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1 Curriculum Vitae MUGE AKPINAR-ELCI, M.D., M.P.H. P.O. Bx 7, St. Gerge's Grenada, WI (473) ext Recent psitin Assciate prfessr, Saint Gerge s University Schl f Medicine, Department f Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Saint Gerge s, Grenada, WI Prfile Clinical and field research experience n ccupatinal health. Areas f expertise Occupatinal health Epidemilgy Occupatinal respiratry diseases Respiratry research methds including: pulmnary functin test, induced sputum, exhaled breath cndensate, exhaled nitric xide, nasal nitric xide, nasal lavage Academic backgrund Master f Public Health, Tulane University Schl f Public Health and Trpical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 2004 Pulmnlgy and Tuberculsis residency, Chest Diseases and Surgery Training Research Hspital, Izmir, Turkey, 1997 Certificate f ccupatinal health practice, Turkish Medical Assciatin - Izmir, Turkey, 1994 Pulmnlgy internship, Budapest Pstgraduate Medical Schl, Institute f Pulmnlgy, Budapest, Hungary, 1992 M.D., Dkuz Eylul University, Schl f Medicine - Izmir, Turkey, 1991

2 Academic and prfessinal experiences Assciate Prffessr, Saint Gerge s University Schl f Medicine, Department f Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Saint Gerge s, Grenada, The Caribbean, 2008-present Instructr, MPH curriculum curses: PUBH-807 Principles f Envirnmental Health PUBH-816 Occupatinal Health PUBH-840 Health Effects f Air Pllutin PUBH-841 Occupatinal and Envirnmental Epidemilgy Participated in varius research prjects n ccupatinal health Cmmittee chair, DPHPM Research and Service cmmitee Student advisr fr research prject and MSPH thesis Rse S. Prevalence f respiratry symptms amng ccupants f hmes affected by flding in Guyana. Richards C. Envirnment related respiratry health prblems amng veterinary students at sgu. A. Assistant Prfessr Brdy Schl f Medicine at East Carlina University, Department f Family Medicine, Divisin f Cmmunity Health and Preventive Medicine, Greenville, NC, C-Instructr, MPH curriculum curses MPH-6011 Intrductin t Epidemilgy MPH-6003 Occupatinal Health Student advisr fr MPH Prgram prfessinal paper studies The EQ chemical fire: Are there future implicatins f respiratry health prblems amng Apex, NC residence. Melissa Faslt. Participated in varius research prjects n ccupatinal health Cllabrates with Nrth Carlina Agrmedicine Institute Medical Epidemilgist, Natinal Institute fr Occupatinal Safety and Health, Divisin f Respiratry Diseases Studies, Field Studies Branch, Mrgantwn, WV, Participated field research acitivites in varius ccupatinal and envirnmental health hazard evaluatin surveys. Prvided expertise n epidemilgic methdlgy, study design, ccupatinal respiratry diseases, pulmnary inflammatin markers, and pulmnary functin test evaluatin. MUGE AKPINAR-ELCI, MD, MPH 2

3 Develped standard prtcls and assciated guidelines, that NIOSH use in the field studies, fr the cmmn tests such as, vlume spirmetry, brnchdilatr, exhaled nitric xide, nasal nitric xide and nasal lavage. Cntractr medical scientist, Natinal Cancer Institute, Occupatinal Epidemilgy Branch, Rckville, MD, Participated in ccupatinal respiratry cancer prject as an expert n ccupatinal respiratry diseases and pulmnary functin tests. Evaluated pulmnary functin test results f study participants. Clinical cnsultant and staff physician, Chest Diseases and Surgery Training Research Hspital, Pulmnary Intensive Care and Asthma Clinic, Izmir, Turkey, Prvided expertise n ccupatinal respiratry diseases (especially asthma, pneumcnisis, lung cancer and Tuberculsis), clinical pulmnlgy, and pulmnary intensive care. Supervised and mentred residents and health sciences graduate