State Hygienic Laboratory
The Iowa Biomonitoring Program is led by the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa. Our team is comprised of leading scientists in environmental health and analytical chemistry. Our program management team is listed below.
FOR GENERAL INQUIRIES: Contact us at (319) 467-4503 or SHL-Biomonitoring@uiowa.edu.
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Michael Pentella, PhD | State Hygienic Laboratory Director, Iowa Biomonitoring Program Principal Investigator |
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Susie Y. Dai, PhD | Iowa Biomonitoring Program Director |
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Elizabeth Miller | Iowa Biomonitoring Program Coordinator |
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Michael Schueller | Environmental Health Laboratory Director |
Advisory Committee
The Biomonitoring Advisory Board consists of experts in several disciplines, including epidemiology, exposure assessment, toxicology, laboratory science, environmental and public health, hydrology, and biostatistics. Board members represent the following agencies:
- Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
- Iowa Department of Natural Resources
- Iowa Poison Control Center
- Iowa Criminalistics Laboratory
- US Geological Survey
- County Public Health Departments
- University of Iowa College of Public Health
- University of Iowa Center for the Health Effects on Environmental Contamination
- University of Iowa Healthcare, Department of Obstetrics
County Environmental Health Departments
The Iowa Biomonitoring Program is working in 11 Iowa counties to assess chemical exposures among the population that utilizes private wells for their household water supply. We have partnered with the Environmental Health agencies in Boone, Buchanan, Cerro Gordo, Clinton, Greene, Hancock, Hardin, Johnson, Monona, Woodbury, and Wright counties.
University of Iowa Reproductive Health Sciences
The Iowa Biomonitoring Program has partnered with the University of Iowa Reproductive Health Sciences Division to conduct targeted surveillance among pregnant women. The program will study urine samples from the Maternal-Fetal Tissue Bank (MFTB) at the University of Iowa to determine exposure to environmental chemicals (e.g. metals, neonicotinoid insecticides, and endocrine disruptors) during pregnancy.
National Biomonitoring Program
The National Biomonitoring Network (NBN) is a collaboration of federal, regional, state, and local laboratories that conduct biomonitoring for use in public health practice and in response to environmental emergencies. The network aims to advance the science of biomonitoring, encourage its use in addressing environmental health questions and ensure quality practices, which will help produce comparable biomonitoring data.