Department of Environmental and Occupational Health

James P. Fabisiak - Professional Activities

Teaching

• Developed and presented a course entitled "Introduction to Pulmonary Cell and Molecular Biology" for the faculty and fellows of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh.

Instructor:

1. 1991 - 1997 Small group workshops and problem based learning sessions for Medical Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh



2. 1991 - 1994 Cardiovascular/Pulmonary Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh



3. 1992 - 1994 Cell Culture Module in Physician Investigator Training Course, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh

• Director (2000 - present) & Co-director (1998, 1999): Principles of Toxicology, EOH Course #2175 (3 credit hrs), Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh.



• Director (2004 - present): Principles of Toxicology: Conference, EOH Course #2176 (2 credit hrs), Department of Environmental & Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh. (New course developed as component of new Molecular Toxicology Ph.D. Curriculum).



• Guest Lecturer/Instructor in Introduction to Research Methods, EOH #2101 (2 hr of lecture): Designing the experiment in cell toxicology . (1998 - 2005) (Course Director: V. Kagan)



• Guest Lecturer/Instructor in Introduction to Risk Assessment, EOH #1200 (2 hr of lecture): What is toxicology? (2003 - 2005) (Course Director: N. Sussman)



• Guest Lecturer/Instructor in Health, Disease, and the Environment II, EOH 2012 (2 hr of lecture): Principles of Toxicology: Dose-Response & Routes of Exposure. (2004 – present) (Course Director: A. Barchowsky)



• Guest Lecturer/Instructor in Risk Assessment Practicum, EOH 2181 (2 hr of lecture): What is toxicology? (2006) (Course Director: N. Sussman)



• Guest Lecturer/Instructor in Molecular Fundamentals, EOH 2310 (3 hr of lecture):  Energy Metabolism and Small-molecule Metabolomics.  (2012)  (Course Directors: P. Opresko/Y.P. Di)



• Guest Lecturer/Instructor in “Introduction to Risk Sciences/Environmental Risk Assessment, EOH #2080/2081 (2 hr of lecture): Introductory Toxicology.  (2012) (Course Director, F. Wu)



• Participant in Public Health Roundtable Series: Public Health and the Built Environment. (Sept. 22, 2003).



• Judge: Dean's Day GSPH Student Research Competition, 2004, 2011, 2012

Seminars and Invited Lectureships

1990	Fabisiak, J.P., Evans, J.N., Absher, M. and Kelley, J. Differential production of and response to platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) by rat and human lung fibroblasts. Presented at the Sixth International Colloquium on Pulmonary Fibrosis, Stowe, VT.
1990	Fabisiak, J.P., Evans, J.N., Gannon, D., Absher, M.P. and Kelley, J. Expression of platelet-derived growth factor A-chain (PDGF-A) mRNA in lung tissue and cells: Complex regulation during remodeling. Presented at Thomas L. Petty Aspen Lung Conference "Mechanisms of Lung Repair".
1992	Fabisiak, J.P. Expression of PDGF receptors on human lung fibroblasts and regulation by interleukin-1 b, (IL-1 b ), tumor necrosis factor- b (TNF- b ), and gamma-interferon ( g -IFN). Presented at the Seventh International Colloquium on Pulmonary Fibrosis, Cambridge, UK.
1998	Bifunctional anti/prooxidant role for metallothioneins: Redox regulation of copper binding. Magee Women's Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
1999	Mycoplasma, A “Steath” Pathogen? Lessons from Lung Transplantation. Dept. of Environmental & Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh.
2001	Microbial & chemical stress interactions: Mycoplasma fermentans as a modulator of environmental disease. Div. Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
2004	Microbial & chemical stress interactions: Mycoplasma synergistically amplify lung fibroblast-derived cytokines in response to endogenous and environmental stimuli., Div. Of Pulmonary Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
2005	MAP kinase participation in amplified IL-6 release by human lung fibroblasts exposed to Ni and TLR-2 agonist, MALP-2. Poster presentation at Eight International Meeting on Mechanisms of Action of Inhaled Fibers, Particles, and Nanoparticles in Lung and Cardiovascular Disease. EPA Conference Center, Research Triangle Park, NC.
2008	Environmental and microbial stimuli interact to promote a proangiogenic phenotype in lung fibroblasts:  Cooperation of prostanoid- and hypoxia-dependent signaling.  Dept. Envir. & Occup. Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA.
2011	Integrative metabolome and transcriptome profiling reveals energetic stress in acute lung injury.  Dept. Envir. & Occup. Health, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA.
2012	Environmental and microbial stimuli interact to promote a proangiogenic phenotype in lung fibroblasts:  Cooperation of prostanoid- and hypoxia-dependent signaling.  Second Annual Aerobiology Working Group Meeting.  Center for Vaccine Research/Regional Biocontainment Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh   PA.