Ph.D. in Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, 1964; board certified Diplomate in Toxicology, 1989 - present; and Fellow in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Broad teaching and research experience in the Life Sciences with a focus on Human and Veterinary Medicine using the disciplines of bacteriology, virology, immunology, epidemiology, biochemistry, physiology, analytical chemistry, toxicology and environmental sciences. Listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World and in America, in American Men and Women of Science and a dozen other sources. Over $6,500,000 in federal research grants as principal and co- investigator, and over 150 scientific publications. Author: "The Art and Science of Expert Witnessing", Cypress Publishing Group, 2002, and “Miracles”, Booksurge Publishing, 2007. Professorships in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine; Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine; and John M. Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia.

A 35 page resume, including a list of attorneys I have assisted, is available by request via mail or e-mail.

Expert witnessing and consulting, medical writing, and peer review.

Experience as an expert witness since early 1980s, for defense/plaintiff, civil/criminal, and as a pre-trial consultant for depositions/administrative hearings/affidavits in about 140 cases in NY, MO, KS, TX, OK, IL, AR, AL, CA, CO, MI, MS, TN, WV, NE, NC, SC, NV, WY, KY, WA and OH plus 1 in Toronto, Canada with 24 depositions and 16 trial testimonies including for Mound, Cotton, Wollan & Greengrass in NYC, for Fulbright and Jaworski in Houston, Shook, and Hardy and Bacon in KC.

• Special expertise for evaluating the scientific merit of complex cases that require broad knowledge and analytical ability.
• Cause and effect relationships for chronic and acute toxic exposure to chemicals from the environment and workplace including dusts, benzene and other solvents, lead, manganese and other metals, and most organic and inorganic chemicals affecting most organ systems.
• Odor measurement and control for lagoon and other farming operations and industry.
• Infectious diseases, antibiotic therapy, mold exposure, epidemiology and immunology.
• Environmental spills and contamination, and alleged pesticide misuse.
• Alcohol and illicit drug use.

The White House, unpaid consultant for Carlton Turner, Director, Drug Abuse Policy Office for President Ronald Reagan, relative to Marijuana, 1982.

Consultant for Corporations and Universities, 1981to present.

Consultant for Guideline/Intota (formerly Sophion Teltech Network Resource Corp.) 1992 to the present; Douglas Peterson, Inc., Reuters, Gerson Lehrman, the Round Table Group, the Science Advisory Board, Thompson West (Westlaw), and Eastern Research Group.

Reviewer for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 37 books and films, 1986 to the present.

Item writer: MCAT and ACT medical school and college admission tests, 1990-91, 1992.

Judge for Research & Development Magazine's 100 Awards, 1996, 1999.

Peer reviewer for various federal agencies including:

Superfund Research for NIEHS: 1990-91, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2005.
 
NIH and NIEHS medically-related SCOR/Projects/grants: 1979, 1986, 1999.
 
US EPA: 1998, 1999-2000, 2003-2008 for ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry of the CDC) and HEAST (Health Effects Assessment Summary Tables), Toxicity Profiles (including cancer risk assessment) and related risk assessment documents for specific chemicals.
 
Reviews administered by the Eastern Research Group, the American Institute for Biological Sciences, and others: 1997-present
 
US Army Medical Research & Material Command, Defense Department, Naval Medical Research and Kansas DEPSCoR 2000: 1995-96, 1997-98.
 

Olen R. Brown, Ph.D., 527 North Cedar Lake Drive West, Columbia, MO 65203.
 
Telephone 573-449-7444; and e-mail BrownO@missouri.edu