On October 1, 2014, the Scientific Liaison Coalition (SLC) hosted a webinar Progress Made on Tox21: A Framework for the Next Generation of Risk Science presented by Daniel Krewski. Dr. Krewski is currently Professor of Epidemiology and Community Medicine and Scientific Director of the McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment at the University of Ottawa. He served as Chair of the National Research Council’s Committee on Toxicity Testing and Assessment of Environmental Agents, which published its influential report, “Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: A Vision and a Strategy,” published in June of 2007.
The Society of Toxicology (SOT) is a participating member of the SLC. More than 400 scientists from around the globe joined this webinar including participants from Brazil, Canada, China, France, India, Japan, Sweden, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, and the United States.
The mission of the SLC is “improving the ability of societies to partner with other domestic and international organizations that have objectives consistent with the goal of increasing the impact of the science of toxicology to improve public health“ by:
- Strengthening partnerships among scientific- and health-based organizations to increase awareness of the impact of toxicology and related subjects on human health, and
- Functioning as a means to enhance cooperation among societies as equals with the goal of accomplishing tasks benefiting human health and disease prevention through joint and several shared activities.
The participating societies in the SLC include the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), American Academy of Clinical Toxicology (AACT), American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT), American College of Toxicology (ACT), The Endocrine Society (ENDO), Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society (EMGS), International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX), Safety Pharmacology Society (SPS), Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Society of Toxicologic Pathology (STP), SOT, and Teratology Society (Teratology). For more information on the SLC, please contact Marcia Lawson.