NICEATM and ICCVAM Activities at SOT

Author: Catherine Sprankle, ILS/Contractor supporting NICEATM

The Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology is March 22–26 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. NICEATM and ICCVAM activities at SOT include:

• NICEATM Director Dr. Warren Casey will co-chair sessions titled “Applications of ToxCast/Tox21 Data: Confidence and Predictivity” and “Incorporating In Vitro Pharmacokinetic Data and Tools into Toxicity Testing and Risk Assessment” and will give three platform presentations.
• ICCVAM Co-chair Dr. Anna Lowit (EPA) will co-chair a session on “Assessing Potential Age-Related Sensitivity to Neurotoxicity of Pyrethroids.”
• ICCVAM member Dr. Suzanne Fitzpatrick (FDA) will co-chair sessions titled “In Vitro Microphysiological Systems: Developing Confidence in Predictive Ability” and “Risk Communication and Management in the Era of Social Media and the Internet.”
• NICEATM staff are co-authors on 11 posters to be presented at the meeting, and ICCVAM members are co-authors on six posters describing alternative testing methods and strategies.

A complete list of NICEATM and ICCVAM activities at SOT 2015 is available at http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/742110.