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Dr. Nicolle S. Tulve
RESEARCH PHYSICAL SCIENTIST
Exposure Measurements and Analysis Branch
Human Exposure and Atmospheric Sciences Division
EDUCATION/TRAINING
US EPA, Post-Doctoral Fellow, ORD/NERL, 2000, RTP, NC
Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, 1999, Clarkson University
M.S., Environmental Health and Toxicology, 1994, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany
B.S., Biology, 1992, Oswego State
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Team Lead for the Children’s Research Program, US EPA, ORD, NERL, HEASD, RTP, NC; 2007-Present
Research Physical Scientist, US EPA, ORD, NERL, HEASD, EMAB, RTP, NC; 2009-Present
Acting Associate Director for Human Health, US EPA, ORD, NERL, HEASD, RTP, NC; 2008-2009
Research Physical Scientist, US EPA, ORD, NERL, HEASD, EMAB, RTP, NC; 2000-2008
Research Scientist (detail), US EPA, OPP, HED, Washington, DC; 6/2002-10/2002
Research Physical Scientist, US EPA, ORD, NERL, Post-Doctoral Fellow, RTP, NC; 1999-2000
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
US EPA Superior Accomplishment Recognition Award 2009
US EPA Superior Accomplishment Recognition Award 2009
US EPA NERL Special Achievement Award 2009
US EPA Level III STAA Award, Pesticide Measurements from the First National Environmental Health Survey of Child Care Centers Using a Multi-Residue GC/MS Analysis Method by Tulve et al., 2006, 2008
US EPA Special Accomplishment Recognition Award 2008
US EPA Special Accomplishment Recognition Award 2008
US EPA Special Accomplishment Recognition Award 2008
US EPA Children’s Environmental Health Excellence Award for Science Achievement (Team Award) 2007
US EPA Special Accomplishment Recognition Award 2007
US EPA Special Accomplishment Recognition Award 2007
US EPA NERL Special Achievement Award 2007
US EPA Special Accomplishment Recognition Award 2005
US EPA Special Accomplishment Recognition Award 2004
US EPA Special Accomplishment Recognition Award 2003
US EPA Bronze Medal for Commendable Service 2003
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (14 out of 14 from 1995 to present)
Tulve, NS, Egeghy, PP, Fortmann, RC, Whitaker, DA, Nishioka, MG, Naeher, LP, Hilliard, A. 2008. Multimedia measurements and activity patterns in an observational pilot study of nine young children. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. 18(1):31-44.
Tulve, NS, Jones, PA, McCurdy, T, Croghan, CW. 2007. A pilot study using an accelerometer to evaluate a caregiver’s interpretation of their infant or toddler’s activity level as recorded in a time activity diary. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 78(4):375-383.
Xue, J, Zartarian, V, Moya, J, Freeman, N, Beamer, P, Black, K, Tulve, N, Shalat, S. 2007. A meta-analysis of children’s hand-to-mouth frequency data for estimating non-dietary ingestion exposure. Risk Analysis. 27(20):411-420.
Egeghy, PP, Sheldon, LS, Fortmann, RC, Stout II, DM, Tulve, NS, Cohen Hubal, E, Melnyk, LJ, Morgan, M, Jones, PA, Whitaker, DA, Croghan, CW, Coan, A. 2007. Important Exposure Factors for Children: An Analysis of Laboratory and Observational Field Data Characterizing Cumulative Exposure to Pesticides. Research Triangle Park, NC: Office of Research and Development. EPA/600/R-07/013.
Tulve, NS, Jones, PA, Nishioka, M, Fortmann, RC, Croghan, CW, Zhou, JY, Fraser, A, Cave, C, Friedman, W. 2006. Pesticide measurements from the first national environmental health survey of child care centers using a multi-residue GC/MS analysis method. Environmental Science and Technology. 40(20):6269-6274.
Tulve, NS, Driver, J, Egeghy, PP, Evans, J, Fortmann, RC, Kissel, J, McMillan, N, Melnyk, LJ, Morgan, M, Starr, J, Stout, DM, Strynar, M. 2006. The US EPA National Exposure Research Laboratory’s (NERL’s) Workshop on the Analysis of Children’s Measurement Data. Research Triangle Park, NC: Office of Research and Development. EPA/600/R-06/026.
Freeman, NCG, Hore, P, Black, K, Jimenez, M, Sheldon, L, Tulve, N, Lioy, PJ. 2005. Contributions of children’s activities to pesticide hand loadings following residential pesticide application. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology. 15:81-88.
