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Annual Meeting Attendees to Meet Directors
from EPA, NIEHS, and FDA
The Meet the Director Sessions are special one-hour gatherings that provides an opportunity for the leaders of major federal agencies to engage in a discussion of emerging trends in toxicology research and its funding. You will have the opportunity to meet and interact with directors from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) National Health Environmental Effects Research Lab (NHEERL), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and National Toxicology Program (NTP), and the Food and Drug Administration’s National Center for Toxicological Research (FDA/NCTR). All sessions will be on the afternoon of March 10 and will be held in the Salt Palace Convention Center (see chart below).
Speaker |
Time and Location |
Topic |
Harold Zenick, Director, U.S. EPA’s NHEERL |
1:15 PM–2:15 PM,
Room 251 D |
Priorities and research opportunities, including STAR Grant program |
Linda Birnbaum, Director, NIEHS and NTP |
2:30 PM–3:30 PM,
Room 251 D |
NIEHS and NTP plans for promoting environmental public health in U.S. and globally directed at preventing and treating disease |
William Slikker, Jr., Director, FDA/NCTR |
3:45 PM–4:45 PM,
Room 251 D |
Efforts to foster national and international collaborations and conduct training with scientists in all sectors to improve science of regulatory decision making |
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