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Conrad Dan Volz - Publications

Invited Publications - past 5 years

Volz, CD and Christen, C., (2006), Why are river Recreationalists most at risk for development of waterborne infectious diseases; how can clinicians improve surveillance? Accepted for publication- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 49(1):104-105, January 2007. PMID: 17215719

Volz, CD (2007), How do water, land management, ecological and contamination issues interact to produce tertiary public health, medical, social and economic problems? Accepted for publication- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2007 Mar; 49(3):349-52.

Manuscript Reviewer

  • GENDER IN TOXICOLOGY SPECIAL ISSUE of Environmental Research. Editor Michael Gochfeld, MD, PhD.

  • Ongoing Reviewer for Environmental Research; keywords- biomonitoring, exposure assessment and risk assessment.

Whitepapers

Vyas, V. and Powers, C. with Volz, C., Lioy, P. and Gochfeld, M., The Role of Exposure Assessment in the Design of Sustainable Protective Systems for Department of Energy Legacy Waste Sites, White Paper for the Department of Energy under a grant to the Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation (CRESP), January, 2006.

Volz, CD., and Liu, Y., January 2006. 4th Quarter 2005 Evaluation, Healthy Homes Resources, Environmental Asthma Project. US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Healthy Homes Initiative.

Volz, CD., and Liu, Y., May 2006. 1st Quarter 2006 Evaluation, Healthy Homes Resources, Environmental Asthma Project. US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Healthy Homes Initiative.

Volz, CD., and Liu, Y., July 2006. 2rd Quarter 2006 Evaluation, Healthy Homes Resources, Environmental Asthma Project. US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Healthy Homes Initiative.

Volz, C. D., Water quality problems in Southwestern Pennsylvania in Miller, T. Editor, Regional water management in Southwestern Pennsylvania : Moving toward a solution. July 2006, University of Pittsburgh, Institute of Politics.

Conrad Daniel Volz, DrPH, MPH and Charles Christen, Graduate Student Researcher, September 8, 2006, Pathogen contamination and waterborne disease as a result of wet weather releases from combined and sanitary sewer overflows and stormwater runoff: The significance of continued high fecal coliform bacteria in Pittsburgh main stem rivers and tributaries as a public health problem for water recreationalists and municipal treatment facilities, for the University of Pittsburgh, Institute of Politic, Regional Water Management Task Force Board. Work also supported by the Heinz Endowment.

Volz, C. D., Regional water management in Southwestern Pennsylvania, Our environmental public health and economic challenge for the next 20 years; Definitions, scope, and a causation framework, September 15, 2006 for Weathering the Storm/Ivan Flood Symposium- University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Center for Public Health Preparedness

Volz, CD., and Liu, Y., October 2006. 3rd Quarter 2006 Evaluation, Healthy Homes Resources, Environmental Asthma Project. US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Healthy Homes Initiative.

Volz, CD., and Liu, Y., January 2007. 4th Quarter 2006 Evaluation, Healthy Homes Resources, Environmental Asthma Project. US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Healthy Homes Initiative.

Volz, CD., and Liu, Y., May 2007. 1st Quarter 2007 Evaluation, Healthy Homes Resources, Environmental Asthma Project. US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Healthy Homes Initiative.

Volz, CD., and Liu, Y., July 2007. 2 nd Quarter 2007 Evaluation, Healthy Homes Resources, Environmental Asthma Project. US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Healthy Homes Initiative.

Volz, CD., Dabney, B.,Cohen, P., Cude, C., Dooly, I., Kyprianou, R., Malecki, K., Richter, W., Schulman, A., Shaw, S., Vanderslice, J., Walters, M., and Vyas, V., September 2007. Handling Left Censored Water Contaminant Data for Descriptive Statistics and Hypothesis Tests. Submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC), Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHT) from the Water Working Group, Non-Detect Subgroup.

Volz, CD., and Liu, Y., October 2007. 3rd Quarter 2007 Evaluation, Healthy Homes Resources, Environmental Asthma Project. US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Healthy Homes Initiative.

