title: Future directions for EPA Superfund research.
abstract: The EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) identifies and prioritizes future research areas through a Waste Research Coordination Team. The team works together to plan the ORD Superfund research program, and it has members from each of the ORD laboratories as well as representatives from the Superfund office. Superfund scientists have identified several research topics in applied research areas to improve risk assessment methods and reduce uncertainty in site-specific risk assessments. Research areas include: dermal exposure models and toxicity values, improved methods for exposure factors, pharmaco-kinetic dose-response models, bioavailability and statistical methods. This paper presents ORD future research plans in response to these identified research areas.
authors.affiliation: Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, MC8104R, Washington, DC 20460, USA. wentsel.randy@epa.gov
authors.forename: Randall S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Wentsel
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Blaney
authors.forename: Lorelei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kowalski
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grevatt
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Frey
mesh_terms: D001682:Biological Availability; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004782:Environmental Health; D005544:Forecasting; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014481:United States; D014484:United States Environmental Protection Agency
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances