Bachelor of Science: May 5, 1978, Zoology, Texas A&M University, summa cum laudeLICENSES TO PRACTICE VETERINARY MEDICINE: Texas and West Virginia
CERTIFICATE OF RESIDENCY: Colorado State University, 1988
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:
Toxicologist, Health Effects Laboratory Division, ALOSH, NIOSH, CDC; Adjunct Associate Professor Genetics and Developmental Biology Program and the Division of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences, WVU
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
American Veterinary Medical Assocation (1981-present), International Society
of Differentiation (1988-present), Charles Louis Davis D.V.M. Foundation for
the Advancement of Veterinary and Comparative Pathology (1990-present),
American Association for Cancer Research, Inc. (1991-present), The American
College of Veterinary Pathologists (1991-present), Allegheny-Erie
Regional Chapter of the Society of Toxicology (1993-present), West Virginia
Veterinary Medical Assocation (1994-present), American Association for
Laboratory Animal Science (1994-present), The American Society of Laboratory
Animal Practitioners (1997-present)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Morphopathogenesis of occupational injury, pulmonry pathology, reproductive pathology, immunopathology, cytokines
SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Benjamin, S., Lee, S., Hubbs, A., and Jokinen, M. Canine mammary neoplasia. II Dietary and reproductive risk factors. Vet Path, 33:604, 1996 (abstract)
Castranova, V., W.H. Pailes, N.S. Dalal, P.R. Miles, L. Bowman, V. Vallyathan, D. Pack, K.C. Weber, A. Hubbs, D. Schwegler-Berry, J. Xiang, R. Dey, J. Blackford, J.Y.C. Ma, M. Childress, L.E. Stettler, and A.W. Teass. Enhanced pulmonary response to the inhalation of freshly fractured silica as compared to aged dust exposure, Applied Occup and Environ Hygeine, 11:937-941, 1996.
Chao, D-H, J.Y.C. Ma, C.J. Malanga, D.E. Banks, A. Hubbs, Y. Rojanasakul, V. Castranova, and J.K.H. Ma. Multiple emulsion-mediated enhancement of the therapeutic effect of tetrandrine against silicosis, Applied Occup and Environ Hygeine, 11:1008-1018, 1996.
Dey, R.D., C. Stanley, J. Blackford, J. Harness, J. Durham, V. Castranova, and A. Hubbs. Inhaled silica dust increases nitric oxide and cytokine production associated with collagen synthesis and fibrosis in rats, Applied Occup and Environ Hygeine, 11:914-918, 1996.
Huang, S-H, A.F. Hubbs, D.M. Lewis, P.S. Brower, and V. Vallyathan. Inhibitory action of cytokine preservatives on chemiluminescent assays. Toxicology Methods 6: 157-161, 1996.
Hubbs, A.F., Designer mice: Transgenic and knockout mide in toxicology research. Lab Animal 26: 34-36, 1997.
Hubbs, A.F., V. Castranova, D.G. Frazer, A. Grote, J.Y.C. Ma, B.S. Ducatman, P.D. Siegel, V.A. robinson, D. Schwegler-Berry, M. Barger, and J. Parker. Pulmonary toxicity of reformulated aerosols. Vet Pathol 33:621, 1996 (abstract).
Hubbs, A.F., V. Castranova, J.Y.C. Ma, D.G. Frazer, P.D. Siegel, B.S. Ducatman, A. Grote, D. Schwegler-Berry, V.A. Robinson, C. Van Dyke, M. Barger, J. Xiang, and J. Parker. Acute lung injury induced by a commercial leather conditioner. Tox. Appl. Pharm. 143:37-46, 1997.
Levy, R.D., A.F. Hubbs, B.S. ducatman, G. Singh, V. Vallyathan, L. Bowman, and P.R. Miles. Metabolic functions of alveolar type II cells in acute silicosis. The Toxicologist 36:74,1997 (abstract).
Lu, H., D.N. Weissman, J.K.H. Ma, Y. Rojanasakul, C.F. Stanley, W. Cunning, and A.F. Hubbs. Immunoglobulin and interon-g responses to intrapulmonary antigen in silicosis. Am. J. Resp. Crit. Care Med., 1997 (abstract).
Siegel, P.D., Al-Humadi, N.H., Nelson, E.R., Lewis, D.N., and Hubbs, A.F. Adjuvant effects of respiratory irritation on pulmonary allergic senstitization: time and site dependency. Tox. Appl. Pharm., 144:356-362, 1997.
Weissman, D.N., J.K.H. Ma, Y. Rojanasakul, and A.F. Hubbs. Immune dysfunction in silicosis: a hypothesis, Applied Occup and Environ Hygeine, 11:962-967, 1996.