broderson, and MP Doyle. 2003. A nonhuman primate model for Listeria monocytogenes-induced stillbirths. Infection and Immunity 71(3):1574-1579.

Lin, DM, MA Smith, C Champagne, J Elter, J Beck, and S Offenbacher. 2003. Porphyromonas gingivalis infection during pregnancy increases maternal Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, suppresses maternal Interleukin-10 and enhances fetal growth restriction and resorption in mouse. Infection and Immunity 71: 5156-5162.

Lin, DM, MA Smith, J Elter, C Champagne, CL Downey, J Beck, and S Offenbacher. 2003. Porphyromonas gingivalis infection in pregnant mice is associated with placental dissemination, an increase in placental Th1/Th2 cytokine ratio and fetal growth restriction. Infection and Immunity 71:5163-5168.

Anderson, GL., AB Funk, ES Hanson, JL Hill and MA Smith. 2001. Alternative methods for assessing chondrogenesis in micromass culture. Toxicology Methods 11:89-105.

Holcomb, DL, MA Smith, GO Ware, YC Hung, RE Brackett, and MP Doyle. 1999. Dose response models for food borne pathogens. Risk Anal 19(6):1091-1100.

Kanti, A, and MA Smith. 1997. Effects of heavy metals on chondrogenic differentiation of embryonic chick limb cells. In Vitro Toxicology 10(3): 329-338

Courses Taught

EHSC 4490/6490 Environmental Toxicology
EHSC 7510 Fundamentals of Chemical and Microbial Risk Assessment
EHSC 8550 Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology
EHSC 8510 Environmental Risk Assessment and Risk Communication

 





Curriculum Vitae