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Appendix D: Biographic Information on the Speakers and Panelists for a Symposium on Toxicity-Pathway-Based Risk Assessment
Appendix D: Biographic Information on the Speakers and Panelists for a Symposium on Toxicity-Pathway-Based Risk Assessment
Pages 70-82
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She received her doctorate in environmental science and engineering from the Harvard School of Public Health. Kim Boekelheide is professor of medical sciences in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine of Brown University and director of the university's Superfund Basic Research Program.
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Bucher is responsible for oversight of the NTP toxicology and carcinogenesis studies, of the NTP Report on Carcinogens, and of the NTP Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction and for administrative support for the Alternative Animal Assay Validation Program of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods. Newer efforts include the development of initiatives that examine the genetic basis of variations in response to environmental agents and implementation of new tools for toxicity testing as outlined in the NTP vision and roadmap for the future.
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, and he has served as a consultant in improving the relationship of law and science for the Federal Courts Study Committee and the Carnegie Commission for Law, Science, and Government. He has cochaired the National Environmental Policy Institute's Committee on Improving Science at EPA, he is a member of the National Research Council's Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, and he serves on the boards of the Environmental Law Institute and the Center for Clean Air Policy.
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Previously, he served as the director of the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, a joint program of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New JerseyRobert Wood Johnson Medical School. He was also principal investigator for the Consortium of Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation.
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Baetjer Professor of Environmental Health, and director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Center in Urban Environmental Health at Johns Hopkins University. His research involves the development and application of molecular biomarkers of exposure to, dose of, and effect of environmental carcinogens and focuses on the translation of mechanistic research to public health on the basis of prevention strategies.
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He is an active participant in expert committees, advisory panels, and organizing committees, such as the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Superfund Basic Research Program Peer Review Panel, the EPA Science Forum on Computational Toxicology, and the OECD Molecular Screening Initiative Working Group.
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Dr. Leikauf has served on numerous national and international committees, including the National Institutes of Health's National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council and Center for Scientific Review Advisory Committee, the American Physiological Society's Perkins Memorial Fund Committee, the American Thoracic Society's Program Committee, and the International Advisory Committee for the 8th and 9th Inhalation Symposiums.
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He has participated in numerous national and international committees, including serving as a member of the National Research Council Committee on EPA's Exposure and Human Health Reassessment of TCDD and Related Compounds and the Institute of Medicine Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides.
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Dr. Ramos has served on numerous National Research Council committees, including being a member of the Committee for a Review of Evidence Regarding the Link Between Exposure to Agent Orange and Diabetes, a member of the Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides for the first and second biennial updates, and chair of the Standing Committee on Emerging Issues and Data on Environmental Contaminants.
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Environmental Protection Agency's Science Advisory Board Drinking Water Committee, the National Toxicology Program Board of Scientific Counselors, and the California Scientific Guidance Panel for biomonitoring.
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He is a member of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences and the author of more than 125 publications. He is an internationally recognized lecturer on toxicology, genomics, and drug discovery; he continues to maintain adjunct academic appointments; and he serves on various editorial boards, government and academic advisory boards, and working committees.
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As the director of OPPT, he was responsible for oversight of the Toxic Substances Control Act and had a lead role in promoting pollution prevention, both in the agency and with external stakeholders. During his time at EPA, OPPT was responsible for numerous collaborative efforts, such as the High Production Volume Challenge Program, the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge, Design for the Environment, the Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program, the Chemical Assessment and Management Program, the PFOA 2010/2015 Stewardship Program, and other voluntary regulatory efforts.
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He has served as associate editor of Mutagenesis and has served on the editorial board of Carcinogenesis. He has also served on numerous program, grant, and contract review groups; UNC committees; and national committees, including service as the chair of the Toxicogenomics Research Consortium Steering Committee, a member of the Environmental Mutagen Society Awards Committee, and a member of the American Society of Investigative Pathology Program Committee.
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