Hore, P, Robson, M, Freeman, N, Zhang, J, Wartenberg, D, Ozkaynak, H, Tulve, N, Sheldon, L, Needham, L, Barr, D, Lioy, PJ. 2005. Chlorpyrifos accumulation patterns for child-accessible surfaces and objects and urinary metabolite excretion by children for two-weeks after crack-and-crevice application. Environmental Health Perspectives. 113(2):211-219.
Tulve, NS, Suggs, JC, McCurdy, T, Moya, J. 2002. Frequency of mouthing behavior in young children. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology. 12:259-264.
Fortmann, RC, Sheldon, LS, Cohen Hubal, EA, Morgan, MK, Stout, DM, Thomas, KW, Tulve, NS, Whitaker, DA. 2002. The EPA National Exposure Research Laboratory Children’s Pesticide Exposure Measurement Program. Indoor Air. 4:888-893.
Berry, MR, Cohen Hubal, EA, Fortmann, RC, Melnyk, LJ, Sheldon, LS, Stout, DM, Thomas, KW, Tulve, NS, Whitaker, DA. 2001. Draft Protocol for Measuring Children’s Non-Occupational Exposure to Pesticides by all Relevant Pathways. Research Triangle Park, NC: Office of Research and Development. EPA/600/R-03/026.
Tulve, NS, Young, TC. 2001. Interactions of natural colloidal material and phenanthrene in the aquatic environment. Remediation: The Journal of Environmental Cleanup Costs, Technologies & Techniques. 11(3):35-47.
Tulve, NS, Young, TC. 1999. Isolation and characterization of the natural colloidal material from the Fox River, Green Bay, WI. Lakes & Reservoirs: Research & Management.15(3):231-238.
Kwon, OS, Tulve, N, Sokol, RC, Liu, X, Rhee, GY. 1995. Effect of different sediment sources and bioavailability on PCB dechlorination. Proceedings Pacific Basin Conference on Hazardous Waste. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, May 7-12, 1995. Paper 95102.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS (21 out of 64 from 1992 to present)
Isaacs, K, McCurdy, T, Errickson, A, Forbes, S, Glen, G, Graham, S, McCurdy, L, Nysewander, M, Smith, L, Tulve, N, Vallero, D. 2009. Statistical properties of longitudinal time-activity data for use in EPA exposure models. American Time Use Research Conference, June 25-26, 2009, Inn and Conference Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
Tulve, NS, Ross, JH, Egeghy, PP, Lunchick, C, Barnekow, D, Driver, JH. 2008. Relationships between environmental concentrations and measured urinary biomarker levels. ISEE & ISEA 2008 Joint Annual Conference, October 12-16, 2008, Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, CA.
Barnekow, D, Lunchick, C, Ross, J, Tulve, NS. 2008. Urinary pesticide metabolite concentrations in children and adults and the relationship to environmental concentrations following indoor pesticide applications. ISEE & ISEA 2008 Joint Annual Conference, October 12-16, 2008, Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, CA.
Zartarian, V, Xue, J, Tulve, N, Tornero-Velez, R, Glen, G, Smith, L. 2008. Application and evaluation of an aggregate physically-based two-stage Monte Carlo probabilistic model for quantifying children’s residential exposure and dose. ISEE & ISEA 2008 Joint Annual Conference, October 12-16, 2008, Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, CA.
Egeghy, PP, Tulve, NS, Adetona, O, Naeher, LP. 2008. Using pesticide screening questions to identify the more highly exposed participants in a larger cohort. ISEE & ISEA 2008 Joint Annual Conference, October 12-16, 2008, Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, CA.
Figueroa, ZI, Tulve, NS, Egeghy, PP, Xue, J. 2008. Comparison of exposure estimates for chlorpyrifos using three different sets of algorithms. ISEE & ISEA 2008 Joint Annual Conference, October 12-16, 2008, Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, CA.
Raymer, J, Marriott, B, Olsho, L, Michael, L, Fennell, T, Busby-Whitehead, J, Tulve, N, Thomas, K. 2008. Factors important to defining susceptibility of the aging population to the effects of environmental exposures to environmental pollutants. ISEE & ISEA 2008 Joint Annual Conference, October 12-16, 2008, Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, CA.
Bangs, GW, Olsen, M, Tulve, N, Hofmann, L. 2008. New approaches and emerging sciences shape the update to the EPA Risk Assessment Forum’s Guidelines for Exposure Assessment. ISEE & ISEA 2008 Joint Annual Conference, October 12-16, 2008, Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, CA.
