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National Capital Area Chapter Society of Toxicology

Serving Toxicologists in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia

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Past NCAC-SOT symposia

 

 

"Animal vs. Human Models of Toxcity Testing"

 

National Capital Area Chapter

Society of Toxicology

Fall Symposium

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Lister Hill Auditorium

National Library of Medicine

Bethesda, MD

 

Program

 

8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m.

Welcome/Opening Remarks

Gary Burin, MPH, PhD, DABT President, NCAC-SOT

 

9:10 a.m.

Predictive Teratology:  Lessons Learned and Current Applications
Karen Augustine, PhD, Research Fellow, Drug Safety-Pre Clinical Optimization, Bristol Myers Squibb Research Institute

10:00 a.m.

The Rodent Chronic Assay Database for Pesticides:  Using Mode of Action Data to Assess the Human Relevance of Animal Tumors
Vicki Dellarco, PhD, Senior Science Advisor, Office of Pesticide Program, US EPA

10:50 a.m. Break
11:10 a.m.

Use of Transgenics in Carcinogenicity Testing
Richard Storer, PhD, Senior Scientific Director, Dept. of Laboratory Sciences and Investigative Toxicology, Safety Assessment, Merck Research Laboratories

12:00 p.m. Lunch (Box lunch and beverage included in registration fee)
1:00 p.m. Hepatotoxicity Testing: Predictive Strengths and Weaknesses
Rich Miller, DVM, PhD, DACVP, VP, Safety Assessment, GlaxoSmithKline
1:50 p.m.            Break
2:10 p.m. The Generation and Use of Human Data in the Safety Evaluation of Pesticides, Personal Care Products, Food Ingredients and Pharmaceuticals
Gary Burin, MPH, PhD, DABT, President, NCAC-SOT and Director, Toxicology and Risk Assessment, Technology Sciences Group Inc.
3:00 p.m. ToxCast:  One Step in Fulfilling the Vision of Toxicity Testing in the
21st Century
Robert Kavlock, PhD, Director, National Center for Computational Toxicology, Office of Research and Development, US EPA
3:50 p.m. Closing Remarks
Donna Mendrick, PhD Vice-President, NCAC-SOT and Program Chair
4:00 p.m. Meeting Adjourned

 

   

 

SPEAKER SLIDE PRESENTATIONS (In Adobe Acrobat®)


Past NCAC-SOT Symposia

  (Click on date to view program: not all programs available yet)

 

  • Fall 2007  “Biomarkers of Drug Safety: Discovery and Regulatory Aspects” (includes speaker abstracts and slide presentations)
  • Spring 2007  “The Role of Inflammation in Toxicity” (includes speaker abstracts and slide presentations)
  • Fall 2006  “Computational Toxicology”
  • Spring 2006  “Public Health Concerns in Disaster Preparedness” (includes speaker abstracts and slide presentations)
  • Fall 2005  “Biological, Toxicological, and Regulatory Assessment of Nano-Materials” (includes speaker abstracts)
  • Spring 2005  “Toxicology of Chemical Mixtures” (includes speaker abstracts and slide presentations)
  • Fall 2004  “Toxicology of Dietary Supplements” (includes speaker abstracts and slide presentations)
  • Spring 2004  Novel Methods for Detecting Hepatotoxic Agents” (Includes speaker abstracts and slide presentations)
  • Fall 2003  “Animal Models for Safety and Efficacy Testing of Agents that Cannot be Tested in Humans”
  • Spring 2003  “Emerging Issues in Human and Veterinary Pharmaceutical Contamination of Water Supplies”
  • Fall 2002  Potential Applications of Noninvasive Techniques to Toxicology”
  • Spring 2002  “The Dose Response – The Cornerstone of Toxicology and Challenges for Risk Assessment”
  • Fall 2001
  • Spring 2001
  • Fall 2000  “Computational Approaches for Predicting the Toxicity of Chemicals”
  • Spring 2000  “Translating Genomics and Proteomics for Toxicology and Risk Assessment”
  • Fall 1999  “Toxicology and Risk Communication”

 

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