Claudia S. Miller

Claudia S. Miller, M.D., M.S., an allergist and immunologist, is an author, instructor, and scientist noted for research in chemical intolerance, and development of tools for its diagnosis. Dr. Miller is a professor of occupational and environmental medicine in the School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. She also is assistant dean for the school's M.D.-M.P.H. program, and vice chair of community medicine in the school's Department of Family and Community Medicine.

Professional Biography

Miller co-authored a landmark report for the state of New Jersey on chemical susceptibility, for which the state received the World Health Organization's Macedo award, and a professionally acclaimed book, "Chemical Exposures: Low Levels and High Stakes." She has authored or co-authored numerous book chapters and peer-reviewed publications on the health effects of low-level chemical exposures.

She organized and chaired two National Institutes of Health meetings on chemical intolerance, and documented Toxicant-induced Loss of Tolerance, or TILT, a disease mechanism she first described in 1996. Miller is a leading advocate for the need and use of environmentally controlled hospital units for research.

Miller is also founder and director of the South Texas Environmental Education and Research program at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. The program is the only medical school curriculum to offer hands-on training and field experiences in environmental health, public health, and international health at the U.S.-Mexico border for students in MD/MPH, medical, public health, and other health professions degree programs.

According to her faculty profile, her research interests include "neurodevelopment and the environment (autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), and the use of an environmentally-controlled, hospital-based medical unit for assessing health effects of low level chemical exposures in a wide range of chronic illnesses-including asthma, autoimmune diseases, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, ADHD, autism, chemical intolerance, and Gulf War veterans illnesses." [1]

Miller's work focuses on the role of chemical exposures on human health. She also has consulted in cases of chemically-related illnesses.[2]

For her contributions in the health professions, Miller was inducted into the San Antonio Women’s Celebration and Hall of Fame.[3]

Publications

Books:

Ashford NA, Miller CS: Chemical Exposures: Low Levels and High Stakes. Second edition. New York, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1998.[4] Ashford NA, Miller CS: Chemical Exposures: Low Levels and High Stakes. New York, Van Nostrand-Reinhold, 1991.

Chapters:

Miller CS: Multiple Chemical Intolerance. In Handbook of Olfaction and Gustation, 2nd edition. Doty R, ed., New York, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2003. Leading text on Taste and Smell, by Richard Doty, Professor, University of Pennsylvania.

Papers Published or In Press (Papers with asterisk (*) are refereed):

Katerndahl, DA, Miller CS. * Chemical Intolerance in Primary Care Settings: Prevalence, Comorbidity, and Outcomes, Annals of Family Medicine. External Link

Miller CS: * The compelling anomaly of chemical intolerance. In The Role of Neural Plasticity in Chemical Intolerance, Sorg B, Bell I, eds., Ann NY Acad Sci 933:1-23, 2001. External Link

Miller CS: * Toxicant-induced loss of tolerance: Mechanisms of action of addictive stimuli. Addiction 96(1):115-139, 2000. Invited peer-reviewed paper for the millennial edition of the journal Addiction, devoted to theories of addiction. This paper served as the background white paper for the 2005 NIEHS/NIAAA/NIOH conference "Addiction and Chemical Intolerance: A Shared Etiology?" External Link

Miller CS, Prihoda TJ: * The Environmental Exposure and Sensitivity Inventory (EESI): a standardized approach for measuring chemical intolerances for research and clinical applications. Toxicology and Industrial Health 15:370-385, 1999. External Link

Miller CS, Prihoda TJ: * A controlled comparison of symptoms and chemical intolerances reported by Gulf War veterans, implant recipients and persons with multiple chemical sensitivity. Toxicology and Industrial Health 15(3-4):386-397, 1999. External Link

Miller CS: * Toxicant-induced loss of tolerance: an emerging theory of disease? Environmental Health Perspectives 105(Suppl. 2):445-453, March, 1997. External Link

Miller CS, Ashford NA, Doty R, Lamielle M, Otto D, Rahill A, Wallace L: * Empirical approaches for the investigation of toxicant-induced loss of tolerance. Environmental Health Perspectives 105(2):515-519, March, 1997. External Link

Commentary:

Miller CS: * We Are All West Virginians: Why Everyone Should Take the Online Test for Chemical Intolerance "Huffington Post" Jan. 22, 2014 External Link

References

  1. ↑ "Miller, Claudia Schultz". UTHSCSA Faculty Profiles. UTHSCASA. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  2. ↑ Harman, Greg. "The ‘San Antonio Seven’ still sidelined by illness years after chemical and mold exposures". sacurrent.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  3. ↑ UT Health Science Center
  4. ↑ Chemical Exposures: Low Levels and High Stakes, 2nd edition. Wiley-Interscience. 1998. ISBN 0471292400.

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