Iris A. Camacho-Ramos, PhD
Dr. Iris A. Camacho-Ramos is a toxicologist at Keller and Heckman LLP, specializing in human health risk assessment and regulatory toxicology. She advises clients on the safe use of chemicals in foods, food packaging, and related applications, ensuring compliance with U.S. and international regulations while safeguarding public health and supporting industry innovation.
A member of the Society of Toxicology for over 25 years, Dr. Camacho-Ramos spent two decades at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) working on scientific programs supporting the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). During her tenure, she led multidisciplinary teams conducting human health risk assessments and advanced systematic review and dose-response methods and approaches critical for evaluating chemicals. In her supervisory role, she launched efforts to attract exceptional talent to the agency and partnered with universities across the country to raise awareness of career paths in toxicology and risk assessment. Her dedication to mentorship, especially supporting early‑career scientists, including Latinos, reflects her commitment to building a strong, diverse workforce prepared to tackle complex environmental health challenges.
Dr. Camacho-Ramos, a native of Puerto Rico, began her academic journey at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez campus before moving to the mainland, where she earned her B.S. in Biological Sciences from Virginia Tech and a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Her doctoral research focused on the immunotoxicity of TCDD (dioxin), and two of her publications received the Society of Toxicology’s Immunotoxicology Specialty Section as “Best Paper of the Year” in 2000 and 2007.