Author Biography: Sandusky |
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Dr. Chad Sandusky is Director of Toxicology and Research at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a non-profit organization that promotes good nutrition, conducts clinical trials, and promotes and develops non-animal experimental methods in medical and scientific research. He has coordinated PCRM's review and preparation of comments on the EPA's High Production Volume Challenge Program (HPV) and Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program (VCCEP) chemical assessments.
Dr. Sandusky was a Manager of Toxicology and Risk Assessment at ENVIRON and has extensive experience at both the EPA and ENVIRON in pesticide toxicology as well as exposure and risk assessments.
Dr. Sandusky has extensive international experience including the coordination and submission of dossiers for the EU Reauthorization process under EU 91/414 and presentation of the results to member states. Dr. Sandusky also represented the Institute of Food Technology at the Codex Committee for Pesticide Residues (CCPR) in The Hague for several years. In addition, he also coordinated preparation and reviews of dossiers for chemicals approved as GRAS as well as directed the preparation and submission of Food Contact Notifications (FCNs) to the FDA.
For the past 4 years, Dr. Sandusky has represented the International Council of Animal Protection Organizations (ICAPO) at OECD meetings in Paris, Tokyo and Bern on the Existing Chemicals Programme. At present, PCRM, with Dr. Sandusky as lead, serves as Secretariat to ICAPO, and coordinates participation of all ICAPO member organizations (from North America, the EU, and Japan) and their consultants in numerous expert working groups, international task forces on chemical hazard testing and has liaised with the US Ambassador to OECD.
Dr. Sandusky received his Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the Emory University. He served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Georgetown University Schools of Medicine and Dentistry in Washington, D.C.
Chad Sandusky, Ph.D.
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
5100 Wisconsin Ave, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20016
Email: csandusky@pcrm.org
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