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Last published 2025
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Luísa Camacho

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High Impact

Deputy Director

Also affiliated: United States Food and Drug Administration (2009–2025); University of Lisbon (2000–2017); Durham University (2005–2009); University of Oxford (2009)

24 h-index 50 pubs 1,860 cited

  • Animals
  • Male
  • Female
  • Benzhydryl Compounds
  • Bisphenol A Compounds
  • Phenols
  • Rats
  • Humans
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Pregnancy
  • Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
  • Ethinyl Estradiol
  • Biomarkers
  • Maternal Exposure

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Luísa Camacho's research focuses on the toxicological evaluation of chemical compounds, particularly bisphenol A (BPA). Her work investigates the dose-response relationships and effects of developmental exposure to BPA on various physiological and behavioral outcomes in animal models, primarily Sprague Dawley rats. Camacho has published studies examining BPA's impact on spatial learning and memory, as well as its effects on estrogen receptor expression in the hypothalamus.

Her research also involves comparing internal dosimetry for BPA and other estrogenic compounds to understand their modes of action. Camacho has been involved in the NIEHS/FDA CLARITY-BPA research program, a collaborative effort aimed at synergizing academic and guideline-compliant research on BPA. Her work contributes to understanding the potential health risks associated with environmental chemical exposures. Camacho has an h-index of 24, with over 1,800 citations for her 57 publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 24
  • Publications: 50
  • Citations: 1,860

Positions

  • Deputy Director 2022–present
    National Center for Toxicological Research Division of Biochemical Toxicology ORCID
  • Research Biologist 2021–present
    National Center for Toxicological Research ORCID
  • Senior Staff Fellow 2014–2021
    National Center for Toxicological Research ORCID
  • Staff Fellow 2009–2014
    National Center for Toxicological Research ORCID
  • Postdoctoral Fellow 2007–2009
    National Center for Toxicological Research ORCID
  • Academic Visitor 2005–2007
    University of Oxford ORCID
  • Research Associate 2003–2005
    Durham University ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Pharmacokinetics of cannabidiol and its metabolites in rhesus monkeys and New Zealand White rabbits (2025)
    Toxicological Sciences DOI OpenAlex
  • Wastewater dataset on the SARS-CoV-2 sublineages circulating in Central Arkansas, USA, post-COVID-19 pandemic (2025)
    Scientific Data 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • P19-17 Use of diverse human skin models in in vitro skin permeation testing of dermatological ingredients (2024)
    Toxicology Letters DOI OpenAlex
  • The effect of black cohosh extract and risedronate coadministration on bone health in an ovariectomized rat model (2024)
    Frontiers in Pharmacology 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Race, pigmentation, and the human skin barrier—considerations for dermal absorption studies (2023)
    Frontiers in Toxicology 18 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Methylated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, and Polycyclic Azaaromatic Compounds (2023)
    Patty's Toxicology 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Parallel evaluation of alternative skin barrier models and excised human skin for dermal absorption studies in vitro (2023)
    Toxicology in Vitro 20 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Temporal dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 genome and detection of variants of concern in wastewater influent from two metropolitan areas in Arkansas (2022)
    The Science of The Total Environment 18 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A robust biostatistical method leverages informative but uncertainly determined qPCR data for biomarker detection, early diagnosis, and treatment (2022)
    PLoS ONE 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Reproducibility Challenges for Biomarker Detection with Uncertain But Informative Experimental Data (2020)
    Biomarkers in Medicine 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Effects of intravenous and oral di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and 20% Intralipid vehicle on neonatal rat testis, lung, liver, and kidney (2020)
    Food and Chemical Toxicology 47 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Epigenetic Effects of Bisphenol A (BPA): A Literature Review in the Context of Human Dietary Exposure (2019)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • A two-year toxicology study of bisphenol A (BPA) in Sprague-Dawley rats: CLARITY-BPA core study results (2019)
    Food and Chemical Toxicology 64 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Re: Historical Perspective: Bisphenol A and phthalates: How environmental chemicals are reshaping toxicology, G.R. Warner and J.A. Flaws, Tox Sci 166: 246-249, 2018 (2019)
    Toxicological Sciences DOI OpenAlex
  • Data on the effect of heat and other technical variables on the detection of microRNAs in human serum (2019)
    Data in Brief 1 citation DOI OpenAlex

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