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George Alexeeff, Ph.D.

Deputy Director for Scientific Affairs

George Alexeeff, Ph.D. has been the deputy director for scientific affairs of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) since February 1998.

Alexeeff earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the Swarthmore College 1976. He earned a Ph.D. in pharmacology and toxicology from the University of California, Davis in 1982. Alexeeff has been certified in toxicology as a Diplomat of the American Board of Toxicology, Inc., (DABT) from 1986 to 2001.

Alexeeff was chief of the Air Toxicology and Epidemiology Section of OEHHA from October 1990 through February 1998. In this position, he supervised up to 30 scientific and medical staff in a multidisciplinary evaluation of the complex health impact of air pollutants and air toxicants.

He worked to design, conduct, analyze and interpret complex findings for criteria air pollution documents, risk assessments, and epidemiologic studies. During his leadership his staff produced a number of health assessment documents including those on diesel exhaust, inorganic lead, perchloroethylene, methyl isothiocyanate, acetaldehyde, benzo(a)pyrene, 1,3-butadiene, formaldehyde, ozone, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide. He assisted in the development and implementation of the Air Toxics Hot Spots Program.

Alexeeff was chief of air toxics unit from 1988 to 1990. In that role he focused primarily on toxic air contaminants, and managed staff who develop reports on health effects of toxic air contaminants. Previously, he was a staff toxicologist for the California Department of Health Services, and a toxicologist with the California Public Health Foundation.

Prior to working in California he conducted combustion toxicology research for Weyerhaeuser Company in Washington from 1983 to 1985. There he implemented inhalation studies for in-house research and contract testing.

Alexeeff has over 50 publications in fields of toxicology and risk assessment. He has served as in numerous offices of local toxicological organizations. He has received several Cal/EPA Certificates of Appreciation and Recognition. He is member of several scientific societies and organizations including the Society of Toxicology and he is a Charter Member of the Society for Risk Analysis. He has served on a number of scientific committees and is currently serving on the U.S. EPA's National Advisory Committee to Develop Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for for Hazardous Substances.

The deputy director for scientific affairs of OEHHA oversees the quality and the completion of scientific risk assessments and health evaluations of chemicals in the environment. This includes the areas of ambient air quality standards, toxic air contaminants, air toxics hot spots, public health goals for water, Proposition 65 evaluations for carcinogens, developmental and reproductive toxins, fish advisories, hazardous waste site risk assessment, ecological risk assessment, and multi-media risk assessment.

 
 
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