Thomas J. McDonald

About

Thomas J. McDonald, PhD, is a Regents Professor in the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health at the School of Public Health, Texas A&M University. He holds a PhD in Oceanography from Texas A&M University, earned in 1988, along with a Master’s degree in Oceanography (1982) and a Bachelor’s degree in Marine Science (1980) from the same institution. His research interests include environmental chemistry, petroleum geochemistry, and general organic chemistry. Dr. McDonald is actively involved in research related to environmental and occupational health, with a focus on chemical processes and pollutants in marine and environmental contexts.

Research topics

• Chemistry
• Microbiology
• Biochemistry
• Biology
• Organic chemistry
• Computer Science
• Environmental chemistry
• Computer Security
• Medicine
• Internal medicine

Selected publications

• Occurrence and toxicity of antibiotics in the aquatic environment: A review

  Chemosphere · 2020 · 1412 citations

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• Selonsertib for patients with bridging fibrosis or compensated cirrhosis due to NASH: Results from randomized phase III STELLAR trials

  Journal of Hepatology · 2020 · 458 citations

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• Enhanced ferrate(VI) oxidation of micropollutants in water by carbonaceous materials: Elucidating surface functionality

  Chemical Engineering Journal · 2020 · 105 citations

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• Oxidation of antibiotics by ferrate(VI) in water: Evaluation of their removal efficiency and toxicity changes

  Chemosphere · 2021 · 47 citations

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• Using the 12-item short-form health survey (SF-12) to evaluate self-rated health in an environmental justice community

  Archives of Public Health · 2024-10-18 · 6 citations

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  The Greater Fifth Ward (GFW) is a Northeast Houston, Texas, neighborhood with a legacy of industrial contamination and a confirmed cancer cluster. To understand self-rated health in the GFW, community-based participatory research (CBPR), was used to promote the inclusion of all partners. CBPR involves the community during each stage of the research process from design to research dissemination. A complete census was conducted, and 114 surveys were obtained in the environmental justice (EJ) commu…

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Recent grants

• NIH Grant U01TS000107

  NIH · $750k · 2013

• NIH Grant R01DK051234

  NIH · $653k · 2001

• NIH Grant P01HD021350

  NIH · $38.7M · 2020

Frequent coauthors

• Peter W. Nathanielsz

  Texas Biomedical Research Institute

  75 shared

• Kirby C. Donnelly

  Texas A&M Health Science Center

  44 shared

• Natalia Schlabritz‐Loutsevitch

  32 shared

• Keith A. Kvenvolden

  28 shared

• Robin L. Autenrieth

  Texas A&M University

  27 shared

• Leslie Cizmas

  Texas A&M University

  27 shared

• Curtis R. Pickering

  Yale University

  26 shared

• Abdullah A. Osman

  26 shared

Education

• PhD, Oceanography

  Texas A&M University

  1988

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