students. Managed and directed asthma utpatient clinic. Cnducted ccupatinal respiratry diseases field studies. Research assistant and instructr, Chest Diseases and Surgery Training Research Hspital, Izmir, Turkey, Prvided clinical services t 950-bed hspital in chest diseases and utpatient clinics, asthma wards and intensive care unit. Cnducted clinical and field medical research and gave seminars and lectures n chest medicine, especially ccupatinal respiratry disrders. Research Grants Granted: Akpinar-Elci PI. Implementing Renewable Energy and Preventing Land Degradatin: An Interventin in the Nutmeg Industry in Grenada the Glbal Envirnment Facility/Small Grants Prgramme ( GEF/SGP ) n behalf f the three GEF Implementing Agencies United Natins Develpment Prgram (UNDP), United Natins Envirnment Prgram (UNEP) and the Wrld Bank. Akpinar-Elci PI. Occupatinal Health Prblems amng Nutmeg Factries Wrkers, Small Research Grant Initiative, SGU, SRGI Pitzalis M. PI. Optimizatin f heart failure patient management in rural Nrth Carlina using a hub and spke mdel: A nvel strategy t imprve quality f care and reduce csts, Brdy Brthers, MT7751 Elci O.C. PI. Identifying upper airways prblems amng agricultural grwers and wrkers in Eastern Nrth Carlina. ECU - DRGS MUGE AKPINAR-ELCI, MD, MPH 3

4 Pending Research Grants Akpinar-Elci PI: Increasing Nutmeg Prductin And Prmting Nutmeg Industry In Grenada. USDA, $50,000 (pending) Awards Centers fr Disease Cntrl and Preventin, Bullard-Sherwd Research t Practice award, 2008 ECU Divisin f Health Sciences, Authr Recgnitin Award 2006 On-the-Spt-Award f Department f Health and Human Services, Public Health Service fr cmmitment, initiative, and hard wrk under difficult circumstances during a Heath Hazard Evaluatin at a sick building, Hartfrd, CT, 2006 On-the-Spt-Award f Department f Health and Human Services, Public Health Service fr cmmitment, initiative, and hard wrk under difficult circumstances during a Heath Hazard Evaluatin at a ppcrn plant, Jasper, MO, 2002 Prfessinal develpment Selected prfessinal curses and wrkshps attended Objective nasal measurements. Training at the lab f D. Shusterman, M.D. Department f Envirmental and Occupatinal Health Sciences. University f Washingtn, Seattle, WA, 2005 A guide t understanding clinical research: Hw t clinically appraise published studies in pulmnary and critical care medicine. American Thracic Sciety, San Dieg, CA, 2005 Sampling the airways in patients with asthma and COPD; frm exhaled breath cndensate t lung bipsy, American Thracic Sciety, Orland, FL, 2004 Basics in chest imaging, Eurpean Respiratry Sciety, Vienna, Austria, 2003 Practical chest imaging fr the pulmnlgists, American Thracic Sciety, Seattle, WA, 2003 The Denver Tb curse, Natinal Jewish Medical And Research Center, Denver, CO, 2003 Interstitial lung diseases: Current cncepts and cntrversies in management, American Thracic Sciety, Atlanta, GA, 2002 Pulmnary functin testing: Aids t clinical decisin making, indicatins, quality assurance, interpretatin, American Thracic Sciety, Atlanta, GA, 2002 Immunlgy and infectin, Internatinal Assciatin f Asthmlgy, Buens Aires, Argentina, 1999 Allergic disrder f respiratry tract and treatment mdalities, Turkish Sciety f Respiratry Investigatins, Istanbul, Turkey, 1999 Imaging in lung diseases, Turkish Thracic Sciety, Izmir, Turkey, 1997 Radilgical evaluatin f ccupatinal lung diseases, Turkish Thracic Sciety, Nevsehir, Turkey, 1996 Pulmnary rehabilitatin in COPD, Eurpean Respiratry Sciety and Turkish Thracic Sciety, Antalya, Turkey, 1995 Brnch-alvelar lavage investigatins f mineral fibers, Turkish Thracic Sciety, Antalya, Turkey, 1995 MUGE AKPINAR-ELCI, MD, MPH 4

