Experience Technical Support Litigation Support Curriculum Vitae Contact Us Dr. R. Roth Capabilities Curriculum Vitae PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1998 - Present Consultant 1980 - 1998 Atlantic Richfield, Los Angeles: Manager, Corporate Health & Safety; Manager, Corporate Toxicology; Manager of Technical Services, Toxicology; Staff Consultant, Toxicology; Senior Toxicologist 1977 - 1980   Diamond Shamrock Corporation, Cleveland: Senior Toxicologist/Pathologist; Toxicologist EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION 1977 Ph.D. Experimental Pathology and Toxicology, Institute of Comparative and Human Toxicology, Albany Medical College of Union University, Albany, New York 1971 B.S. Biology, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York 1981 Diplomate, American Board of Toxicology 1986 Recertified as Diplomate, American Board of Toxicology 1991 Recertified as Diplomate, American Board of Toxicology 1996 Certified "Diplomate for Life", American Board of Toxicology ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND INVITED PRESENTATIONS Adjunct Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Southern California Presentations given at the University of Southern California Medical School; United States Military Academy; California State University, Northridge; San Diego State University; University of California at Los Angeles; ARCO executive seminars and numerous professional and trade association meetings.  Topics included: EH&S management techniques, economic analysis of health and safety strategies, toxicology, hazard and risk assessment, risk communication, waste site remediation, risk indexing systems, and legal issues in EH&S.(see representative titles) PROFESSIONAL AND TRADE ASSOCIATIONS (Past and Current) Co-founder and President, Southern California Regional Chapter, Society of Toxicology Councilor, Southern California Regional Chapter, Society of Risk Analysis Society of Toxicology American College of Toxicology International Society of Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology Editorial Board, Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology Advisory Board, Association for the Environmental Health of Soils Program Planning Committee, American College of Toxicology American Petroleum Institute Western States Petroleum Association      PUBLICATIONS, ABSTRACTS AND POSTERS D. Warrington, J.B. Silkworth, K.F. Benitz, R.N. Roth and L.D. Loose, Cadmium Mediated Cellular Dysfunction, Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 41, 1977, p. 206. K.F. Benitz, R.N. Roth and F. Coulston, Morphologic Characteristics of Hepatic Nodules Induced by Mirex and Dieldrin in Mice, Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 41, 1977, p.154. D.W. Simpson, R.N. Roth and L.D. Loose, A Rapid Inexpensive and Easily Quantified Assay for Phagocytosis and Microbiocidal Activity of Macrophages and Neutrophils, Journal of Immunological Methods, 29, 1979, p.221. K.F. Benitz and R.N. Roth, A Spontaneous Metastasizing Exocrine Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas of the Rat, Laboratory Animal Science, 30, 1980, p.64. G.R. Rosenblum, J. Siva, G. Mancini, W.S. Effron and R.N. Roth, An Integrated Risk Management System, Risk Analysis in the Private Sector: Edited by C. Whipple and V. Covello, Plenum Press, New York, 1985. W.H. Ford, F.J. Koschier, S.C. Lovre, R.N. Roth, M.W. Carter, and R.E. Seegmiller, A Developmental Toxicity Screen in Rats for Assessing the Effects of Dermal Exposure to Chemicals Found in the Workplace, The Toxicologist, 12(1), 1992, p.102. A. Hoberman, M. Christian, S. Lovre, R. Roth, and F. Koschier, Developmental Toxicity Study of Carbon Black Oil (CBO) in the Rat, The Toxicologist, 12(1), 1992, p.105. F.J. Koschier, R.N. Roth, T.J. Stephens, E.T. Spence, H.K. Kasbarian and M.A. Duke, Evaluation of the Skin Irritation Potential of Petroleum Based Compounds in Reconstituted Human Skin Models, Poster, John Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing 10th Annual Meeting, April, 1992. F.J. Koschier, R.N. Roth, K.A. Wallace, R.D. Curren, and J.W. Harbell, The Use of Three-Dimensional Human Skin Models to Evaluate the Dermal Irritation of Selected Petroleum Products, Poster, World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences, April, 1992. F.J. Koschier, R.N. Roth, T.J. Stephens, E.T. Spence and M.A. Duke, In Vitro Skin Irritation Testing of Petroleum-Based Compounds in Reconstituted Human Skin Models, Journal Toxicology- Cutaneous & Ocular Toxicology, 13(1), 1994. pp. 23-37 F.J. Koschier, R.N. Roth, and L.A. Schaeffer, Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity of Clarified Slurry Oil (CSO) in the Rat, Fundamental and Applied Toxicology, 28(1), 1995, p.34. F.J. Koschier, R.N. Roth, K.A. Wallace, R.D. Curren, and J.W. Harbell, A Comparison of Three-Dimensional Human Skin Models to Evaluate the Dermal Irritation of Selected Petroleum Products, In Vitro Toxicology, 10, 1998, p.391-405. F.J. Koschier, R.N. Roth, K.A. Wallace, R.D. Curren, and J.W. Harbell, A Comparison of Three-Dimensional Human Skin Models to Evaluate the Dermal Irritation of Selected Petroleum Products, Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing 1995 Symposium, March, 1995. A. Hoberman, M. Christian, S. Lovre, R. Roth, and F. Koschier, Reproductive Toxicity of Clarified Slurry Oil (CSO) in the Rat, Journal of the American College of Toxicology, 14, 1995, p.119. D.B Menzel, R.E. Rasmussen, E. Lee, D.M. Meacher, V. Said, H. Hamadeh, M. Vargas, H. Greene, R.N. Roth, Human Lymphocyte Heme Oxygenase 1 as a Response Biomarker to Inorganic Arsenic, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm., 250(3), 1998, p. 653. D.B Menzel, H. Hamadeh, E. Lee, D.M. Meacher, V. Said, R.E. Rasmussen, H. Greene, R.N. Roth, Arsenic Binding Proteins from Human Lymphoblastoid Cells, Toxicol. Lett., 105(2), 1999, p. 89.