Mary Dereski

Associate Professor
m.dereski@wayne.edu
Office: 313-577-5597
Fax: 313-577-0082

Address

Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, 259 Mack Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201

Research Interests

Director of Community Outreach & Education Program (COEP), 1995–2005, 2009-present

Developed and oversaw all operations of COEP in order to effectively connect community members, students, and teachers to science and health-related educational resources. Managed, supervised, and trained staff of 15+. Developed K-12 curriculum integrating environmental health topics with national and state standards for science and health education. Collaborated with 25 environmental health science centers nationwide on these projects. Conducted more than 200 workshops on topics of health and biotechnology to students in grades K-12; presented 50+ workshops and courses to teachers covering basic science topics and biotechnology. Delivered courses utilizing the Blackboard online instructional platform, as well as in conventional classroom settings.

· Delivered programs to an estimated 1,200 teachers and 10,000 students over a five-year period (2000-2005).

· Organized and delivered community outreach programs to approximately 5,000 attendees nationwide; addressed environmental health risks including lead poisoning prevention and environmental triggers of asthma.

· Invited speaker at local and national meetings covering Environmental Health topics.

Department

Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences

Selected Publications

1. Dereski, M.O., Grammas, P., Giacomelli, F., and Wiener, J. “Autonomic Receptor Characterization in Cultured Adult Rat Cardiac Myocytes: Morphologic-Functional Correlation.” J. Mol. Cell. Cardiol. 20(8):701-10, 1988.

2. Dereski, M.O., Chopp, M., Chen, Q., and Hetzel, F.W. “Normal Brain Tissue Response to Photodynamic Therapy: Histology, Vascular Permeability and Specific Gravity.” Photochem. Photobiol. 50(5):653-657, 1989.

3. Chopp, M., Jiang, Q., Chen, Q., Dereski, M.O., and Hetzel, F.W. “Metabolic and Physiological Responses of Mammary Carcinoma in the Mouse and Normal Brain Tissue in the Rat to Photodynamic Therapy.” In: Magnetic Resonance in Experimental and Clinical Oncology. Academic Press. 1989.

4. Chopp, M., Chen, H., Ho, K-L., Dereski, M.O., Brown, E., Hetzel, F.W., and Welch, K.M.A. “Transient Hyperthermia Protects Against Subsequent Forebrain Ischemic Cell Damage in the Rat.” Neurology 39:1396-398, 1989.

5. Grammas P., Dereski, M.O., Diglio, C., Giacomelli, G., and Wiener, J. “Autonomic Receptor Interactions in Isolated Cardiac Myocytes from Hypertensive Rats.” J. Mol. Cell. Card. 21(8):807-15, 1989.

6. Chopp, M., Chen, Q., Dereski, M.O., and Hetzel, F.W. “Chronic Metabolic Measurements of Normal Brain Tissue Response To Photodynamic Therapy.” Photochem. Photobiol. 52(5):1033-1036, 1990.

7. Chopp, M., Chen, H., Dereski, M.O., and Garcia, J.H. “Mild Hypothermic Intervention after Graded Ischemic Stress in Rats.” Stroke, 22:37-43, 1991.

8. Dereski, M.O., Chopp, M., Garcia, J.H., and Hetzel, F.W. “Depth Measurements and Histopathological characterization of Photodynamic Therapy Generated Normal Brain Necrosis as a function of Incident Optical Energy Dose.” Photochem. Photobiol. 54:109-112, 1991.

9. Chopp, M., Li, Y., Dereski, M.O., Levine, S.R., Yoshida, Y., and Garcia, J.H. “Neuronal Injury and Expression of 72-kDa Heat Shock Protein after Forebrain Ischemia in the Rat.” Acta Neuropath. 83:66-71, 1991.

10. Chen, H., Chopp, M., Vande Linde, A., Dereski, M.O., and Welch, K.M.A. “The Effects of Post-Ischemic Hypothermia on the Neuronal Injury and Brain Metabolism after Forebrain Ischemia in the Rat.” J. Neurological Sciences 107:191-198, 1992.

11. Yoshida, Y., Dereski, M.O., Garcia, J.H., Chopp, M., and Hetzel, F.W. “Photo-activated Porphyrin II: Astrocytic swelling precedes endothelial injury in rat brain.” J. Neuropath. Exp. Neurol. 51(1):91-100, 1992.

12. Chopp, M., Li, Y., Dereski, M.O., Levine, S.R., Yoshida, Y., and Garcia, J.H. “Hypothermia reduces 72kDa Heat Shock Protein Induction in Rat Brain after Transient Forebrain Ischemia.” Stroke, 23:104-107, 1991.

