portrait of Terry Kavanagh

Terrance J. Kavanagh, PhD, MS

Professor Emeritus
Email: tjkav@uw.edu
Office: 207, Roosevelt One Building
Expertise: Clean Air, Chemical hazards, Environmental Health, Pollution, Risk Assessment, Toxicology

About

Dr. Kavanagh joined the faculty at the University of Washington in the Departments of Medicine and Environmental Health in 1989, and is currently Emeritus Professor in the UW Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. Dr. Kavanagh is board certified in toxicology, and is a Full Member of the Society of Toxicology, a Member of the International Society for the Advancement of Cytometry, a Fellow of the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His areas of research include glutathione metabolism, redox biology/toxicology, toxicogenomics, nanotoxicology and advanced in vitro methods for evaluating chemical safety. He is the Associate Director of the UW Center for Exposures, Diseases, Genomics and Environment, and serves on External Scientific Advisory Boards for a number of NIEHS-funded Core Centers of Excellence.

 

Education

  • PhD, Michigan State University
  • MS, Michigan State University
  • BS, University of Michigan

Affiliations

Adjunct Emeritus Professor, UW Departments of Medicine (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine)

Mentorship

Not available to mentor new PhD and Master's students in autumn 2021.

DEOHS Students Mentored

Effects of common e-cigarette compounds on immortalized mouse hepatocytes and glutathione as a potential modulator of susceptibility
Michael Anderson | MS Thesis | 2020 | View

Differential Susceptibility to Engineered Nanomaterial Induced Lung Inflammation and Toxicity
David Scoville | PhD | 2017 | View

Plasticity of Antioxidant Defense Pathways in Response to Aging and Cadmium in Glutathione-Deficient Mice
Chistopher Schapp | PhD | 2017 | View

The Modulation of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube-induced Acute Lung Pathology by Mouse Strain, Glutathione Status, and Nanotube Characteristics
Megan Cartwright | PhD | 2015 | View

Modulation of Glutathione Associated with Methylmercury Exposure in Mice
Sally Thompson | PhD | 1996 | View

Media Mentions

In Memoriam: Steven Gilbert
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Elaine M. Faustman, Terrance J. Kavanagh, Gerald van Belle, Thomas M. Burbacher, Rachel Shaffer | View
From salmon scent to human health
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Evan Gallagher, Michael G. Yost, Lucio G. Costa, Clement Furlong, Zhengui Xia, Terrance J. Kavanagh, Yijie Geng | View
Tracing a lifetime of exposures
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Judit Marsillach, Christopher D. Simpson, Elaine M. Faustman, Joel D. Kaufman, Clement Furlong, Lucio G. Costa, Tania M Busch Isaksen, Esther Min, Emily Hovis, Julianne Meisner, Terrance J. Kavanagh, Michael G. Yost | View
Fueling scientific discovery through collaboration
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Terrance J. Kavanagh | View
Toxicology for health
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Elaine M. Faustman, Terrance J. Kavanagh | View
Nourishing many passions
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Michael E. Rosenfeld, Joel D. Kaufman, Michael G. Yost, Terrance J. Kavanagh | View
Sharing the science on vaping
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Terrance J. Kavanagh | View
Celebrating a lifetime of scientific achievement
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Terrance J. Kavanagh | View
UW professors Terrance Kavanagh, Jay Shendure elected as fellows of the AAAS
| http://www.washington.edu/news/2018/11/30/uw-professors-terrance-kavanagh-jay-shendure-elected-as-fellows-of-the-aaas/ | Featured: Terrance J. Kavanagh | View
Scientists discuss search for safer chemicals at green toxicology workshop
| DEOHS newsletter | Featured: Terrance J. Kavanagh | View