Tulve, NS, Egeghy, PP, Ross, J, Lunchick, C, Barnekow, D, Driver, J. 2008. Relationships between environmental concentrations and measured urinary biomarker levels. 236th ACS Fall National Meeting and Exposition, August 17-21, 2008, Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA.
Evans, J, Zartarian, V, Xue, J, Young, B, Driver, J, Pandian, M, Tulve, N, Smith, L, Glen, G. 2008. Equations, assumptions, and results for four post-application exposure models. 236th ACS Fall National Meeting and Exposition, August 17-21, 2008, Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA.
Tulve, NS, Egeghy, PP, Fortmann, RC, Whitaker, DA. 2007. Multimedia measurements and activity patterns in an observational pilot study used to estimate potential exposures of young children. 17th Annual Conference of the International Society of Exposure Analysis, October 14-18, 2007, Durham Marriott, Durham, NC.
Isaacs, K, Errickson, A, Forbes, S, Glen, G, McCurdy, L, McCurdy, T, Smith, L, Tulve, N, Vallero, D. 2007. Statistical properties of longitudinal time-activity data for use in human exposure models. 17th Annual Conference of the International Society of Exposure Analysis, October 14-18, 2007, Durham Marriott, Durham, NC.
Chao, E, McCurdy, T, Thomas, K, Tulve, N. 2007. Meta-analysis of the lifestyle factors relevant to environmental hazards for the aging population. 17th Annual Conference of the International Society of Exposure Analysis, October 14-18, 2007, Durham Marriott, Durham, NC.
Xue, J, Zartarian, V, Moya, J, Tulve, N, Beamer, P, AuYeung, W, Black, K, Freeman, N, Shalat, S. 2007. A meta-analysis of children’s hand-to-mouth and object-to-mouth frequency data for estimating non-dietary ingestion exposure. 17th Annual Conference of the International Society of Exposure Analysis, October 14-18, 2007, Durham Marriott, Durham, NC.
Tulve, NS. Field collection methods used in the EPA National Exposure Research Laboratory human exposure measurement program to evaluate children’s aggregate exposure to pesticides: a tutorial. OPP Health Effects Division (HED) Risk Assessment Training Program – Invited Presentation. March 22, 2007, Washington, DC.
Andrews, KD, Thorn, JR, Misita, MF, Nishioka, MG, Tulve, NS, Fortmann, RC. 2006. Rapid method development for BDEs in twelve diverse human exposure assessment media using the concept of core analytical tools. 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, September 10-14, 2006, San Francisco, CA.
Tulve, NS, Deener, K, Saint, C, Cohen Hubal, E, Melnyk, L, Sheldon, L, Stout, D. 2006. Innovative tools and methods for assessing children’s potential chemical exposures. EPA Science Forum 2006: Your Health, Your Environment, Your Future, Global Challenges Session, May 16-18, 2006, US EPA, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, DC.
Tulve, NS, et al. 2005. Partnering to collect improved human exposure measurement data. EPA Science Forum 2005: Collaborative Science for Environmental Solutions, Science and Innovation Session, May 16-18, 2005, US EPA, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, DC.
Tulve, NS, Jones, PA, McCurdy, T, Fortmann, RC, Croghan, CW. 2004. Use of an integrated approach to evaluate young children’s activities. 14th Annual Conference of the International Society of Exposure Analysis, October 17-21, 2004, Adam’s Mark Hotel, Philadelphia, PA.
Tulve, NS, Fortmann, RC, Whitaker, DA, Croghan, CW, Hilliard, A, Naeher, L. 2004. A community based children’s pesticide exposure measurement study in Jacksonville, FL: results from the aggregate exposure assessment. 14th Annual Conference of the International Society of Exposure Analysis, October 17-21, 2004, Adam’s Mark Hotel, Philadelphia, PA.
Tulve, NS, Jones, PA, Fortmann, RC, Croghan, CW, Zhou, J, Friedman, W, Fraser, A, Cave, C. 2004. Pesticide measurement results from the First National Environmental Survey of child care centers. 14th Annual Conference of the International Society of Exposure Analysis, October 17-21, 2004, Adam’s Mark Hotel, Philadelphia, PA.
NARRATIVE
My current research activities focus on understanding young children’s exposures (both aggregate and cumulative) to chemicals (pesticides, phthalates, brominated flame retardants, perfluorinated chemicals) found in their everyday environments (home, day care, school) by collecting multimedia measurements (air, dust, soil, water, food, urine) and activity pattern information in observational exposure measurement studies. My future research activities will continue to focus on understanding young children’s exposures to chemicals in their everyday environments by identifying the activities and routes of exposure most important for determining children’s exposures to everyday chemicals.