Faculty

The faculty involved in these programs have international reputations in the field of toxicology and forensic science.

	Ian Tebbett, Ph.D. (itebbett@ufl.edu) Professor Tebbett has a bachelor's degree in Pharmacy and a Ph.D. degree in Forensic Toxicology. He has previously held faculty positions with the Forensic Science programs at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland and the University of Illinois at Chicago (1988-92). Dr. Tebbett is the director of the UF Forensic Science Program and a professor in the University of Florida colleges of Pharmacy and Veterinary Medicine Dr. Tebbett previously served as director of Analytical Toxicology and director of the Racing Laboratory in the UF College of Veterinary Medicine. He has worked as a consultant for many international and national law enforcement agencies and has testified in Florida, Illinois and Europe. His research interests include, novel approaches to education and training in forensic science; the passage of drugs and metabolites across the blood/ brain barrier and the placental barrier, and the subsequent distribution, metabolism and elimination of these drugs; development of novel extraction and analytical techniques; FTIR, solid phase extraction, column switching techniques and supercritical fluid extraction and chromatography for the examination of drugs; and investigation of the relationship between drug abuse and immune suppression.
	Donna Wielbo, Ph.D. (dwielbo@ufl.edu) Professor Wielbo received a master's degree in forensic science, and was employed by the British Home Office Forensic Science Service before earning a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. Currently, Dr. Wielbo is an associate professor in the department of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy and instructor of record for the online MS degree program in Forensic Serology and DNA. As an assistant professor in the College of Pharmacy, Dr. Wielbo conducted research in the area of hypertension and molecular biology. After conducting genomics research with Curagen corporation, she then worked for the National Forensic Science Technology Center in the area of training and education.
	Margaret James, Ph.D. (mojames@ufl.edu) Professor James received her Ph.D. from the University of London in 1972 and her DSc in 1993. She is currently a professor and Chair of the department of Medicinal Chemistry and a professor of pharmacology at the University of Florida. Dr. James has technical experience in enzymology; analytical and protein chemistry; in vivo/in vitro correlations; the use of fish models for intestinal bioavailability studies, and the use of rat models for drug metabolism studies. Her research interests include factors affecting the metabolism and toxicity of drugs and other xenobiotics in humans and animal species, including aquatic species; drug and xenobiotic biotransformation; mechanistic toxicology; and intestinal bioavailability of xenobiotics; Dr. James has a dynamic and productive, federally funded, research laboratory and is currently the recipient of a Superfund Basic Research Program award from NIEHS. Dr. James is also a consultant in the areas of drug metabolism, animal models and toxicology related to metabolism.
	Steve Roberts, Ph.D. (smr@ufl.edu) Professor Roberts has a Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy and a Ph.D. degree in Pharmacology. He is presently a professor and director of the Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology within the College of Veterinary Medicine. He has previously served on the faculties of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Cincinnati and the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas. He has an extensive background in toxicology and has a strong research program in drug metabolism and toxicity. Dr. Roberts has been well funded by the NIH and has authored over 60 publications including two books in toxicology and risk assessment. His teaching responsibilities include graduate courses in general and advanced toxicology. Dr. Roberts coordinates the drug metabolism and toxicology courses within this program.
	Tom Vickroy, Ph.D. (vickroy@ufbi.ufl.edu) Professor Vickroy received a Ph.D. in Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1982, and a B.S. in Biophysics & Biochemistry, Penn State University, State College, 1977. His general research interests involve the chemical basis for cellular communication in the central nervous system and the mechanisms through which drugs act to re-establish an appropriate balance among cellular processes that are affected by specific disorders or disease processes.
	David Harrison, MBChB, M.D. Dr. Harrison graduated M.D. from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He is Professor of Pathology and Head of the Division of Pathology, which includes a Forensic Medicine Section, at the University of Edinburgh and he is an adjunct professor in the department of medicinal chemistry of the University of Florida. He is also the Director of the Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre and honorary consultant with Lothian Health University Hospitals Division. Professor Harrison teaches both undergraduates and postgraduates in the College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests focus on cell injury and the genetic regulation of injury response. He is a member of two UK Government scientific committees (on carcinogenesis and gene therapy), and is also a member of scientific advisory committees of grant funding bodies.
	Alex Graham, Ph.D. (Alex.Graham@ed.ac.uk) Alex Graham has tutored on the University of Florida's Forensic Science Distance Education Programs since 2003 on the Scientific Evidence and Forensic Genetics courses. Her first degree was in Natural Sciences (Pathology) and she completed her Ph.D. in molecular genetics, molecular biology and cell biology under the supervision of Professor Harrison. She has been involved with a variety of research projects within the Forensic Medicine Section of the University of Edinburgh. Her practical forensic experience comes from part time consultancy with The Forensic Institute, a private consultancy firm.