Miranda Dziobak

About Ms. Dziobak

• Education

  • Ph.D.(c) Environmental Health Sciences, University of South Carolina

  • M.S. Environmental and Sustainability Studies, College of Charleston

  • B.S. Biochemistry, University of Toledo

• Research Interests

  • Taking a One Health approach to understanding impacts related to environmental contaminants

• Affiliations

  • Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
  • University of South Carolina Center for Oceans and Human and Climate Change Interactions (OHHC2I Center)

• Honors & Awards

  • 2023 – Dr. Gregory D. Bossart Memorial One Health Scholarship

• Courses Taught

  • HEAL 215: Intro to Public Health
  • HEAL 345: Environmental Health

• Publications

  • Hart, L.B., Dziobak, M., Wells, R.S., Ertel, B. and Weinstein, J. (2022) “Microplastics in gastric samples from common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) residing in Sarasota Bay FL (USA).” Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 947124.
  • Dziobak, M.K., Balmer, B.C., Wells, R.S., Pisarski, E.C., Wirth, E.F., and Hart, L.B. (2022) “Temporal and Spatial Evaluation of Mono(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate (MEHP) Detection in Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncates) from Sarasota Bay, Florida, USA.” Oceans, 3(3), 231-249.
  • Dziobak, M.K., Wells, R.S., Pisarski, E.C., Wirth, E.F., and Hart, L.B. (2022) “A Correlational Analysis of Phthalate Exposure and Thyroid Hormone Levels in Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncates) form Sarasota Bay, Florida (2010-2019).” Animals: an open access journal from MDPI, 12(7), 824.
  • Dziobak, M.K., Wells, R.S., Pisarski, E.C., Wirth, E.F., and Hart, L.B. (2021) “Demographic Assessment of Mono(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate (MEHP) and Monoethyl Phthalate (MEP) Concentrations in Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncates) From Sarasota Bay, FL, USA.” GeoHealth, 5(5), e2020GH000348.
  • Hart, L.B., Dziobak, M.K., Pisarski, E.C., Wirth, E.F., Wells, R.S. (2020) “Sentinels of synthetics – a comparison of phthalate exposure between common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and human reference populations.” PLoS ONE 15(10), e0240506.