Donald Gardner

Dr. Gardner has over forty years of experience in the field of toxicology. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Creighton University, Omaha, NE, with majors in biology, chemistry and medical microbiology. His PhD is in Environmental Health from the University of Cincinnati. Past employment includes the US Environmental Protection Agency/US Public Health Service, (1962-1982). At EPA, he was Director of the Toxicology Division that was responsible for studies both in animals and humans. Following retirement from the US Health Service, he joined Northrup/Man Tech International Corp. as Vice-president and Chief Scientist (1982-1994).

He is now president of Inhalation Toxicology Associates, Inc. He is a board certified Fellow in Toxicology and has had academic appointments at Duke University, North Carolina State University and the University of Massachusetts. He has been active with the National Academy of Science; he was Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Toxicology and chaired numerous Subcommittees. He has been on the Editorial Boards of several journals, including Toxic Substances,, Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods, the Journal of Immunotoxicology, and Nutritional Interactions. He is co-editor of the Target Organ Toxicology Series, New Perspectives: Toxicology and the Environment, editor of Toxicology of the Lung, and editor of the Journal of Inhalation Toxicology. Through his career he has published over 250 peer reviewed manuscripts and book chapters.

He has received the lifetime outstanding achievement award from two Society of Toxicology (SOT) Specialty Sections, Inhalation Toxicology and Immunotoxicology. He also received several EPA scientific and technological achievement awards and the Meritorious Service Award from the US Public Health Service. He has served as President of three SOT Specialty Sections: (1) Metals, (2) Inhalation Toxicology and (3) Immunotoxicology. In addition, he served as President of the North Carolina Regional Chapter of the SOT, and President of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences.

He is a Designated Lifetime National Associate Member of the National Academy of Sciences in “recognition as advisor to the Nation in matters of science, engineering, and health” and received NASA’s Outstanding Public Service Award “in recognition for guiding NASA toward a safer environment to enhance future exploration of space”.