BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston,
A. Positions and Honors
1989-1992 Intern and Resident in Pediatrics, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern
1992-1993 Clinical Instructor in Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL1993-1995 Clinical Fellow in Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Hasbro
Children's Hospital, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI
1995-1997 Research Fellow in Medical Toxicology, Division of General Academic Pediatrics,
Children's Hospital, Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1996-1997 Texaco Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Clinical Toxicology 1997-1998 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Environmental Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health 1998
American Academy of Clinical Toxicology Research Award
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences, Boston, MA
Lecturer in Medicine, Division of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health,
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Associate Physician Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Hasbro
Children's Hospital, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI
Staff Toxicologist, Rhode Island/Massachusetts Poison Control Center. Providence, RI
Research Associate-Metals Epidemiology Research Group, The Channing Laboratory
Environmental Protection Agency: Child Health Protection Advisory Committee
Research Associate- Genetic Epidemiology Unit, The Channing Laboratory
Young Investigator Award-Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health
Attending Physician, Children’s Hospital, Boston; Division of Emergency Medicine
B. Selected peer-reviewed publications
Steele DW, Santucci KA, Wright RO, McQuillen KK, Jay GD. Pulsus paradoxus: An objective
measure of severity in croup. Amer J Resp Crit Care 1998;157(1):331-334.
Wright RO, Magnani BJ, Shannon MW, Woolf AD. Use of N-acetylcysteine to reduce
methemoglobin in an in vitro model of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. Acad Emerg Med 1998;5:225-229.
Perry HE, Wright RO, Shannon MW, Woolf AD. Pharmacokinetics of baclofen overdose
following a pediatric mass exposure. Pediatrics 1998;101(6):1045-1048.
Wright RO, Hu H, Maher TJ, Amarasiriwardena C, Chaiyukul P, Woolf AD, Shannon MW.
Iron deficiency anemia alters lead distribution in rats. Toxicol Ind Health 1998;14(4):547-51.
Wright RO. Use of iron supplements in childhood lead poisoning. Current Opinion in Pediatrics
Wright RO, Anderson AC, Lesko S, Woolf AD, Linakis JG, Lewander WJ. Effect of
metoclopramide dose on preventing emesis after oral administration of N-acetylcysteine for acetaminophen overdose. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol 1999;37(1):35-42.
Wright RO, Shannon MW, Wright RJ, Hu H. Association between iron deficiency and elevated
blood lead levels in an urban primary care clinic. Am J Public Health 1999; 89(7):1049-53.
Wright RO, Wright RJ, Farnan L, Isaac NE. Response to Child Abuse in the Pediatric
Emergency Department: Need For Continued Education. Pediatric Emergency Care 1999;15:376-382.
Wright RO, Lewander WJ, Woolf AD. Methemoglobinemia: Pharmacology and clinical
management. Ann Emerg Med 1999;34(5):646-656.
Wright RO Santucci KA, Are shorter courses of N-acetylcysteine for acetaminophen poisoning
safe and efficacious?. Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2000:1(2) 98-103.
Woolf AD. Wright RO. Amarasiriwardena C. Bellinger D. A child with chronic manganese
exposure from drinking water. Environmental Health Perspectives. 110(6):613-6, 2002
Wright RO, Tsaih ST, Schwartz J, Wright RJ, Hu H. Association between iron deficiency and blood lead levels among
children followed in an urban primary care clinic in a longitudinal analysis. Journal of Pediatrics, 142(1):9-14, 2003
Wright RO, Tsaih ST, Schwartz J, Spiro A, McDonald K, Weiss ST, Hu H. Independent and Modifying Effects of Lead
Dose Biomarkers on Mini-Mental Status Exam Scores in Older Men. Epidemiology 14(6);
713-718, 2003 Wright RO, Hu H, Silverman EK, Tsaih SW Schwartz J, Weiss ST, Hernandez-Avila M. Apoliprotein E Genotype Predicts
24 Month Infant Bayley Scale Score. Pediatric Research, Pediatric Research. 54(6):819-25, 2003
Weisskopf MG, Hu H, Mulkern RV, White RF, Aro, A, Oliviera SA, Wright RO, Cognitive Deficits and Magnetic Resonance
Spectroscopy in Adult Monozygotic Twins with Lead Poisoning, Environmental Health Perspectives (accepted, in press)
Amato C. Wang RY, Wright RO, Linakis JL. Evaluation Of Promotility Agents To Limit The Gut Bioavailability Of Extended Release Acetaminophen. Journal Of Toxicology – Clinical Toxicology (accepted, in press) Wright RO Silverman EK, Schwartz J, Tsaih ST, Senter J, Sparrow D, Weiss ST, Aro A, Hu H. Association between
Hemochromatosis Genotype and Lead Exposure Among Elderly Men: the Normative Aging Study. Environmental Health Perspectives, (accepted, in press)
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