Dr. Jamie DeWitt, PhD
Director, Pacific Northwest Center for Translational Environmental Health Research, Oregon State University
Jamie DeWitt, PhD, is the faculty of the Department of Environmental & Molecular Toxicology at Oregon State University and a Director of the Pacific Northwest Center for Translational Environmental Health Research. She received her undergraduate degree in Biology and Environmental Science from Michigan State University through the Lyman Briggs College and her PhD in Environmental Science and Neural Science from Indiana University, Bloomington. Her Postdoctoral training comprised of studying developmental cardiotoxicity in passerine birds exposed to PCBs which was funded by the US Fish and Wildlife Service in support of a Natural Resource Damage Assessment action.
Her lab uses tools from developmental toxicology, immunotoxicology, and neurotoxicology to describe and explore effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), pharmaceutical and personal care product pollutants (PPCPs), and other emerging contaminants. The lab’s focus is on how exposure to these agents changes physiological processes, so while interested in the toxicants themselves, they also use them to better understand how living organisms function under normal situations and situations of stress induced by contaminant exposure.
Education & Training
Indiana University, Bloomington
Michigan State University
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