5 Internship elective training n general surgery, Paul Brusse Hspital, Paris, France, 1991 Elective training n bstetrics and gyneclgy, St. Gerge Hspital, Medical Schl, Lndn, England, 1989 Schlarly activities Jurnal articles Elci OC, Akpinar-Elci. Occupatinal expsures and laryngeal cancer amng nnsmker, nndrinker men. Internatinal Jurnal f Occupatinal and Envirnmental Health. 2009; 15 (4): Akpinar-Elci M., Siegel P.D., Cx-Ganser J.M., Stemple K.J., White S.K., Hilsbs K., Weissman D.N. The respiratry inflammatry respnse f ccupants in a water-damaged ffice building. Indr Air. 2008;18(2): Akpinar-Elci M, Yucesy B, Elci OC, Weissman D.N. The practical applicatin f cytkine in ccupatinal respiratry diseases. Recent Patents in Inflammatin & Allergy Drug Discvery, 2007, 1: [Invited Review] Elci O.C., Akpinar-Elci M. The trend f small cell lung cancer amng yung men. Lung Cancer, 2007, 57: Akpinar-Elci M., Stemple K.J., Elci O.C., Dweik R.A., Kreiss K., Enright P. Exhaled nitric xide measurement in micrwave ppcrn prductin plant wrkers. The Internatinal Jurnal f Occupatinal and Envirnmental Health, 2006, 12: Akpinar-Elci M., Fedan K., Enright P. FEV6 as a surrgate fr FVC in detecting airways bstructin and restrictin in wrkplace. Eurpean Respiratry Jurnal 2006, 27: Akpinar-Elci M., Stemple K.J., Enright P, Fahy JV., Bledse TA, Kreiss K, Weissman DN. Induced sputum evaluatin in micrwave ppcrn prductin wrkers. Chest, 2005, 128: Akpinar-Elci M., Travis WD, Lynch DA, Kreiss K. Brnchilitis bliterans syndrme in ppcrn prductin plant wrkers. Eurpean Respiratry Jurnal 2004, 24: Akpinar-Elci M., Elci O.C., Odabasi A. Wrk-related asthma-like symptms amng flrists. Chest, 2004, 125: Elci O.C., Akpinar-Elci M. Occupatinal expsures, anatmic lcatin, and gegraphic distributin f laryngeal cancer. Cancer Causes and Cntrl, 2004, 15: Elci O.C., Akpinar-Elci M., Alavanja M., Dsemeci M. Occupatin and the risk f lung cancer by histlgic types and mrphlgic distributin: A case-cntrl study in Turkey. Mnaldi Archives fr Chest Disease, 2004, 59:183-8 Elci O.C., Akpinar-Elci M., Blair A. Dsemeci M. The risk f laryngeal cancer by ccupatinal chemical expsure in Turkey. Jurnal f Occupatinal and Envirnmental Medicine, 2003, 45: Akpinar-Elci M, Elci O.C. Imprtance f wrk intensity n respiratry prblems f hairdressers. Occupatinal and Envirnmental Medicine. 2002, 59: Akpinar-Elci M., Cimrin A.H., Elci O.C. Prevalence and risk factrs f ccupatinal asthma amng hairdressers in Turkey. Jurnal f Occupatinal and Envirnmental Medicine, 2002, 44: Elci O.C, Akpinar-Elci, Blair A., Dsemeci M. Occupatinal Dust Expsure and The risk f laryngeal cancer in Turkey. Scandinavian Jurnal f Wrk, Envirnment and Health, 2002, 28: Deveci F, Akpinar M, Celikten E. Efficiency f nninvasive mechanical ventilatin acute respiratry in sufficiency due t COPD. Jurnal f Turkish Tuberculsis and Thrax Sciety, 2002; 50; MUGE AKPINAR-ELCI, MD, MPH 5

6 Akpinar M., Bilacerglu S., et al. Efficiency f cyclic alternating chemtherapy in small cell cancer. Jurnal f Turkish Tuberculsis and Thrax Sciety, 2001; 49: Bilacerglu S., Akpinar M, et al. Therapeutic efficacy f adjunctive intravenus magnesium sulfate in acute asthma. Jurnal f Turkish Tuberculsis and Thrax Sciety, 2001; 49: Cimrin A, Akpinar M, et al. Frmaldehyde asthma f a health wrker (case reprt) Jurnal f Turkish Tuberculsis and Thrax Sciety, 2000; 48: Akpinar M., Buyuksirin M, et al. A case f brnchgenic carcinma and cncmitant Swyer-James syndrme. Mnaldi Archives fr Chest Disease, 1999; 54 (3): Gayaf Acitas M, Celikten E, Bilacerglu S, Perim K, Akpinar M, Guldaval F. Diagnstic value f fiberptic brnchscpy in malignant pleural effusins undiagnsed by cnventinal methds. Jurnal f Turkish Tuberculsis and Thrax Sciety 1999; 47 (4): Esin SE, Payzin B, Akpinar M, et al. EDTA induced