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The EditorRonald D. Hood, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, having retired from thefaculty of the Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology Section of the Department of BiologicalSciences of The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in June, 2000. Dr. Hood remainsactive in research and consulting, and has retained his office and laboratory at the university. Heis also principal of Ronald D. Hood and Associates, Toxicology Consultants, and Adjunct Professorof Public Health in the School of Public Health of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr.Hood received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Texas Tech University and his Ph.D. in reproductivephysiology from Purdue University (1969). He joined the faculty of The University of Alabama in1968 as assistant professor, advanced to the rank of full professor in 1978, and served as interimdepartment chair in 1996 to 1997. Dr. Hood was also Consultant in Environmental Medicine, U.S.Veterans Administration, Office of Medicine and Surgery, Agent Orange Special Projects Office(off site) during 1983 and Special Consultant, Science Advisory Board, U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency, from 1983 through 1993. In addition, he has served as a consultant to industrialclients, trade associations, federal and state agencies, and law firms since 1978, and as a grant ordocument reviewer for the Environmental Protection Agency, the Agency for Toxic Substances andDisease Registry, the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, ICCVAM, and the NationalResearch Council.Dr. Hood is a member of the Teratology Society, the Society of Toxicology, and the Reproductiveand Developmental Toxicology Specialty Section of the Society of Toxicology (RDTSS), and heis the current editor of the RDTSS Newsletter. Dr. Hood was also a charter member of the Societyfor the Study of Reproduction and of the Neurobehavioral Teratology Society. He has been particularlyactive in the Teratology Society, where he has chaired the society’s Membership, Education,and Constitution/Bylaws committees, was a member of the society’s Ad Hoc Committees on Ethics,Warkany Lecturer Selection, Expert Testimony, and Web Site. Dr. Hood has served as a memberof the editorial boards of Fundamental and Applied Toxicology, Toxicological Sciences, andInScight, and he is a current member of the EPA’s Food Quality Protection Act Science ReviewBoard (FQPA/SRB).At the University of Alabama, Dr. Hood taught courses on teratology, developmental toxicology,both general and environmental toxicology, developmental biology, human embryology, reproductivephysiology, endocrinology, and general physiology.Dr. Hood’s current research interests include investigation of mechanisms and development ofassays for developmental toxicity. His recent research has involved assessment of the ability ofindole-3-carbinol to protect against developmental toxicity, determination of whether the developmentaltoxicity of chromium picolinate is due to the picolinate alone, detection of toxicant-inducedDNA strand breaks in organogenesis stage mammalian embryos, influence of maternal diet andbiotransformation by methylation on arsenical-induced developmental toxicity, maternal stress andteratogen interactions, and mechanistic studies of mitochondrial poisons as teratogens. He has alsoinvestigated the teratogenic potential of environmental toxicants, such as mycotoxins and arsenicals;he has conducted research on teratogen-teratogen and gene-teratogen interactions, the use ofdeveloping Drosophila melanogaster as an “in vitro” screening system for developmental toxicants,and arsenic biotransformation in vivo and in vitro. Dr. Hood has participated in numerous workshopsand expert review panels on developmental toxicity and risk assessment. He has also authored oredited some 92 publications in print or in press (research articles, reviews, books, and bookchapters), including Handbook of Developmental Toxicology, the predecessor to the current volume,in addition to numerous unpublished reports.© 2006 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC