Mr. Berman is responsible for assisting data/statistical analysis, risk assessments, occupational exposure summaries, and producing reports. Mr. Berman has analyzed food intake and health data from large national surveys, including NHANES and CSFII, and has investigated associations between demographic, health, and dietary characteristics. He has helped develop GRAS and FCN notifications, and produce white papers for health panels. Mr. Berman is in charge of licensing and distributing Exponent’s proprietary software Food Analysis and Residue Evaluation (FARETM), Dietary Exposure Evaluation Model (DEEMTM), and CALENDEXTM. Mr. Berman is also familiar with probabilistic risk assessment and has used Excel’s Crystal Ball software program to perform Monte Carlo simulations. In addition, Mr. Berman assists with ecological assessments of non-target endangered species in the regulation of new pesticide products. Mr. Berman also writes with occupational exposure summaries for litigation support, including asbestos and friction products.
Prior to joining Exponent, he attended Colgate University where he gained a strong background in environmental biology, organismal biology, and English literature. Mr. Berman spent several undergraduate years engaged in laboratory research where he became proficient in microscopy and scientific writing. Currently, Mr. Berman is enrolled in a Ph.D. program in the Environmental Health Engineering division at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His focus is on geostatistical modeling, spatial statistics, and the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to health related problems.
Berman JD, McCay TS, Scull P. Spatial analysis of species richness of shrews (Soricomorpha:Soricidae) in North America north of Mexico. Acta Theriologica 2007; 52:151–158.
Hoham RW, Berman JD, Rogers HS, Felio JH, Ryba JB, Miller PR. Two new species of green snow algae from Upstate New York, Chloromonas chenangoensis sp. nov. and Chloromonas tughillensis sp. nov. (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) and the effects of light on their life cycle development. Phycologia 2006; 45(3):319–330.
Tran NL, Berman JD. Quarantine stations at Ports of Entry. Appendix E. Microbial threats of public health significance originating in animals or animal products at U.S. ports of entry. The National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 2006.
Presentations
Tran NL, Berman JD, Barraj LM, Alexander TM. Soy protein consumption and cardiovascular disease risk factors. 6th International Symposium on the Role of Soy in Preventing and Treating Chronic Disease, Chicago, IL, November 2005.
Berman JD, Scull P, McCay TS. Environmental influence on regional (gamma) shrew diversity in North America. American Society of Mammalogists, Eureka, California, June 2004.
Duncan JE, Gerken NE, Forbes AA, Goodridge BM, Berman JD, Miller PR, Ryba JB, Hoham RW. The effects of light and cell density on sexual reproduction in a homothallic species of the green snow alga, Chloromonas. North East Algal Society Conference, Saratoga Springs, New York, April 2003.