Professor, Pharmacology, Toxicology, Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
Program Focus
Marion Ehrich is a professor at Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg, VA, and at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in Roanoke. In addition to the teaching pharmacology and toxicology to veterinary, medical and graduate students, her professional responsibilities include service in the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital Pharmacy and in the Toxicology Diagnostic Laboratory. Dr. Ehrich has a B.S. in pharmacy from South Dakota State University, a M.S. in pharmacology/toxicology from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in pharmacology/toxicology from the University of Connecticut at Storrs. She has been teaching at VMRCVM since 1980, the year in which she became a member of the Society of Toxicology and a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology. Teaching at the new medical school began in 2010. She was elected a fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences in 1999. Dr. Ehrich’s primary research activities are associated with the comparative neurotoxicities of antiesterase pesticides, with both in vivo and in vitro models used for study. Dr. Ehrich was the 2003-2004 President of the Society of Toxicology, and received their Merit Award in 2010. She served as Treasurer for the Board of Directors of the American Board of Toxicology (1985-89) and as Secretary for the Society of Toxicology (1992-94). She has also chaired SOT’s Education Committee (1990-92), SOT’s Regulatory Affairs and Legislative Action Committee (1997-98), and the Toxicology Education Foundation (2000-2001). In addition, she served on the Executive Board of the Council for Scientific Society Presidents and the National Research Council’s Committee on Toxicology, and currently serves on the USP Committee on Toxicology. She is on editorial boards NeuroToxicology, In Vitro Toxicology, and Journal of Applied Toxicology and is an associate editor for the International Journal of Toxicology. In addition, she has received teaching awards both at the local and national level.