Education:

• Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, University of Florida
• MS, Biology, Central Michigan University
• Michigan State University, Kellogg Biological Station
• BS, Biology, University of Michigan

Research Interests:

• Health risks of contaminants in seafood
• Use of risk assessment in policy and decision-making
• Community-based participatory research to assess and address environmental contamination
• Managing toxic substances in surface and drinking water

 Recent publications:

• Hites, R., J.A. Foran, D. Carpenter, M.C. Hamilton, B. Knuth, and S. Schwager.  2004.  Global assessment of organic contaminants in farmed salmon.  Science 303:226-229. 
• Foran, J.A., D. Good, D. Carpenter, B.A. Knuth, M.C. Hamilton, S.J. Schwager.  2005.  Quantitative analysis of the benefits and risks of consuming farmed and wild salmon.  J. Nutr.  135:2639-2643. 
• DeWeese, A., N. Kmiecik, E.R. Madsen, E.D. Chiriboga, and J.A. Foran*.  2009.  Risk- and cultural-basedfish consumption advice for Anishinaabe in the 1837 and 1842 ceded territories of Michigan, Minnesota,and Wisconsin.  Risk Analysis 29(6):729-742. (*corresponding author)
•  Foran, J.A., A. DeWeese, N. Kmiecik, and M. Hudson. 2010. Probabilistic estimates of exposure and risk reduction associated with targeted fish consumption advice for Anishinaabe tribal members. J. Environ. Public Health, Vol 2010, #802584. Available at: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jeph/contents.html.
• Foran, J.A. 2011. Water Contamination and Treatment. In: Occupational and Environmental Health. Sixth Edition. B.S. Levy, D.H. Wegman, S.L. Baron, and R.K. Sokas, editors. Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA.
• Foran, J.A. 2011 (in press). What is can be and is being done about water pollutants? In: Water and Sanitation-Related Diseases and the Environment: Challenges, Interventions, and Preentive Measures. J. Selendy and B. Levy eds. Wiley-Blackwell Pub.