June 21, 2010

The Future of Chemical Toxicity Testing in the U.S.: Creating a Roadmap to Implement the National Research Council’s Vision and Strategy

Three years after the National Research Council issued its landmark vision and strategy for toxicity testing, what comes next? What steps must lawyers, regulators, and policymakers take to ensure that chemical testing protects public health and the environment using twenty-first century toxicology?

Program:
Opening Keynote:
Honorable Stephen A. Owens, assistant administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Introduced by Leslie Carothers, president, Environmental Law Institute
Keynote mp3

Comment: Introduction to the NRC Vision:
Dr. Daniel Krewski, professor of epidemiology and community medicine, director, McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assesment, University of Ottawa
Comment: Putting the NRC Vision in a Policy Perspective:
Dr. Paul Locke, associate professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Introduced by Joyce Tischler, founder and general counsel, Animal Legal Defense Fund
Commenter mp3

Panel Discussion #1
Chemical Toxicity Testing Today: What are the Obstacles to and Opportunities for Implementing the NRC Vision? What is the State of the Science and the Research Base? How Can We Fill the Science Gaps?
Dr. Melvin Andersen, scientist, The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences
Dr. John Groopman, chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences; Anna M. Baetjer Professor in Environmental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dr. Lauren Zeise, chief of the Reproductive and Cancer Hazard Assessment Branch, California Environmental Protection Agency
Moderator: Vicki Dellarco, science advisor, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Panel #1 mp3

Panel Discussion #2
Chemical Toxicity Testing Tomorrow (Part I): Agency Roadmap -- How Will (Should) EPA, NIEHS, and Other Federal Actors Drive Implementation of the NRC Vision in the Near Term? What Are the Immediate Priorities for Implementation?
Dr. Christopher Austin, director, National Institutes of Health Chemical Genomics Center
Dr. Steven Bradbury, director, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Dr. David Jacobson-Kram, associate director of pharmacology and toxicology, Office of New Drugs, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Moderator: Pamela Frasch, assistant dean and executive director, Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School
Panel #2 mp3

Panel Discussion #3
Chemical Toxicity Testing Tomorrow (Part II): Stakeholder Roadmap -- Some perspectives on the Role that Industry, Researchers, and others Must Play
Julie Hatcher, partner, Latham & Watkins
Kathy Hessler, professor and director, Animal Law Clinic, Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School
Dr. Michael Holsapple, executive director, ILSI Health and Environmental Sciences Institute
Dr. Robert Landsiedel, senior research manager, BASF Product Safety - Experimental Toxicology and Ecology
Moderator: Pamela Alexander, director, Animal Law Program, Animal Legal Defense Fund
Panel #3 mp3

Panel Discussion #4
Chemical Toxicity Testing in the Future: How Can Reform and Governance Initiatives (Legislative, Administrative, and in the Courts) Drive Implementation of the NRC Vision? What Are the Long-Term Resource Needs?
Lynn L. Bergeson, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
E. Donald Elliott, professor (adj), Yale Law School; partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Heather White, chief of staff and general counsel, Environmental Working Group
Moderator: Bruce Myers, senior attorney, Environmental Law Institute

Concluding Remarks:
Dr. Paul Locke, associate professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dr. James Yager, senior associate dean for academic affairs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Panel #4 & Concluding Remarks mp3