Barbara H. Neal, DABT, a full member of the Society of Toxicology and an active member of the Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology Specialty Section, died on Monday October 19, 2015. She was Senior Managing Scientist in Exponent’s Health Sciences Center for Toxicology and Mechanistic Biology. Ms. Neal was a board-certified toxicologist with over 30 years of professional experience, specializing in reproductive biology and endocrine toxicology. She was an expert in toxicological issues that affect crop protection chemicals and industrial chemicals, and she had experience with pre-clinical studies of medical devices and pharmaceuticals. She developed overall product testing strategies; designed, monitored, and interpreted multiple regulatory toxicological studies; and reviewed hundreds of regulatory and non-regulatory studies of potential developmental, reproductive, neurological, and endocrine-disrupting effects relevant to human health and environmental risk assessment.
Many would recognize Barbara by her laugh, often in response to her own jokes, which could be heard at numerous SOT meetings. She was well-known to her SOT friends as a critical thinker with a quick wit. She will be missed by those of us blessed to have worked with her for several decades.