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Helen C. Cunny, Ph.D., D.A.B.T.
Helen C. Cunny, Ph.D., D.A.B.T.
Toxicologist
Tel 984-287-3123
[email protected]
P.O. Box 12233
Mail Drop K2-06
Durham, NC 27709

Helen Cunny, Ph.D., is a toxicologist and serves as a project officer in the Office of Program Operations for the Division of Translational Toxicology (DTT) at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Cunny provides expertise in the conduct of long and short-term toxicity studies designed to provide information on the potential hazardous effects of environmental chemicals for use in human health risk assessments.

As a project officer, Cunny is involved in the design, conduct, interpretation, and reporting of research and testing activities. Studies are conducted using various models and a multidisciplinary approach. Throughout her career, she has been especially interested in testing for reproductive and developmental toxicants. She has also been an invited participant on numerous national and international reproductive and developmental toxicology committees.

Cunny received her B.S. in biology from Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi, and her Ph.D. in toxicology from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas. Prior to joining NIEHS, she worked at the FDA’s National Center for Toxicological Research in the Division of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology and at Rhone-Poulenc, an international chemical company. In this corporate toxicologist position, Cunny designed toxicology testing regimens for new and existing products, performed human health risk assessments, and advised product development divisions within the company. These activities involved ascertaining the safety or relative risks of a wide variety of materials including agricultural products, veterinary drugs, industrial chemicals and genetically modified products.

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