Nanotoxicology Lead Campus

Nanotoxicology program website

Leadership

• Andre Nel, Director
  Department of Medicine, UC Los Angeles
  anel@mednet.ucla.edu
  
  
• Curtis Eckhert, Associate Director
  School of Public Health, UC Los Angeles
  ceckhert@ucla.edu
  
  
• David Avery, Program Administrator
  UC Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, UC Los Angeles
  avery@ucla.edu
  

Description

The Nanotoxicology Research & Training Program is an interdisciplinary program at UC Los Angeles under the umbrella of the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI). Drawing on the expertise of 20 faculty, 8 departments, and four schools, this program aims to train a new generation of students to understand nanomaterials, their potential toxicity, and risk assessment.

The goal of the program is to nurture a future workforce of scientists and engineers with experience using nanoscience and nanoengineering to solve problems in biological and environmental engineering and providing courses on nanotoxicology will ensure that the next generation of scientists and engineers will be well prepared to meet the health assessment demands of a rapidly evolving world of nanomaterials development.

While there are a few existing courses available at UCLA which focus on toxicology, the Nanotoxicology Research and Training Program will integrate nanoscience into a broader research community to meet the needs of the rapidly evolving area of nanoscience R&D. This research and training program will better prepare scientists to evaluate the social and economic impacts of nanomaterials.