SOT is pleased to announce that Dana C. Dolinoy, PhD, has been elected to serve as the 2025–2026 Secretary-Elect. Dr. Dolinoy brings deep expertise in environmental epigenetics and a long-standing record of contributions to the field of toxicology and the SOT community.
Dr. Dolinoy is the NSF International Chair of Environmental Health Sciences and Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and Director of the Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Center. Dr. Dolinoy has 15 years of continuous support from the National Institutes of Health for her research investigating how nutritional and environmental factors interact with epigenetic gene regulation to shape health and disease. She is a recipient of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Revolutionizing Innovative, Visionary Environmental Health Research (RIVER) Award and a prior recipient of the NIEHS Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award.
Dr. Dolinoy has published over 160 peer-reviewed manuscripts and is the Volume Editor of “Developmental Toxicology” within the 3rd and 4th editions of Comprehensive Toxicology. She has served as Associate Editor of Environmental Health Perspectives and Environmental Epigenetics and as elected Chair of the 2015 Gordon Research Conference in Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms of Toxicity. In 2015, Dr. Dolinoy received the NIH Director’s Transformative Award to develop piRNA epigenetic editing technologies and has recently co-edited the book ToxicoEpigenetics: Core Principles and Applications.
Dr. Dolinoy has been an engaged member of SOT for 19 years, first joining as a graduate student member in 2005. Dr. Dolinoy has served in the Presidential Chain of the SOT Molecular Systems Biology Specialty Section (2017–2021) and as a member of the Board of Publications (2015–2019) and currently serves as Associate Editor of Toxicological Sciences (2014–present) and on the Finance Committee (2022–present). In 2016, she co-chaired a SOT Contemporary Concepts in Toxicology (CCT) meeting, “ToxicoEpigenetics: The Interface of Epigenetics and Risk Assessment.” Dr. Dolinoy has been recognized by SOT with the Women in Toxicology Investigator Award in 2017, the SOT Achievement Award in 2018, and the SOT Leading Edge in Basic Science Award in 2021.
Goals for SOT
In the ballot, Dr. Dolinoy stated the following as her goals for service as Secretary-Elect:
The information provided in this blog is based on the biosketch provided by Dr. Dolinoy for use as part of the election ballot. This citation is being shared under the Secretary’s name as part of their official duties and should not be interpreted as their personal or professional opinions.
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