Project Team

SAM KACEW, PHD, ATS

Sam Kacew is a Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Ottawa and Scientist of the Institute of Population Health Risk Assessment at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Kacew is also a Visiting Professor: University of Guildford in Surrey England; Colgate-Palmolive Visiting Professor University of New Mexico; Institute of Toxicology at National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan; Joszef Fodor National Center of Public Health in Budapest, Hungary: Department of Occupational Health, Shanghai Medical University in Shanghai, China; Zhehjiang University in Hangzhou, China, and Division of Toxicology at Sung Kyun Kwan University in Suwon City, Korea. Dr. Kacew is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, Current Issues; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part B Critical Reviews; Associate Editor of Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. He is a member of the Committee on Toxicology of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of the USA and a member of the Advisory Expert Committee of the Canadian Network of Toxicology Centres. He has been a peer reviewer for the EPA on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) documents, on the US EPA Health Effects Assessment Summary Table (HEAST) chemicals, on the chemical-specific issue papers for the Superfund Technical Support Center (STSC) for the US EPA and served on National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant study sections. He has received the Achievement Award of the Society of Toxicology of Canada in 1983, the Achievement Award of the Society of Toxicology in 1986, the ICI (Zeneca) Travelling Lectureship Award in 1991, the US-China Foundation Award in 1995, the Colgate-Palmolive Visiting Professorship Award in 1997, and the Public Communications Award of the Society of Toxicology in 2002. Dr. Kacew is the author of over 100 papers, reviews and book chapters with emphasis in general toxicology including renal, hepatic and pulmonary toxicology.

Selected Publications:

Berlin CM Jr, Kacew S, Lawrence R, LaKind JS, Campbell R. Criteria for chemical selection for programs on human milk surveillance and research for environmental chemicals. J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2002 Nov 22;65(22):1839-51.

Berlin CM Jr, LaKind JS, Sonawane BR, Kacew S, Borgert CJ, Bates MN, Birnbach N, Campbell R, Dermer A, Dewey KG, Ellerbee SM, Furst P, Giacoia GP, Gartner L, Groer M, Haynes SG, Humerick SS, Lawrence RA, Lorber M, Lovelady C, Mason A, Needham LL, Picciano MF, Plautz J, Ryan JJ, Selevan SG, Sumaya CV, Tully MR, Uhl K, Vesell E, Wilson JT. Conclusions, research needs, and recommendations of the expert panel: technical workshop on human milk surveillance and research for environmental chemicals in the United States. J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2002 Nov 22;65(22):1929-35.

Reasor MJ, Kacew S. Drug-induced phospholipidosis: are there functional consequences? Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2001 Oct;226(9):825-30.

Kacew S. Confounding factors in toxicity testing. Toxicology. 2001 Mar 7;160(1-3):87-96.

Kacew S, Lemaire I. Recent developments in benzene risk assessment. J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2000 Nov;61(5-6):485-98.

Fu YC, Jin XP, Wei SM, Lin HF, Kacew S. Ultraviolet radiation and reactive oxygen generation as inducers of keratinocyte apoptosis: protective role of tea polyphenols. J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2000 Oct 13;61(3):177-88.

Kacew S. Effect of over-the-counter drugs on the unborn child: what is known and how should this influence prescribing? Paediatr Drugs. 1999 Apr-Jun;1(2):75-80.

Kim HS, Kacew S, Lee BM. In vitro chemopreventive effects of plant polysaccharides (Aloe barbadensis miller, Lentinus edodes, Ganoderma lucidum and Coriolus versicolor). Carcinogenesis. 1999 Aug;20(8):1637-40.

Kacew S, Dixit R, Ruben Z. Diet and rat strain as factors in nervous system function and influence of confounders. Biomed Environ Sci. 1998 Sep;11(3):203-17. Review.

Mathew R, Kacew S, Khan SU. Bioavailability in rats of bound pesticide residues from tolerant or susceptible varieties of soybean and canola treated with metribuzin or atrazine. Chemosphere. 1998 Feb;36(3):589-96.