Andrea Adamcakova-Dodd, MS, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health
ORCID #: 0000-0002-0570-239X
Publications: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1z7R7pKYpxyAU/bibliography/public/
MS, Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Trnava, Slovakia
RNDr. (doctorate in natural sciences), Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Trnava, Slovakia
PhD, Public Health, University of Trnava, Trnava, Slovakia
Hails from Tvrdosin, Slovakia
Joined our lab group in 2002
Areas of interest or special expertise: Pulmonary toxicology, immunotoxicology, toxicity assessment of engineered nanomaterials and organic compounds, extracellular vesicles, pulmonary inflammation
Honors:
Fogarty Fellowship, University of Iowa, 1999
Mary Jo Small Fellowship, University of Iowa, 2005
Birth of my son Dominick, 2008
Award for best poster presentation, Health Science Research week in a category for faculty, staff and postdoctoral fellow, University of Iowa, 2010, 2011, and 2014
Received EHSRC pilot grant entitled: “Prenatal Exposure to Engineered Nanomaterials by Inhalation and Potential Adverse Effects on Mother and Fetus in a Mouse Model”, 2012
Birth of my daughter Adriana, 2016
President of Central States Chapter of the Society of Toxicology, 2016-2017
College of Public Health Staff Award for the outstanding contributions to a research projects based in the College of Public Health, 2017
Received EHSRC pilot grant entitled: “The role of extracellular vesicles and their miRNA cargos in pulmonary inflammation”, 2022
The results from my EHSRC pilot grant led to NIH/U01 Collaborative agreement entitled: “Biological Response Profiles of Selected Engineered Nanomaterials after Perinatal Exposure “ (2016-2021), and subsequent supplement entitled: “Immunomodulation Potential of Inhaled Engineered Nanomaterials as an Adverse Outcome Pathway”. I served as a Co-I on these proposals.