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Morris Cranmer, CIH, PhD
Professor

UAMS Campus, COPH Bldg.
1st Floor, Office 1227
(501) 526-6696
(Fax) (501) 526-6750
cranmermorrisf@uams.edu

Department: Environmental and Occupational Health

 

Education:

A.A.
Engineering; Compton College, Compton, California

B.S.
Chemistry, Engineering; Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas

M.S.
Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health, UAMS, Little Rock, AR

Ph.D.
Botany (Molecular Biology), The University of Texas, Austin, Texas

Ph.D.
Interdisciplinary Toxicology, UAMS, Little Rock, AR

Boards and Certifications

Diplomate, American Board of Industrial Hygiene, CIH, Certification Number 5698

Fellow, Academy of Toxicological Sciences.

Fellow, American College of Forensic Examiners.

Diplomate, American Board of Forensic Examiners, Certification Number 1628

Diplomate, American Board of Forensic Examiners, Certification Number 1516

Diplomate, American Board of Psychological Specialties, Identification Number 536.

Specialist in the Practice of Occupational Safety and Health, USC - NIOSH

Occupational Safety and Health Management, USC - NIOSH

Certified Safety Executive,  World Safety Organization.

Certified Safety Specialist, World Safety Organization.

Certified Safety Manager, World Safety Organization.

Certified Hazardous Materials Supervisor, World Safety Organization.

Awards

Society of Toxicology Achievement Award.  Highest award for toxicologists 35 and under.

FDA Award of Merit.  The Award of Merit is FDA's highest award.

U.S. DHHS Distinguished Service Award.  Highest civilian department service award.

Research Interests. 

Forensic Toxicology, Public Health Biology, Occupational Toxicology, Hazard Identification and Communication.

Selected Publications

Cranmer MF.  Statistics in Toxicology.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Symposium on Statistics and the Environment.  Washington, D.C.  Journal Washington Academy of Science  64(2), 158-159, 1974.

Cranmer MF.  SACCHARIN:  Edited by Scherr GH.  Pathotox Publishers, Inc.  American Drug Research Institute, Inc., 586 pages, 1980.

Cranmer  MF.  Review of the toxicology of carbaryl.  Neurotoxicology , 1986; 7(1)1-86.

Cranmer MF, Amler RW, McChesney T, Louie SC, Senner J, Lybarger J.  Biologic indicators of exposure of the residents of Jacksonville, Arkansas to contaminants from the Vertac/Hercules Superfund Site.   Hazardous Waste and Public Health:  International Congress on the Health Effects of Hazardous Waste.  JS Andrews, H Frumkin, BL Johnson, MA Mehlman, C Xintaras, JA Bucsela, eds. Princeton Scientific Publishing Co., Inc., Princeton, NJ, 1994, pp 378-388.

Cranmer MF, Evans S, McChesney T, Louie SC.  The poor and retired/elderly:  Populations at special risk to consuming methylmercury contaminated fish.  Hazardous Waste and Public Health:  International Congress on the Health Effects of Hazardous Waste.  JS Andrews, H Frumkin, BL Johnson, MA Mehlman, C Xintaras, JA Bucsela, eds. Princeton Scientific Publishing Co., Inc., Princeton, NJ, 1994, pp. 643-658.

Cranmer, M, Gilbert S, Cranmer J.  Neurotoxicology of mercury - indicators and effects of low-level exposure..  Neurotoxicol, 1996; 17:9-14.

Cranmer M, Louie S, Kennedy RH, Kern PA, Fonseca VA.  Exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is associated with hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance.  Toxicol Sci, 2000; 56: 431-436.

 

 






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