Volz, C.D., 2007, Final Quarterly Report, Healthy Home Resources-AT HOME Environmental Asthma Evaluation Report, Healthy Home Resources for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

 

Peer Reviewed Publications - past 5 years

  1. Powers C.W., Burger J., Kosson D., Gochfeld M., Barnes, D., Bliss, L., Friedlander B., Jewett S., Johnson, M., Stabin, M., Unsworth, M., Volz, C.,Vyas V. and Weston J. AMCHITKA INDEPENDENT SCIENCE ASSESSMENT: Biological and Geophysical Aspects of Potential Exposure in the Amchitka Marine Environment, CRESP, Department of Energy AI#DE_FCO1-95EW55084, August 1, 2005.
  2. Burger, J, Gochfeld, M, Burke, S, Jeitner, CW, Jewett, S, Snigaroff, D, Snigaroff, R, Stamm, T, Harper, S, Hoberg, M, Chenelot, H, Patrick, R, Volz, CD, Weston, J. (2005) Do scientists and fishermen collect the same size fish? Possible implications for exposure assessment. Environ Res. 2005 Sep 17. PMID: 16174519
  3. Burger, J, Gochfeld, M, Kosson, DS, Powers, CW, Friedlander, B, Eichelberger, J, Barnes, D, Duffy, LK, Jewett, SC, Volz, CD. (2005) Science, policy, and stakeholders: developing a consensus science plan for Amchitka Island, Aleutians, Alaska. Environ Manage. 2005 May;35(5):557-68. PMID: 15886955
  4. Greenberg, M, Burger, J, Gochfeld, M, Kosson, D, Lowrie, K, Mayer, H, Powers, C, Volz, D, and Vyas, V. (2005) End State Land Uses, Sustainable Protective Systems, and Risk Management: A Challenge for Multi-Generational Stewards. Remediation Journal 16(1) Winter 2005.
  5. Volz, C., Powers C., Burger J., Kosson, D., Gochfeld M., Friedlander B., Barnes D., Bliss L., Jewett S., Johnson, M., Stabin M., Unsworth M., Vyas V., and Horsch J. (2006). The CRESP Amchitka expedition: a model for multi- and interdisciplinary research into radionuclide contamination of the marine environment. In F. Linkov and R. LaPorte (Eds.), Scientific networking and the global health supercourse.
    NATO Security through Science Series D: Information and Communication Security-Vol. 5, Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press.
  6. Talshinsky, R., Azwebajan R., Egypt: Adlas R., Keders U., Estonia: Bakanidze L., Georgia: Linn S., Isreal: Rossodivita A., Italy, Shishani K., Jordan: Busmane M., Latvia: Grabauskas V., Jankauskas, D., Mireckas R., Obrikis R., Sliaupa S., Starkuviene, D., Vaitkaitis D., Zukauskus G., Lithuania: Galatchi L., Romania: Puchkina N., Shubnikov E., Trufanov A., Russia: Ghannem H., Tunesia: Ozden YI., Onale AE., Turkey:Gudzenko, N., Ledoshchuk, B., Vynograd N., Ukraine: Dorman J., LaPorte R., Linkov F., Noji E., Powell J., Rumm P., Volz CD., USA. Constructing a NATO Supercourse. In F. Linkov and R. LaPorte (Eds.), Scientific networking and the global health supercourse. NATO Security through Science Series D: Information and Communication Security-Vol. 5, Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press.
  7. Burger J., Mayer H., Greenburg M., Powers C., Volz C . and Gochfeld M, 2006. Ecological risk and conceptual site models where critical risk is offsite for ecological receptors: The case of the Department of Energy's Amchitka Island Nuclear Test Site. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 69:1217–1238.
  8. Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Kosson, D., Jewett, S., Friedlander, B., Chenelelot, H., Volz, C. D. and Jeitner, C. 2006. Radionuclides in marine macroalgae from Amchitka and Kiska Islands in the Aleutians: establishing a baseline for future biomonitoring. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity,91:1-2, 27-40.
  9. Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Jeitner, C., Stamm, T., Burke, S., Donio, M., Snigeroff, D., Snigeroff, R., and Volz, C.D., Heavy metal levels in Pacific cod ( Gadus macrocephalus ) from the Aleutians: location, age, size and risk effects. Submitted to Health Physics August 2006.
  10. Burger J, Gochfeld M., Kosson D, Powers C., Friedlander B., Stabin M., Favret D., Jewett S, Snigaroff D., Snigaroff R., Stamm T., Weston J., Volz CD , and Jeitner C., Radionuclides in marine fishes and birds from Amchitka and Kiska Islands in the Aleutians : Establishing a baseline. Accepted Health Physics, December 2006.
  11. Gochfeld, M, Volz, C., Jewett, S, Powers, C, Friedlander, B. Developing a Health and Safety Plan for Hazardous Field Work in Remote Areas, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 2006 Dec; 3(12):671-83.
  12. Burger J., Gochfeld M., Burke S., Jeitner C.W., Jewett S., Snigaroff D., Stamm T., Volz , C. and James Weston, 2006. Do Scientists and Fisherman Catch the Same Size Fish: Implications for Risk Assessment, Environmental Research 101(1):34-41.
