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Biographical SketchesCoreen A. Robbins, MHS, PhD, CIHCoreen A. Robbins, MHS, PhD, CIH, is a Principal and Senior Industrial Hygienist with VERITOX®, Inc. She has worked as an industrial hygienist since 1986 and has served as a consultant in many investigations throughout the U.S. Dr. Robbins holds a master’s degree in Industrial Hygiene and Safety Sciences (1989) and a PhD (1995) in Environmental Sciences from the Johns Hopkins University. She has been a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) since 1992. Dr. Robbins has experience and expertise conducting industrial hygiene surveys in indoor air quality (including mold), asbestos and man-made mineral fibers, and chemical exposure assessment. She has also provided technical and expert consulting services and expert testimony in these and other areas of industrial hygiene practice. She has evaluated numerous exposure claims associated with residential, occupational, and other environments. She has presented a variety of industrial and environmental health concepts to trade and governmental associations, citizen groups, and individuals involved in all aspects of the legal process. She is currently working on pilot experiments examining the contribution of small household mold sources to indoor airborne spores, and the potential for benzene exposure from cleaning activities using solvents spiked with <1% benzene. Dr. Robbins is a full member of the American Academy of Industrial Hygiene and the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and an affiliate member of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists. She is a current member and past chair of the AIHA Toxicology Committee and served on the AIHA’s Task Force on Microbial Growth representing that committee (1997-2000). In 1999, Dr. Robbins served as an industrial hygiene expert for a U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) external review panel. This group was charged with reviewing investigations, publications, and information on pulmonary hemorrhage in infants and its possible association with indoor exposure to molds. A summary of the conclusions of the individual expert reports was published in the CDC publication, Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report (MMWR, March 2000). Dr. Robbins published “The Health Effects of Mycotoxins in Indoor Air: A Critical Review” (Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, October, 2000) for which she received an award from the AIHA Indoor Environmental Quality Committee for the best indoor air quality paper in 2000. Email Dr. Robbins at crobbins@veritox.com. Biographical SketchesToxicologists Industrial Hygienists Physicians |
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