13. Yoshida, Y., Dereski, M.O., Garcia, J.H., Hetzel, F.W., and Chopp, M. “Neuronal Injury after Photoactivation of Photofrin II.” Am. J. Pathol. 141(4):989-997, 1992.

14. Hetzel, F.W., Chopp, M., and Dereski, M.O. “Variations in p0₂ and pH Response to Hyperthermia: Transplant Site and Duration Dependency. Radiation Research, 131:152-156, 1992.

15. Chen, Q., Wilson, B.C., Dereski, M.O., Patterson, M.S., Chopp, M., and Hetzel, F.W. “Effects of Light Beam Size on Fluence Distribution and Depth of Necrosis in Superficially applied Photodynamic Therapy of Normal Rat Brain.” Photochem. Photobiol. 56(3):379-384, 1992.

16. Chen, Q., Chopp, M., Dereski, M.O., Wilson, B.C., Patterson, M.S., Schreiber, A., and Hetzel F.W. “The effect of Light Fluence Rate in Photodynamic Therapy of Normal Rat Brain.” Radiation Research, 132:120-123, 1992.

17. Dereski, M.O., Chopp, M., Knight, R.A., Chen, H., and Garcia, J.H. “Focal Cerebral Ischemia in the Rat: temporal profile of neutrophil responses.” Neuroscience Res. Comm. 11(3):179-186, 1992.

18. Dereski, M.O., Chopp, M., Knight, R.A., Rodolosi, L.C., and Garcia, J.H. “The Heterogeneous Temporal Evolution of Focal Ischemic Neuronal Damage in the Rat.” Acta Neuropath. 85:327-333, 1993.

19. Helpern, J.A., Dereski, M.O., Knight, R.A., Ordidge, R.J., Chopp, M., and Zing, Z.X. “Histopathological Correlations of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging Parameters in Experimental Cerebral Ischemia.” Mag. Res. Imag. 11:241-246, 1992.

20. Knight, R.A., Dereski, M.O., Helpern, J.A., Ordidge, R., and Chopp, M. “Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment of Evolving Focal Cerebral Ischemia: Comparison with Histopathology.” Stroke, 25:1252-1262, 1994.

21. Dereski, M.O., Madigan, L., and Chopp, M. “The Effect of Hypothermia and Hyperthermia on PDT of Normal Brain.” Neurosurgery, 36:141-146, 1995.

22. Welch, K.M.A., Knight, R.A., Nagesh, V., Hugg, J.W., Jacobs, M., Peck, D., Booker, P., Dereski, M.O., and Levine, S.R. “A Model to Predict the Histopathology of Human Stroke Using Diffusion and T₂-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging.” Stroke, 26:1983-1989, 1995.

23. Chopp, M., Madigan, L., Dereski, M.O, Jiang, F., and Li, Y. “Photodynamic Therapy of Human Glioma (U87) in the Nude Rat.” Photochem. Photobiol., 64(4):707-711, 1996.

24. Chopp, M., Dereski, M.O., and Madigan, L. “Sensitivity of 9L Gliosarcomas to Photodynamic Therapy.” Radiation Research, 146:461-465, 1996.

25. Chen, Q., Chopp, M., Madigan, L., and Dereski, M.O. “Damage threshold of normal rat brain in photodynamic therapy.” Photochem. Photobiol. 64(1):163-7, 1996.

26. Dereski, M.O., Losey, H., and Pietrantoni, L. “Environmental Health Science in the Classroom.” Comments in Toxicology. Edition, “Toxicology in K-12 Education: What Are We Doing? Environmental Health Science in the Classroom.” Comments on Toxicology, 8:195-207, 2002

27. Djuric, Z., Cadwell, W.F., Heilbrun, L.K., Venkatramanamoorthy, R., Dereski, M.O., Lan, R. Casey, R.J. Relationships of psychosocial factors to dietary intakes of preadolescent girls from diverse backgrounds. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2(2):79-90, 2006.

28. Dereski, M.O., Pietrantoni, L. Environmental Public Health Education Partnerships: Successes and Challenges. International Public Health Journal 4(3): In Press, 2012.

29. Alozie N.M., Grueber D.J., Dereski M.O.. Approaching Inquiry While Promoting 21st Century Skills in the Science Classroom: Adapting Cookbook Laboratory Activities: The Case of DNA Extraction of Wheat Germ. American Biology Teacher (Accepted)