Dr. States earned his B.S. in Biochemistry from SUNY at Buffalo and his Ph.D. in Pathology and Molecular Biology from Albany Medical College of Union University. He did post-doctoral studies with Dr. Gordon H. Dixon at the University of Calgary. He is a Professor and Distinguished University Scholar in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Vice Dean for Research in the University of Louisivlle School of Medicine. He also is Director of the Center for Integrative Environmental Health Sciences. He is an internationally recognized expert in arsenic toxicology and served in multiple leadership roles in the Society of Toxicology.