November 14, 2011
Starting off strong: North Carolina State 1xbet online sports betting professor to kick off new research lecture series
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The first presentation in Kansas State 1xbet online sports betting 's new Research Lectureship Series will feature Nancy Monteiro-Riviere, a professor of investigative dermatology and toxicology at the Center for Chemical Toxicology Research and Pharmacokinetics in the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State 1xbet online sports betting .
Monteiro-Riviere will present "Nanoparticles Interactions with Skin: Blessing or Curse" at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, in Town Hall at the Leadership Studies Building. She also will be available from 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. in 201 Leadership Studies Building for additional questions and conversation.
Monteiro-Riviere is in the department of clinical sciences and conducts research at the Center for Toxicology Research and Phamacokinetics. She is also a professor in the North Carolina State 1xbet online sports betting /1xbet online sports betting of North Carolina-Chapel Hill's biomedical engineering faculty and a research adjunct professor in the department of dermatology at the 1xbet online sports betting of North Carolina.
After graduating cum laude with a bachelor's of science degree in biology from Stonehill College in North Easton, Mass., Monteiro-Riviere earned her master's degree and doctorate in anatomy and cell biology from Purdue 1xbet online sports betting in West Lafayette, Ind. She has published more than 260 publications, holds several U.S. patents and was an editor of the books "Nanotoxicology: Characterization, Dosing and Health Effects," and "Toxicology of the Skin -- Target Organ Series." She has been the recipient of much extramural research support from the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Defense, the Environmental Protection Agency and industrial sources.
Her current research interests involve in vivo and in vitro studies of skin absorption, penetration and toxicity of nanoparticles, chemicals and novel pharmaceutical drug delivery devices.
Monteiro-Riviere will be the first presenter at the new lecture series, which is coordinated by the 1xbet online sports betting 's vice president for research, Ron Trewyn.