Vet Cetera magazine 2015
Official magazine of the Center for Veterinary Health Sciences at Oklahoma State University
Official magazine of the Center for Veterinary Health Sciences at Oklahoma State University
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REGENTS DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH AWARD<br />
PHIL SHOCKLEY / UNIVERSITY MARKETING<br />
<strong>2015</strong>: Carey Pope, Ph.D.<br />
He grew up in Pasadena, Texas, earned<br />
an undergraduate degree from Stephen<br />
F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches,<br />
Texas, and worked as a research technician<br />
at M.D. Anderson. Meet Carey Pope, Ph.D.,<br />
Sitlington Endowed Chair in Toxicology in<br />
the Department of Physiological Sciences<br />
at Oklahoma State University’s Center for<br />
<strong>Vet</strong>erinary Health Sciences.<br />
“While at Stephen F. Austin, I talked to a professor<br />
who asked about my interests,” says Pope. “He mentioned<br />
‘toxicology’ as an important area and a colleague<br />
of his worked in ‘pesticides.’ That conversation<br />
was during the 1970s when environmental awareness<br />
was increasing. Chemicals like DDT and PCBs<br />
were being recognized as worldwide contaminants,<br />
showing up in places like the Arctic Circle and pristine<br />
lakes in the Rocky Mountains. So I decided that<br />
the toxicity of pesticides would be an exciting, relevant<br />
field of study.”<br />
And attention he gave it. After working at M.D.<br />
Anderson for two years, he joined the doctoral program<br />
at the University of Texas in Houston. Pope has<br />
spent the last 29 years researching pesticide toxicology.<br />
OSU recognized Pope twice honoring him with<br />
the Regents Distinguished Research Award in 2005<br />
and again in <strong>2015</strong>. Pope was also appointed a Regents<br />
Professor in 2007.<br />
Carey<br />
Pope<br />
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