College of Veterinary Medicine

Education:

B.A. 1967 Psychology, University College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Ph.D. 1976 Developmental Psychobiology, Institute of Animal Behavior, Rutgers University, Newark, N.J.
M.P.H. 1990 Epidemiology and Quantitative Methods, Graduate Program in Public Health, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, N.J.

Honors and Awards:

 

Research Interests:

Dr. Freeman’s areas of interest is residential and non-occupational human exposure measurement and assessment and risk reduction. She has conducted research on a range of environmental contaminants including metals, pesticides, and combustion products. These studies use a variety of metrics of exposure including environmental and biological monitoring, behavioral and dietary assessments, questionnaires and observations to conduct multi-media (air, water soil, house dust, and food), multi-pathway (inhalation, ingestion, and dermal) exposure assessments.

Within the area of residential exposure, much of Dr. Freeman’s research has focused on children’s environmental health issues including factors contributing to exposure to environmental contaminants and environmental factors contributing to asthma exacerbation.

In order to make the results of this research and that of others available to people in the community, Dr. Freeman has been involved in community-based environmental health assessments, outreach, and education. She and her colleagues have produced a book on environmental risk reduction directed towards parents and teachers, and a video on effective dust reduction methods for families.

Selected Publications:

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Xue, J., Zartarian, V., Moya, J., Freeman, N., Beamer, P., Black, K., Tulve, N., and Shalat, S. (2007) A meta-analysis of children’s hand-to-mouth frequency data for estimating non-dietary ingestion exposure. Risk Analysis 27: 411-421.

Hore, P., Zartarian, V., Xue, J., Ozkaynak, H., Wang, S-W., Yang, Y., Chu, P., Sheldon, L., Robson, M., Needham, L., Barr, D., Freeman, N., Georgopoulos, P., and Lioy, P.J. (2006) Deterministic application of CPPAES field measurements for testing the performance of a physically based probabilistic population model in estimating children’s residential exposure and dose to chlorpyrifos. Science of the Total Environment, 366: 525-537.

Freeman, N.C.G. (2007) Children’s Risk Assessment p 315-344 in Risk Assessment for Environmental Health, M. Robson and W. Toscano, eds. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 628 pp.

Barr, D.B., Bradman, A., Freeman, N.C.G., Whyatt, R.M., Wang, R.Y., Naeher, L., and Eskenazi, B. (2006) Studying the relationship of pesticide exposure and human development p 253-286 in Clinical and Developmental Neurotoxicology, David C.Bellinger, ed. Taylor & Francis Group, 504 pp.

Hore, P., Robson, M., Freeman, N.C.G., Zhang, J., Ozkaynak, H., Tulve, N., Sheldon, L., Needham, L., Barr, D. and Lioy, P.J. (2005) Chlorpyrifos accumulation patterns for child accessible surfaces and objects and urinary metabolite excretion by children for two weeks after professional crack and crevice application. Environmental Health Perspectives. 113:211-219.

Freeman, N.C.G., Hore, P., Black, K., Jimenez, M., Sheldon, L., Tulve, N., and Lioy, P.J. (2005) Contribution of children’s activities to pesticide hand loading following residential pesticide application. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology 15: 81-88.

Freeman, N.C.G., Shalat, S.L., Black, K., Jimenez, M., Donnelly, K.C., Calvin, J.A., and Ramirez, J. (2004) Seasonal pesticide use in a rural community on the U.S.-Mexico border. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology 14: 473-478.

Freeman, N.C.G., Schneider, D., McGarvey, P. (2003) The relationship of health insurance to the diagnosis and management of asthma and respiratory problems in children in a predominantly Hispanic urban community. American Journal of Public Health 93: 1316-1319.

Freeman, N.C.G., Schneider, D., McGarvey, P. (2003) Household exposure factors, asthma and school absenteeism in a predominantly Hispanic community. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology 13: 169-176.

Illagua, V., Freeman, N.C.G., Fagliano, J. and Lioy, P.J. (2003) The historical record of air pollution as defined by attic dust.Atmospheric Environment 37: 2379-2389.

Freeman, N.C.G. and Saenz de Tejada, S. (2002) Methods for collecting time-activity information related to exposure to combustion products. Chemosphere. 49: 979-992.

Lioy, P.J., Freeman, N.C.G., and Millette, J.R. (2002) Dust: a metric for use in residential and building exposure assessment, and forensic source characterization. Environmental Health Perspectives 110: 969-983.

Freeman, N.C.G., Sheldon, L., Jimenez, M., Melnyk, L., Pellizzari, E., and Berry, M. (2001) Contribution of children's activities to lead contamination of food. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology. 11: 407-413.

Freeman, N.C.G. and Pivnik, E. (2001) Dust does not discriminate.An 8 minute training video on dust reduction methods. Winner of the 2001 Golden Aurora Award, New York International Festival of Independent Video and Film Producers.

Schneider, D. and Freeman, N.C.G. (2000) Children's Environmental Health: Reducing risk in a dangerous world.American Public Health Association 157 pp.