Aurunthavarani Thiyagarajah
research associate professor

Department(s):
Environmental Health Sciences

Email:
rthiyag@tulane.edu

Research Interests:
Aquatic pathobiology/toxicology-Exposure assessment; Fish diseases, diagnosis and pathology; chemical carcinogenesis- hepatic and pancreatic cancers using in vitro and in vivo (fish) models; drinking water disinfection byproducts (trihalomethanes); biological monitoring; biomarker development; environmental chemicals and breast cancer progression

Professional Achievements:
FAO/SIDA Postgraduate fellowship, Uppsala, Sweden
Certified Fish Pathologist, American Board of Fish Pathologists, USA
Reiki Practitioner, Level 2

Educational Background:
PhD, Auburn Alabama, USA, 1985
FRVC(path), Uppsala, Sweden, 1978
BVSc, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 1975

Publications:
Teuschler, L.K., Gennings, C., Stiteler, WM., Hertzberg, RC., Colman, JT., Thiyagarajah, A., Lipscomb, JC., Hartley, WR., and Simmons, JE. 2000. A Multiple-Purpose Design Approach to the Evaluation of Risks from Complex Mixtures of Disinfection By-Products (DBPs). Drug and Chemical Toxicology. 23: 307-321.

Thiyagarajah, A., Anderson, MB, and Hartley, WR. 2000. Gonadal cysts in spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) from bayou Trepagnier, Louisiana, USA. Marine Environmental Research 50: 279-282.

Hartley, WR, White. LE, Bollinger, JE, Thiyagarajah, A., Mendler, JM and George, WJ, 2000. History and Risk Assessment of Triazine Herbicides in the Lower Mississippi River, in Pesticides and Wildlife, JJ Johnson, editor, American Chemical Society Symposium Series 771, Oxford University Press, Washington DC, pp., 225-241.

Thiyagarajah, A., MacMillan, JR., and Munson, AD. 2001. Neoplasms in cultured sunshine bass: case report. Journal of Fish Diseases 24: 551-556.

Thiyagarajah, A., Munday, BL., and Hartley, WR. 2002. Cysts of unknown etiology in fresh and brackish water fishes from the Mississippi River Basin, Louisiana, USA. The Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 22: 334-337.

Watanabe, KH, Desimone, FW, Thiyagarajah, A., Hartley, WR., Hindrichs, AE. 2003. Fish tissue quality in the Lower Mississippi River and health risks from fish consumption. The Science of the Total Environment.302: 109-126.

Getsfrid, W., Thiyagarajah, A., Hartley, WR, Conerly, O. 2004. Ovo-testis in a Japanese medaka. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health16: 164-168.

Teuschler, LK, Gennings, C., Hartley, WR, Carter, H., Thiyagarajah, A., Schoney, R., and Cubbison, C. 2005. The interaction effects of binary mixtures of benzene and toluene on the developing heart of medaka (Oryzias latipes). Chemosphere 58: 1283-1291.

Melancon, K., Cheng, Q., Kiefer, TL, Dai, J., Lai, L., Dong, LL, Yuan, L., Collins, A., Thiyagarajah, A., Long, S., and Hill, SM. 2005. Regression of NMU-induced mammary tumors with the combination of melatonin and 9-cis-retinoic acid. Cancer Letters 227: 39-48.

Li, Z., Carrier, L., Belame, A., Thiyagarajah, A., Salvo, VA., Burrow, M. Rowan, BG. (In Press). Combination of methylselenocysteine with tamoxifen inhibits MCF-7 breast cancer xenograft in nude mice through elevated apoptosis and reduced angiogenesis. Breast cancer Research and Treatment.

Contact Information:
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
1440 Canal Street, Suite 2100
New Orleans, LA 70112
Telephone 504.988.6941
Fax 504.988.1726
rthiyag@tulane.edu

Level of Instruction:
Graduate