UC Berkeley SBRP Principal Investigator
Leader, Project 1: Biomarkers of chemical exposure and leukemia risk
Leader, Project 3: Arsenic biomarker epidemiology
Leader, Core A: Administration
E-mail: martynts@berkeley.edu
Tel: (510) 642-8770
Fax: (510) 642-0427
Mailing address:
University of California at Berkeley
School of Public Health
140 Warren Hall #7360
Berkeley, CA 94720-7360
Web page: http://ehs.sph.berkeley.edu/msmith
Martyn T. Smith
Research Interests
The causes of leukemia and lymphoma
Metabolism and toxicity of benzene
Biomarkers of genetic damage and susceptibility in humans
Studies of genotoxic effects of butadiene, malathion, benzene and arsenic in humans
Metabolism and toxicity of benzene
Biomarkers of genetic damage and susceptibility in humans
Studies of genotoxic effects of butadiene, malathion, benzene and arsenic in humans
Recent Publications
Wiemels JL, Zhang Y, Chang JS, Zheng S, Metayer C, Zhang L, Smith MT, Ma X, Selvin S, Buffler PA, Wiencke JK (2005) RAS mutation is associated with hyperdiploidy and parental characteristics in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leukemia 19(3):415-9. [PDF]
Zhang L, Yang W, Hubbard AE, Smith MT (2005) Nonrandom aneuploidy of chromosomes 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, and 21 induced by the benzene metabolites hydroquinone and benzenetriol. Environ Mol Mutagen 45(4):388-396. [PDF]
Lan Q, Zhang L, Li G, Vermeulen R, Weinberg RS, Dosemeci M, Rappaport SM, Shen M, Alter BP, Wu Y, Kopp W, Waidyanatha S, Rabkin C, Guo W, Chanock S, Hayes RB, Linet M, Kim S, Yin S, Rothman N, Smith MT (2004) Hematotoxicity in workers exposed to low levels of benzene. Science 306(5702):1774-6. [PDF]
McHale CM, Smith MT (2004) Prenatal origin of chromosomal translocations in acute childhood leukemia: Implications and future directions. Am J Hematol 75(4):254-7. [PDF]
Skibola CF, Forrest MS, Coppede F, Agana L, Hubbard A, Smith MT, Bracci PM, Holly EA (2004) Polymorphisms and haplotypes in folate metabolizing genes and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood 104(7):2155-62. [PDF]
Zhang L, Yang W, Hubbard AE, Smith MT (2005) Nonrandom aneuploidy of chromosomes 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, and 21 induced by the benzene metabolites hydroquinone and benzenetriol. Environ Mol Mutagen 45(4):388-396. [PDF]
Lan Q, Zhang L, Li G, Vermeulen R, Weinberg RS, Dosemeci M, Rappaport SM, Shen M, Alter BP, Wu Y, Kopp W, Waidyanatha S, Rabkin C, Guo W, Chanock S, Hayes RB, Linet M, Kim S, Yin S, Rothman N, Smith MT (2004) Hematotoxicity in workers exposed to low levels of benzene. Science 306(5702):1774-6. [PDF]
McHale CM, Smith MT (2004) Prenatal origin of chromosomal translocations in acute childhood leukemia: Implications and future directions. Am J Hematol 75(4):254-7. [PDF]
Skibola CF, Forrest MS, Coppede F, Agana L, Hubbard A, Smith MT, Bracci PM, Holly EA (2004) Polymorphisms and haplotypes in folate metabolizing genes and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood 104(7):2155-62. [PDF]