Pablo Sanchez Soria, PhD, CIH
Director, Health Sciences
Senior Toxicologist
Dr. Pablo Sanchez Soria is a director of health sciences, senior toxicologist, and a certified industrial hygienist (CIH) with experience in human and environmental toxicology, risk assessment, and emergency response toxicology. Dr. Sanchez Soria obtained a B.S. with a double major in microbiology and nutritional sciences. Following his undergraduate research interests, Dr. Sanchez Soria pursued a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Arizona, where his dissertation work characterized cardiovascular and metabolic pathophysiology in mice exposed to environmental arsenic chronically, as well as in-utero.
As a senior toxicologist at CTEH, Dr. Sanchez Soria specializes in risk and exposure assessment, toxicity evaluations, emergency response toxicology and complex industrial hygiene challenges. Dr. Sanchez Soria is a responding toxicologist in the CTEH Toxicology Emergency Response Program (TERP) and regularly served as a technical director, developing plans to protect workers and communities from chemical exposures in indoor and outdoor environments, in both residential and occupational settings. He has personally led air monitoring and environmental sampling teams on dozens of hazardous materials incidents and chemical releases.
Dr. Sanchez Soria has served various health and safety roles within an Incident Command Structure, alongside local, state, and federal agencies, making joint decisions that have a direct effect on public and worker health and safety. He has extensive experience in mechanisms of toxicity of a wide variety of chemical compounds, including hydrocarbons, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), solvents, pesticides, irritant and odorous gases, metals, airborne particulate matter, combustion byproducts and various other toxicants that may present dermal, ingestion and inhalation hazards.
Education
- Ph.D., Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
- B.S., Microbiology/Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ
Past or Current Professional Affiliations
- Member, Society of Toxicology
- Member, American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
Registrations & Certifications
- 40-Hour HAZWOPER Training
- 8-Hour HAZWOPER Supervisor
- 8-Hour HAZWOPER Hands-on Training
- SCBA Respiratory Protection Training
- HIPAA certification (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act)
- Federal Emergency Management System - ICS100
- Federal Emergency Management System - ICS200
- Federal Emergency Management System - IS700.a
- Safeland/Safegulf training
- CPR and First Aid certified
- Certified Industrial Hygienist (11358 CP)
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Publications
- Fetal exposure to arsenic results in hyperglycemia, hypercholesterolemia, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in adult mice
- Arsenite induces NF-ĸB through C-Reactive Protein
- Chronic Low-level Arsenite Exposure through Drinking Water Increases Blood Pressure and Promotes Concentric Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Female Mice
- ErbB Signaling in Cardiac Development and Disease. Semin Cell Dev Biol
- Viral Adaptation to an Antiviral Protein Enhances Fitness Above the Uninhibited Wild-Type Level
- Toxicology of Synthetic Vitreous Fibers - Toxicology Principles for the Industrial Hygienist
- Effective Use of Air Dispersion Modeling as a Tool for Responders During Chemical Emergencies. - Air Dispersion Modeling for Emergency Response