Gary L. Kimmel, Ph.D.

Senior Managing Scientist

Toxicology & Mechanistic Biology

(252) 261-8057 tel
(252) 261-8057 fax

Alexandria

Dr. Kimmel has over 35 years experience in reproductive and developmental toxicology, children’s environmental health, and risk assessment, working on projects at the state, national, and international level. From 1984 to 2004, Dr. Kimmel was a lead scientist in the National Center for Environmental Assessment at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Dr. Kimmel’s laboratory research has focused on the causes and mechanisms of developmental toxicity, especially as it relates to prenatal effects of environmental exposures. His background in the area of developing and implementing Agency guidelines in risk assessment is extensive. In the area of children’s risk assessment, Dr. Kimmel’s experience ranges from the initial development and revision of the Agency’s guidelines on developmental toxicity to participation in national and international committees and programs on children’s environmental health. In the general area of risk assessment, he co-chaired the U.S. EPA’s task force on developing a framework for human health risk assessment and was involved in various efforts to harmonize approaches for cancer and noncancer risk assessment.

Dr. Kimmel was instrumental in the implementation of these guidelines through the development of risk assessment training programs and has considerable experience in applying risk assessment methodology. He chaired the U.S. EPA’s Risk Training Committee, oversaw the preparation of training materials, and served as a facilitator in risk assessment and reproductive and developmental toxicology for over 15 years. He has presented risk assessment courses and lectures in a wide variety of national and international venues including India, Hong Kong, Eastern Europe, and Canada. At EPA, Dr. Kimmel was directly involved in a variety of chemical-specific risk assessments, and served as chemical manager or team lead on several, including ethylene oxide, dioxin and disinfection by-products.

Since his retirement from EPA in 2004, Dr. Kimmel has continued to work with various organizations on issues of reproductive and developmental toxicity and children’s health, including the World Health Organization. Prior to joining the U.S. EPA, Dr. Kimmel was a branch chief and developmental toxicologist with the National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Ph.D., Physiology, University of Cincinnati, 1992
M.S., Physiology, University of Cincinnati, 1969
A.B., Zoology, Miami University, 1967