pseudtrmbcytpenia: A case reprt. The Turkish Jurnal f Hematlgy and Onclgy, 1999, 9(4): Buyuksirin M., Akpinar M, et al. Creatine-kinase in exudative pleural effusins. Jurnal f Izmir Ataturk Training Hspital, 1998, 36 (2): Guldaval F, Akpinar M, Bilacerglu S., et al. Diagnstic value f brnchial aspiratin in lung cancer and cmparisn with endbrnchial bipsy. Jurnal f Izmir Ataturk Training Hspital, 1997, 21(2): Buyuksirin M., Akpinar M, et al. Hyperthrphic pulmnary stearthrpaty in lung cancer. Jurnal f Izmir Atatürk Training Hspital, 1997, 35: Akpinar M., Perim K., et al. The diagnstic value f fur tumr markers fr diagnsis lung cancer. Turkish Respiratry Jurnal, 1996, 20: Bzyaka G., Akpinar M, et al. Calcium and vitamin D metablism in patients with pulmnary tuberculsis. Medical Jurnal f Izmir Hspital, 1996, 2:67-70 Apaydin M., Akpinar M, et al. Chest x-ray finding f PCP in AIDS patients. Jurnal f Diagnstic and Invasive Radilgy, 1996, 2: Akpinar M, Ari H. Passive Smking (Review). Jurnal f Izmir Ataturk Training Hspital 1995, 23: Buyuksirin M., Tasdgen N., Akpinar M, et al. Saber- Sheath trachea (case reprt). Jurnal f Izmir Ataturk Training Hspital 1995, 9:36-39 Akpinar M, Celikten E, et al. A retrspective review f miliary tuberculsis cases. Jurnal f Izmir Chest Diseases Hspital, 1994, 8: Wrk in-prgress Akpinar-Elci M, Elci OC, Odabasi A. Occupatinal rhinit and cnjunctivitis amng flrists. (submitted) Reprts PAHO technical reprt, Envirnmental Health Indicatrs fr Barbads; The technical review, guidelines, and recmmendatins, 2009 NIOSH Alert, Preventing Lung Disease in wrkers wh use r make flavrings. Cincinnati, OH: U.S Department f Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Center fr Disease Cntrl, Natinal Institute fr Occupatinal Safety and Health, NIOSH publicatin number: , December 2003 NIOSH Hazard evaluatin and technical assistance reprt: Smerset Cunty assistance ffice Smerset, Pennsylvania. Cincinnati, OH: U.S Department f Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Center fr Disease Cntrl, Natinal Institute fr Occupatinal Safety and Health, NIOSH Reprt N: HETA , 2002 MUGE AKPINAR-ELCI, MD, MPH 6

7 Invited seminars and presentatins Wrk-related asthma in fd prductin wrkers. Occupatinal Asthma Sympsium, Wrld Asthma Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2007 Envirnmental pllutin and asthma sympsium. Wrld Asthma Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2007 (Chair) Occupatinal and Envirnmental Health ral presentatins sessin. Wrld Asthma Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2007 (Chair) Is yur ffice space healthy enugh t wrk? Respiratry inflammatin amng ccupants f water damaged building. ECU Pulmnary grand runds, Grenville, NC, January 2007 Measures f airways inflammatin in ccupants f a water-damaged ffice building. Department f Envirmental and Occupatinal Health Sciences. University f Washingtn, Seattle, WA, June 2005 The FEV6 is a gd surrgate fr the FVC when used t detect airways bstructin and a lw vital capacity in the wrkplace. Spirmetry interest grup meeting, Mrgantwn, WV, March 2004 New Investigatin Methds in Ppcrn Wrkers, WVU Dept. f Occupatinal Medicine lecture series, Mrgantwn, WV, December 2003 Exhaled NO in ccupants f a water-damaged ffice building, Mld interest grup meeting, Mrgantwn, WV, Nvember 2003 Occupatinal Expsures and the Risk f Laryngeal Cancer, Invited presentatin t DSHEFS-NIOSH Cincinnati, OH, September 2003 Dust expsure and respiratry prblems in sawmill wrkers, Field Studies Branch seminars, Mrgantwn, WV, July 2002 Exhaled nitric xide measurement in ppcrn micrwave prductin plant wrkers, Field Studies Branch seminars, Mrgantwn, WV, July 2002 Presentatins (selected) Akpinar-Elci M., Weikart D.K., Abrkwah M.E., Elci