Teaching Merit Honor Roll - Gamma Sigma Delta, Agricultural Honor Society (2008-2009, 2011-2012)

Abstracts / Posters

Brand R.M., Charron A., and R. Brand.Decreasing Malathion Application Time forLice Treatment Reduces Transdermal Absorption.The Toxicologist: Society of ToxicologyAnnual Meeting, 2172: 2005, 445.

Pont A.R., Charron A.R., and R.M. Brand.Active Ingredients in Sunscreens Act asTopical Penetration Enhancers for the Herbicide 2,4D.The International Conference on Occupationaland Environmental Exposure of Skin to Chemicals: Science and Policy.September 2002.

Brand R.M., Charron A.R., Dutton L., Hannah T.L., Hamel F.G.and T.L. Donahue.A Single Episode ofAlcohol Consumption Can Increase Paraquat Absorption Through Skin.Journal of Toxicology: Clinical Toxicology,40:5: 2002, 648-649.

Brand R.M., Charron A., Dutton L., Mueller C. and T.L.Hannah. The Effects ofChronic Alcohol Consumption on Dermal Penetration of Pesticides.Toxicological Sciences, 66:1s: 2002, 167.

Charron A.,Williams J., Szendrak E., and P. Read.Effectsof SIERRA Antifreeze on the Micropropagation of Petunia Hybrida. AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting and ScienceInnovation Exposition: 1998, A-99.

Charron A.,and J. Williams.SIERRA Antifreeze:Safe or Not Safe. American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAnnual Meeting and Science Innovation Exposition: 1997, A-104.

Publications

Brand R.M., Pike J., Wilson R.M., and A.R. Charron. Sunscreens containing physical UV blockers can increase transdermal absorption of pesticides. Toxicology Industrial Health. 19(1): 9-16, 2003

Pont A.R., Charron A.R., Wilson R.M., and R.M. Brand. Effects of active sunscreen ingredient combinations on the topical penetration of the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. Toxicology Industrial Health. 19(1): 1-8, 2003

Pont A.R., Charron A.R., and R.M. Brand. Active ingredients in sunscreens act as topical penetration enhancers for the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 195(3): 348-54, 2004

Brand R.M., Charron A.R., Dutton L., Gavlik T.L., Mueller C., and F.G. Hamel. Effects of chronic alcohol consumption on dermal penetration of pesticides in rats. Journal of Toxicology Environmental Health. 67(2): 153-61, 2004

Brand R.M., Charron A.R., and R.E. Brand. Decreasing malathion application time for lice treatment reduces transdermal absorption. International Journal of Pharmacology. 301(1-2):48-53, 2005

Brand RM, Jendrzejewski JL, Henery EM, Charron AR. A single oral dose of ethanol can alter transdermal absorption of topically applied chemicals in rats. Toxicological Science. 92(2):349-55, 2006 (Epub 2006 May 5).

Brand RM, McMahon L, Jendrzejewski JL, Charron AR. Transdermal absorption of the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid is enhanced by both ethanol consumption and sunscreen application. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 45(1):93-7, 2007, (Epub 2006 Aug 30).

Brand RM, Jendrzejewski JL, Charron AR. Potential mechanisms by which a single drink of alcohol can increase transdermal absorption of topically applied chemicals. Toxicology. 2007 Mar 15; (Epub).

Brand RM, Charron AR , Sandler VL, Jendrzejewski JL. Moisturizing Lotions can Increase Transdermal Absorption of the Herbicide 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid Across Hairless Mouse Skin. Cutan Ocul Toxicology. 26(1):15-23, 2007.

August 2011 - Present -- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La., Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Teaching Associate 3 (Instructor/Teaching Lab Coordinator for Biological Engineering Laboratories)

August 2009 - July 2011 -- UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, Department of Pharmacology, Research Associate (Biochemical research on heterotrimeric G protein cell information processing, PI: Elliot M. Ross)

June 2005 - August 2009 -- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La., Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Teaching Associate 3 (Instructor/Teaching Lab Coordinator for Biological Engineering Laboratories)

August 2002 - June 2005 -- Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, Ill., Section of Internal Medicine Research, Research Assistant II (Lab Manager for Skin/Biomedical Engineering Lab, PI: Rhonda M. Brand)

Instructor for BE 1250 and BE2350.

Teaching Laboratory Coordinator for Biological and Agricultural Engineering.

Research interests in bioinstrumentation, biomechanics, skin biomechanics, molecular biology,and medical instrument design.

Thesis research: A non-invasive semiconductor laser system to measure skin tension.

Software expertise: Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD, Solidworks, MathCAD, LabVIEW, SAS, GraphPad Prism, SigmaPlot, BASIC, and Microsoft Office

M.S., Biological and Agricultural Engineering, August 2009, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La.
B.S., Biological Systems Engineering, May 2002, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb.