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Chris Holstege, PhD, Professor, Department of emergency medicine and pediatrics
Transcript:
It's the multi-collaborative work that is actually probably the most fun from my standpoint. There are some great people doing this research, and it's really a community that does work in the toxicology realm. The research that we do has just been a phenomenal experience in my 26 years here at the University.
My name is Chris Holstege. I'm a professor in emergency medicine and pediatrics, and I'm the division chief of medical toxicology.
As you can imagine, at this time in society, there's a plethora of substances coming into society. Various drugs, things that are of risk to our populations. We're very closely, to do epidemiologic research as to what agents are coming in and to assure that if there's a danger to society working with others, such as the government, to make sure those are banned or taken off of the market.
It's exceedingly important that we're following trends and what kind of impacts they are. What's causing seizures in children? What's causing kids and poisonings to go to hospitals and making sure that we put restrictions or put protections on those. We're seeing a plethora of drugs entering society and other substances, that can prove to be a danger, to the young and to the old alike.
We've had some really high-profile criminal cases that we've actually worked to that I have started. But then my colleagues, I've worked with my colleagues across the globe, to try to both mitigate problems that are arising or to bring justice when, for example, there's a criminal poisoning that occurs.
Chris Holstege, PhD, Professor, Department of emergency medicine and pediatrics
Transcript:
It's the multi-collaborative work that is actually probably the most fun from my standpoint. There are some great people doing this research, and it's really a community that does work in the toxicology realm. The research that we do has just been a phenomenal experience in my 26 years here at the University.
My name is Chris Holstege. I'm a professor in emergency medicine and pediatrics, and I'm the division chief of medical toxicology.
As you can imagine, at this time in society, there's a plethora of substances coming into society. Various drugs, things that are of risk to our populations. We're very closely, to do epidemiologic research as to what agents are coming in and to assure that if there's a danger to society working with others, such as the government, to make sure those are banned or taken off of the market.
It's exceedingly important that we're following trends and what kind of impacts they are. What's causing seizures in children? What's causing kids and poisonings to go to hospitals and making sure that we put restrictions or put protections on those. We're seeing a plethora of drugs entering society and other substances, that can prove to be a danger, to the young and to the old alike.
We've had some really high-profile criminal cases that we've actually worked to that I have started. But then my colleagues, I've worked with my colleagues across the globe, to try to both mitigate problems that are arising or to bring justice when, for example, there's a criminal poisoning that occurs.