O.C., Are we missing an imprtant clue? United Airways Disease amng Farmers, Internatinal American Thracic Sciety Cngress, San Dieg, CA, May 2009 Elci O.C., Wilsn J.L., Akpinar-Elci M. Spatial assciatin f ccupatinal and envirnmental expsure factrs and respiratry cancers in the US. American Public Health Assciatin 135th Annual Meeting, Washingtn DC Nvember 3-7, 2007 (ral) Akpinar-Elci M., Siegel P.D., Enright P., White S.K., Dye A., Park J.H., Kreiss K., Cx- Ganser J.M.Symptms assciated with bjective indices f upper airway inflammatin in ccupants f a water-damaged building. Wrld Asthma Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2007 Pitzalis M.H., Elci O.C., Little R. N., Akpinar-Elci M., May A., Jnes G. L., Simmns S., Nvick L.F., Casci W. Overcming gender and racial disparities in heart failure management. The Hub and Spke Heart Failure Prject. Third Annual Jean Mills Health Sympsium, Greenville, NC, February, Akpinar-Elci M., Siegel P., Cx-Ganser J., Stemple K.J., Hilsbs K., Weissman DN. The respiratry inflammatry respnse f ccupants in a water-damaged ffice building. Internatinal American Thracic Sciety Cngress, San Dieg, CA, May, 2005 Akpinar-Elci M., Fedan K., Enright P. FEV6 as a surrgate fr FVC in detecting airways bstructin and restrictin. Internatinal American Thracic Sciety Cngress, Orland, FL, May, 2004 Akpinar-Elci M., Stemple K.J., Enright P, Fahy JV., Bledse TA, Kreiss K, Weissman DN. Induced sputum evaluatin in micrwave ppcrn prductin wrkers. ERS, Vienna, Austria, Sep 2003 MUGE AKPINAR-ELCI, MD, MPH 7

8 Akpinar-Elci M., Stemple K.J., Elci O.C., Dweik R.A., Kreiss K., Enright P. Exhaled Nitric Oxide Measurement in Micrwave Ppcrn Prductin Plant Wrkers. 99th Internatinal American Thracic Sciety Cngress, Seattle, WA, May, 2003 Akpinar M, Elci O.C., Odabasi A. Prevalence and risk factrs f ccupatinal asthma amng flrist in Turkey, EPICOH n epidemilgy in ccupatinal health, Barcelna, Spain, Sep 2002 Elci O.C., Akpinar M, Blair A., Dsemeci M. Laryngeal cancer and ccupatinal expsure in Turkey, EPICOH n epidemilgy in ccupatinal health, Barcelna, Spain, Sep 2002 Cikirikciglu B, Kmurcuglu B, Celikten E, Akpinar M. Lipid prfile changes in asthma patients at acute attack and stable perid, ERS, Stckhlm, Sweden, Sep 2002 Akpinar-Elci M, Kanwal R, Kreiss K, Brnchilitis bliterans syndrme in ppcrn plant wrkers, ATS, Atlanta, May 2002 Elci O.C., Akpinar-Elci M., Dsemeci M. Lung cancer cell type varies by age at diagnsis amng Turkish men. 98th Internatinal American Thracic Sciety Cngress, Atlanta, GA, May, 2002 Akpinar M., Cimrin A., Elci O.C., Occupatinal Asthma in Hairdressers. Wrld Asthma Meeting Eurpean Respiratry Sciety, Barcelna, Spain, Dec 1998 Cimrin AH., Akpinar M., Elci O.C. Occupatinal allergic status in animal feed wrkers. Wrld Asthma Meeting, Eurpean Respiratry Sciety, Barcelna, Spain Dec 1998 Prfessinal Activities Member, Envirnmental Occupatinal Health Assembly f ATS Reviewer, American Jurnal f Respiratry and Critical Medicine, 2008-present Reviewer, Jurnal f Occupatinal and Envirnmental Medicine 2002-present Reviewer, Occupatinal and Envirmental Medicine 2004-present Reviewer, Internatinal Jurnal f Occupatinal and Envirnmental Health, 2005-present Reviewer, Chest 2002-present Reviewer, British Medical Jurnal Grups present Reviewer, NIOSH internal and external grant applicatins Membership American Thracic Sciety Turkish Medical Assciatin Research Fellw, Windward Islands Research and Educatin Fundatin Academic/research interests Occupatinal asthma and rhinitis Public health Envirmental health Epidemilgic methdlgy Pulmnary functin tests, inflammatry markers fr lwer and upper airways diseases Hbbies Gurmet cking Swimming Archelgy Painting MUGE AKPINAR-ELCI, MD, MPH 8