Jonathan Borak, M.D., D.A.B.T.
Clinical Professor,
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
Dr. Borak’s research interests are in the areas of environmental and industrial toxicology, biological and clinical surveillance of toxic exposures, environmental and workplace exposure assessments, and risk assessment of susceptible populations. Recent research projects have focused on issues such as the assessment of occupational exposures to diesel exhaust, historical reconstructions of silica particulate exposures, clinical assessment of beryllium-related diseases, and the risk assessment implications of seafood arsenic. For further information on Dr. Borak and his research, please see www.jborak.com.
Education
M.D., New York University, 1972
Awards and Honors
Fellow, American College of Physicians
Fellow, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians (Canada)
Adolph G. Kammer Merit in Authorship Award, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
George H. Gehrmann Memorial Lectureship, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Courses Taught
EHS 511a Applied Risk Assessment I
EHS 503b Introduction to Toxicology
Yale Affiliations
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Director, Yale Interdisciplinary Risk Assessment Forum
Selected Publications
Borak, J. and Sirianni, G. Studies of Self-population in Diesel School Buses: Methodological Issues. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 4: 660-666, 2007.
Borak, J. and Hosgood, H.D. Seafood Arsenic: Implications for Human Risk Assessment. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology 47: 204-212, 2007.
Borak, J. The Beryllium Occupational Exposure Limit: Historical Perspectives and Current Inadequacy. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 48: 109-116, 2006.
Borak, J. and Sirianni, G. Hormesis: Implications for Cancer Risk Assessment. Dose Response 3: 443-451, 2006.
Borak, J., Woolf, S.H., and Fields, C.A. Use of Beryllium Lymphocyte Proliferation Testing for Screening of Asymptomatic Individuals: An Evidence-based Assessment. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 48: 937-948, 2006.
Borak, J. Adequacy of Iodine Nutrition in the United States. Connecticut Medicine 69: 73-77, 2005.
Fields, C., Dourson, M., and Borak, J. Iodine-Deficient Vegetarians: A Hypothetical Perchlorate-Susceptible Population? Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology 42: 37-46, 2005.
Borak, J., Fiellin, M., and Chemerynski, S. Who is Hispanic? Implications for Epidemiological Research in the United States. Epidemiology 15: 240-244, 2004.
For a further list of Dr. Borak’s publications, please see PubMed. |
