Michael Reilly, PhD
Project Toxicologist
Dr. Michael Reilly serves as a toxicologist with CTEH. Some of his duties are supporting litigation through exposure and risk assessments, helping clients maintain regulatory compliance, developing sampling and analysis plans, and preparing summary reports following a project’s completion. Additionally, he serves on the Toxicology Emergency Response Program (TERP), providing 24/7/365 disaster support all across North America. His doctoral dissertation focused on how prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) may impact the developing brain. Prior to this, his undergraduate research investigated the neuroendocrine effects of early life exposure to arsenic in rats. The creative, critical, and analytical skills developed through 9 years of biomedical research have been useful to fulfilling his role at CTEH.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mr. Reilly has provided services including drafting infectious disease control plans, prepared and reviewed proactive/reactive disinfection protocols, reviewed employee health screening protocols, provided on-site consultation and review of COVID-19 related practices in essential workplaces, and more.
Education
- University of Texas, Austin, TX
- University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, TX
Professional Society Memberships
- Endocrine Society
- Society for Neuroscience
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publications
- Application of a novel social choice paradigm to assess effects of prenatal endocrine-disrupting chemical exposure in rats (Rattus norvegicus)
- The effects of prenatal PCBs on adult social behavior in rats
- Prepubertal exposure to arsenic (III) suppresses circulating insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) delaying sexual maturation in female rats
- Age-related changes in sexual function and steroid-hormone receptors in the medial preoptic area of male rats
- Anxiety-like behaviors in adulthood are altered in male but not female rats exposed to low dosages of polychlorinated biphenyls in utero
- Social and neuromolecular phenotypes are programmed by prenatal exposures to endocrine-disrupting chemicals
- cute exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls can alter social behavior in adulthood: a novel approach in the study of rat sociality
- The effects of gestational PCB exposure on adult social behaviors in rats
- The neuroendocrine disruption of adult social behavior via gestational exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemical
- Gestational exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls leads to a disruption of social behavior in rats
- Gestational exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls alters sociosexual behaviors and ultrasonic vocalizations in adult rats
- Exposure to low-level Arsenic suppresses circulating IGF-1 resulting in delayed female pubertal development
- Does Early tactile Stimulation Attenuate Adverse Effects of Maternal Separation in Rats
- Juvenile Exposure to Low-Dose Arsenic Results in Hyperactivity as Adults in Female Rats
- Tactile Stimulation Relieves Abnormal Perseverative Behavior Caused by Maternal Separation during a Critical Developmental Period