Institute of Health Management
in Mass Destruction Defense


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Cham E. Dallas

Professor and Director
cdallas@rx.uga.edu

Barrow Hall
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
706.542.5412 (voice)
706.542.5254 (fax)



Educational Background

Ph.D., Toxicology, University of Texas School of Public Health-Houston
M.S., Toxicology, University of Texas School of Public Health-Houston



Area of Specialty

Dr. Dallas has a national/international reputation in toxicology and issues regarding weapons of mass destruction (WMD), which has been established after a decade of research, teaching, and humanitarian efforts in Chernobyl-contaminated areas. Altogether, Dr. Dallas has had 20 years of experience world-wide on the toxicity of the components of WMD, including at over 40 institutions overseas. For seven years, Dr. Dallas was the Director of one of the largest University toxicology programs in the country, with 50 professors at the University of Georgia. He currently is the Director of the Center for Mass Destruction Defense (CMADD), a CDC Center in Public Health Preparedness, for which he has received $2.6 million in funding from the CDC over the last three years.

His Center has established a successful collaboration over the last 4 years between UGA, MCG, UT, AMA and the CDC for the development of the National Disaster Life Support (NDLS) family of courses, the Basic Disaster Life Support (BDLS), Advanced Disaster Life Support (ADLS), and Core Disaster Life Support (CDLS). The NDLS has been accepted as a national standard for WMD training by the AMA, and has been taught in over 30 states. Dr. Dallas and CMADD were tasked by the U.S. Secret Service to develop the mass casualty plan for the G-8 annual economic summit at Sea Island, Georgia in the summer of 2004. He was also asked to address the United Nations on what we�ve learned from the Chernobyl nuclear accident that will better prepare the world for the use of terrorist nuclear weapons. He has been the recipient of several teaching awards, including a University-wide award (out of 2000 professors). He has written scores of research papers for the scientific community and educational articles for the public on the toxic components of WMD.

Professional Affiliations

2002-present Director, Center for Mass Destruction Defense, a CDC Center in Public Health Preparedness
2002-present Professor, Dept of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Univ. of Georgia
2004-present Clinical Professor, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Georgia
2003-present Adjunct Professor, Dept of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Emory Univ.
1998.2004 Director, Interdisciplinary Toxicology Program, University of Georgia
2002-present Member, AMA National Disaster Life Support Committee (2002-present)
2000-present National Civilian Consultant to the Surgeon General for Weapons of Mass Destruction, (Top Secret Security clearance), U.S. Air Force
1995-2004 Chair, Interdisciplinary Toxicology Program Steering Committee, U. of Georgia
1995-2002 Associate Professor, Dept of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sci., U. of Georgia
1990-1995 Asst. Professor, Dept of Pharmacology & Toxicology, U. of Georgia
1986-1990 Assistant Res. Toxicologist, Dept of Pharmacology & Toxicology, U. of Georgia
1987-1989 Member, National Institute of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Safety and Occupational Health Study Section

Selected Publications

Dallas, C.E. and Evans, D. �Flow cytometry and toxicity analysis,� Nature 345: 557-558 (1990).
Dallas, C.E. "Aftermath of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster: Pharmaceutical Needs in the Republic of Belarus," American J. of Pharmaceutical Education 57: 182-185 (1993).
Parshkov, E.M., Chebotareva, I.V., Sokolov, V.A., and Dallas, C.E. �Additional thyroid dose factor from transportation sources in Russia following the Chernobyl disaster,� Environmental Health Perspectives 105(6): 1491-1496 (1997).
Dallas, C.E. and Atwood, C.H. �Chemical and biological dosimetry of radionuclides from the Chernobyl nuclear accident,� Proceedings of the American Chemical Society (1997).
Dallas, C.E., Lingenfelser, S., Lingenfelser, J.T., Holloman, K., Jagoe, C.H., Kind, J.A., Chesser, R.K., and Smith, M.H. �Flow cytometric analysis of leukocyte and erythrocyte DNA from Chernobyl-contaminated ponds in the Ukraine,� Ecotoxicology 7: 211-219 (1998).
Dallas, C.E., �Age and Species Susceptibility to Toxicity from Environmental Radioactivity Due to the Chernobyl Disaster,� 8th Annual Meeting United Nations Conference on Health and the Environment, Health and the Environment: Global Partners for Global Solutions (United Nations, New York), Vol. 8, p. 1 (1999).
Dallas, C.E. �Pulmonotoxicity: Toxic Effects in the Lung,� Chapter 9, Industrial Toxicology (Williams, P.J. and Burson, J.L., eds.), John Wiley Co. (New York), pp. 169 - 187 (2000)
Holloman, K.A., Dallas, C.E., Jagoe, C.H., Tackett, R., Kind, J.A., and Rollor, E.A. �Interspecies differences in oxidative stress response and radiocesium uptake in rodents inhabiting areas highly contaminated by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster,� Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 19: 2830-2834 (2000).
Dallas, C.E. �Mass Casualty Management and Emergency Response for Large-Scale Weapons of Mass Destruction Events� International Journal of Toxicology 16(9):19 (2000).
Cockerham, L.G., Walden, T.L., Dallas, C.E., Landauer, M.R., and Mickley, G.A. �Ionizing Radiation,� Principles and Methods of Toxicology (A. Wallace Hayes, Ed.), 5th Edition, Taylor and Francis (New York) pp. 699-772 (2001).
Rowe, D.E., Dallas, C.E., and Perro, R.L. �Biological/Chemical Terrorism and the University,� Anthology of Biosafety 4:85-98 (2001).
Pepe, P.E., Schwartz, R., Dallas, C.E., Lillibridge, S., Swienton, R., Coule, P., James, J. The National Advanced Disaster Life Support (ADLS) course, American Heart Association Circulation (supplement) 108(17):IV-1033 (2002)
Dallas, C.E., �Nuclear Detonation,� Chapter 18, Medical Response to Terrorism, (Keyes, C., Pepe, P., Swienton, R., Schwartz, R., Ed.), Medical Response to Terrorism (Lippincott, New York), pp. 174 � 185 (2004).
Basic Disaster Life Support, Version 2.5, American Medical Association, (Chicago, IL), Dallas, C.E., Schwartz, R., Pepe, P., James, J., Lillibridge, S., Editors, (2003).


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