Exogenous probe drug strategy effectively identifies MASH: From environmental toxicology to biomarker success with Nathan Cherrington, PhD
Please join the Harvard Chan NIEHS Center for Environmental Health and the Department of Environmental Health for a talk by Nathan Cherrington, PhD, Director of the University of Arizona’s Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center. Dr. Cherrington will discuss “Exogenous probe drug strategy effectively identifies MASH: From environmental toxicology to biomarker success.”
This event will be held in person (HSPH Bldg. 1, 1302) and via Zoom. Register here
About the speaker
Nathan J. Cherrington, PhD, is the Musil Family Endowed Chair and 1885 Society Distinguished Scholar in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Arizona. He is the Associate Dean for Research in the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, Director of the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center, and Director of the Arizona Board of Regents Center for Toxicology. He received a B.S. in Zoology from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. in Toxicology from North Carolina State University with an emphasis on xenobiotic metabolism. He then moved to the University of Kansas Medical Center to pursue postdoctoral training in drug metabolism and disposition.
He has taught Drug Metabolism and Disposition, Systems Toxicology, Environmental Health Science, and Advanced Toxicology courses since joining the faculty at the University of Arizona in 2002. Nathan has published over 140 original research papers on the sources of inter-individual variability in drug response. He serves as an associate editor for Toxicological Sciences and for Drug Metabolism and Disposition. He was made a fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences where he currently serves as Secretary/Treasurer. He has served on numerous NIH study sections including chair of the NIEHS Environmental Health Sciences Review Committee and Severe Adverse Drug Reactions panel, as well as several committees for the Society of Toxicology and the International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics. He was awarded the Alumni Achievement Award from Brigham Young University and the Achievement Award (2011), Paper of the Year (2024), and Toxicology Mentor of the Year (2025) by the Society of Toxicology. His current research is on the effect of underlying disease states and environmental stressors on an individual’s ability to metabolize and eliminate drugs.
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