  13. Vyas, V., Volz, C. D. and Powers, C., The Influence of Regional Geography on Exposure Pathways to Residual Contamination: A Case Study of the USDOE Pantex Facility, Submitted to Journal of Environmental Management, March 1, 2006.
  14. Burger J., Mayer H., Greenburg M., Powers C., Volz C. and Gochfeld M, 2006. Ecological risk and conceptual site models where critical risk is offsite for ecological receptors: The case of the Department of Energy's Amchitka Island nuclear test site. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 69: 1-22.
  15. Volz, C. D. A framework to understand the centrality of protection and restoration of ecosystem services to water management and preparedness: An all-hazards approach with implications for NATO plans and operations . In Maria Calpinskiene, MD, PhD,Curtis Cummings, MD, MPH , Nataliya Gudzenko, MD, PhD, Elin Gursky, ScD, Faina Linkov, PhD, Alessandra Rossodivita, MD, Eugene Shubnikov, MD, Elisaveta Stikova, MD, PhD, Andrey Trufanov, PhD, Conrad Volz, DrPH, MPH Editors, Strengthening national public health preparedness and response for chemical, biological, and radiological agent threats: Springer-NATO Advanced Science Institute Series, IOS Press – Nieuwe 6B, 1013 BG Amsterdam, Netherlands, Expected Publication Date, June 2007.
  16. Tomljanovic, C.and Volz, C.D., Modeling Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC) CBRN Hazards: Novel Tools and Approaches for Strengthening the Conceptual Site Model for Public Health Preparedness. In Maria Calpinskiene, MD, PhD,Curtis Cummings, MD, MPH , Nataliya Gudzenko, MD, PhD, Elin Gursky, ScD, Faina Linkov, PhD, Alessandra Rossodivita, MD, Eugene Shubnikov, MD, Elisaveta Stikova, MD, PhD, Andrey Trufanov, PhD, Conrad Volz, DrPH, MPH Editors, Strengthening national public health preparedness and response for chemical, biological, and radiological agent threats: Springer-NATO Advanced Science Institute Series, IOS Press – Nieuwe 6B, 1013 BG Amsterdam, Netherlands, Expected Publication Date, June 2007.
  17. Volz CD, Water Management in Southwestern Pennsylvania Based on a Social-Economic-Ecological Model for the University of Pittsburgh, Institute of Politics, Regional Water Management Task Force Board. July, 2007.
  18. Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Shukla, T., Jeitner, C., Burke, S., Donio, M., Shukla, S., Stamm, T., Snigaroff, D., Snigaroff, R., and Volz, CD. 2007 Heavy metals in Pacific Cod (Gadus macrocephalus) from the Aleutians : Location, age, size, and risk. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 70: 1–15.
  19. Walters, M., and Volz, CD., 2007. Municipal wastewater concentrations of pharmaceutical and xeno- estrogens: wildlife and human health implications. Proceedings of the 3 rd National Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, Battelle Publications, Columbus, Ohio. Full Text
  20. Volz, CD., Houghton, F., Sussman, N., Lenzner, D., Davis , D., Donovan, M., Hefnawy, T., and Eagon, P, 2007. Channel catfish estrogenicity and sewer overflows: Implications for Xenoestrogen exposure. Proceedings of the 3 rd National Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, Battelle Publications, Columbus, Ohio.
  21. Volz, C.D. Assessment of metals in down feathers of female common eiders and their eggs from the Aleutians: arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, manganese, mercury, and selenium. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment: 2008 Aug; 143(1-3):247-56.
  22. Burger J, Gochfeld M, Jeitner C, Snigaroff D, Snigaroff R, Stamm T, and Volz CD, 2007. Assessment of metals in down feathers of female common eiders and their eggs from the Aleutians: arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, manganese, mercury, and selenium. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment:DOI 10.1007/s10661-007-9973-y: Received: 1 June 2007 / Accepted: 27 August 2007; Anticipated publication date November 2007. Full Text
  23. Editors Miller, T., Gorley, T., and Barron, B,; Author Volz, C.D., 2008.
    Southwestern Pennsylvania's Water Quality Problems and How to Address Them Regionally, Institute of Politics, University of Pittsburgh, 60 pages. Download PDF File here.

Testimony

  • June 6, 2006, Volz, C. D., Pennsylvania Scientists, Health Care Professionals Joint Call for State Regulations on Toxic Mercury Pollution; For Penn Future in support of state-specific mercury pollution rule proposed by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
  • March 8, 2006 , Presented by Steffi Domike, Coordinator of the Collaborative on Health and the Environment in Pennsylvania (CHE-Penn) and Conrad D. Volz DrPH, MPH, Testimony to EPA hearing on “Particulate Pollution and Environmentally Induced Asthma”.