National Biomonitoring Network Steering Committee

Kenneth Aldous, PhD, is director emeritus of the Division of Environmental Health Sciences at the Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health. He also serves on the Faculty of Wadsworth School of Laboratory Sciences and is an Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the State University of New York at Albany's School of Public Health. After receiving his PhD degree in Analytical Chemistry from Imperial College, London, he came to the US for a postdoctoral position at Albany Medical College; while there Dr. Aldous initiated a research program developing trace element clinical testing assays for the Division of Laboratories and Research (now Wadsworth) at the New York State Department of Health. Dr. Aldous has over 45 years of experience in environmental and clinical measurement, with a primary focus on the chemical characterization of environmental toxicants in biological tissues and fluids that allow evaluation of their sources, pathways and associated health risks resulting from exposure.

Henry Anderson, MD, recently retired from his positions as State Environmental and Occupational Disease Epidemiologist and Chief Medical Officer in the Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Department of Health Services which he held since 1980. He holds adjunct professorships in the Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Medicine and Public Health and at the Center for Human Studies at the University of Wisconsin Institute for Environmental Studies. Dr. Anderson has conducted public health population surveillance and numerous epidemiological studies using biomarkers of chemical exposure, working closely with multiple public health laboratories, and authored over 275 publications.

Heidi Bojes, PhD, MPH, is the director of the Environmental Epidemiology and Disease Registries section for the Texas Department of State Health Services. She received a MPH in Environmental Science and Engineering and a PhD in Toxicology both from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and completed postdoctoral training at the University of Texas at Austin and at Medical Research Council, University of Leicester, in Leicester, England. She has over 20 years of service in public health, including overseeing state registries for birth defects, and cancer, child and adult elevated blood lead levels, and pesticide poisonings. She has conducted environmental epidemiological and toxicological studies.

Carin Huset, PhD, is a research scientist in the Biomonitoring and Emerging Contaminants Unit of the Environmental Chemistry Section at the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Public Health Laboratory (PHL) in St. Paul. She works on the development and implementation of new analytical methods and also coordinates with PHL partners to plan, design and implement biomonitoring projects. Carin earned a BA in Chemistry from the College of St. Catherine and her PhD from the Department of Chemistry at Oregon State University. She started at MDH in 2008 after postdoctoral work at the University of South Carolina.

Marc Nascarella, PhD, is a quantitative health scientist with broad training in toxicology, exposure science and epidemiology. He serves as the chief toxicologist and director of the Environmental Toxicology Program at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health where he is responsible for translating health science research and surveillance into evidence-based guidance to inform regulatory policy and public health interventions. Dr. Nascarella is responsible for directing the quantitative evaluation of the public health impact of environmental chemicals in food, environmental media, biological specimens and consumer products in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Dale Shoemaker, PhD, is a research chemist at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Dr. Shoemaker received a BS in chemistry from Heidelberg College and a PhD in analytical chemistry from the University of Cincinnati. During his tenure at NIOSH, about 19 years were spent developing biomonitoring methods for looking at worker exposure to a variety of herbicides, as well as a number of antineoplastic agents; the last six years have been dedicated to the NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods Team, which recently published its Fifth Edition. While away from work, Dr. Shoemaker enjoys being a SAY soccer referee, singing baritone in the Southern Gateway Chorus, playing and watching sports of all sorts.