Dr. Valentine joined the Public Health faculty in Environmental Health Sciences in 1974. She received a B.S. in Chemistry from Tennessee State University in 1967, an M.S. in Water Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1970, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Health from the University of Texas at Houston in 1973. After finishing her dissertation, Dr. Valentine conducted postdoctoral research in the Lead Screening Laboratory in the Environmental Toxicology Section/Department of Preventive Medicine of the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry (1973-74), where research was undertaken on lead metabolism in humans and trace elements relationships to chelation therapy.

Jane Valentine has served as president elect, president and past president of the American Water Resources Association for the years 2001 to 2004. In addition she has initiated the southern California American Water Resources Association and serves as the secretary for that section. The section has monthly meetings in the southern California region. She is a member of the California Environmental Health Association (CEHA) and is a registered environmental health specialist and thus serves as the coordinator for that area of specialty for the department.

Dr. Valentine currently serves as consultant to NIH and to the EPA Science Advisory Boards. In addition, she serves as a consultant to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). She is a member of the Board of Directors for the American Water Resources Association and the Editorial Board and Board of Directors of the International Society for Trace Element Research in Humans (ISTERH).

Valentine, J.L. Age and Exposure Assessment Variations to Arsenic Excretion. In: Trace Elements in Man and Animals (TEMA-9). NRC Research Press, Ottawa 1997.

Valentine, J.L. Environmental Occurrence of Selenium in Waters and Related Health Significance. Biomedical & Environmental Sciences 1997; 10: 292-299.

Valentine, J. L. Body Burden Concentrations in Humans in Response to Low Environmental Exposure to Trace Elements.. In: Environmental Biomonitoring. Exposure Assessment and Specimen Banking. K.S. Subramanian and B. V. Iyengar (eds.) 1995.

Valentine, J.L., Cebrian, M.E., Garcia-Vargas, G.G., Faraji, B., Kuo, J., Gibb, H.J. and Lachenbruch, P.A. Daily Selenium Intake Estimates for Residents of Arsenic Endemic Areas. Environ. Res. 1994; 64: 1-9.