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Widespread Praise for Dr. Michael Dourson
Dourson Set to Be Head of EPA Office of Chemical
Safety And Pollution Prevention
07/17/2017
Contact Information:
(press(@epa.gov.)
WASHINGTON (July 17, 2017) Today, President Donald J. Trump announced
his intention to nominate Dr. Michael Dourson of Ohio to be head EPA's chemical
and pesticides office. Dr. Dourson is a professor in the Risk Science Center at the
University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine. He founded the nonprofit
Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment and worked at the U.S
Environmental Protection Agency, where he won four medals. Dr. Dourson
served in multiple positions at the American Board of Toxicology, Society of
Toxicology, Society for Risk Analysis, and Toxicology Education Foundation. In
addition, to serving on numerous government panels, he is also a member on the
editorial board of three toxicology journals.
His nomination is receiving high accolades from across the country:
Samuel M. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology and
Microbiology Havlik-Wall Professor of Oncology University of Nebraska
Medical Center: "Dr. Dourson is an outstanding, hard-working scientist with a
distinguished record in toxicology and risk assessment. .. He is widely recognized
as a leader in the field of risk assessment... Dr. Dourson is well suited for the
position of Assistant Administrator for the EPA given his long track record of
bringing together individuals from academia, industry, and government regulatory
agencies to work together."
Jay I. Goodman, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan
State University: "Dr. Dourson has pursued a very successful career track
centered around advancing science-based safety/risk assessment of chemicals. . . It
is without reservation that I recommend Dr. Dourson with my highest level of
enthusiasm with regard to his scientific and communication skills, and as an
individual of character and integrity."
Dr. Gio Batta Gori, Editor-in-Chief, Regulatory Toxicology and
Pharmacology, an international journal: "Dr. Dourson is an outstanding
scientist whose career in toxicology spans nearly forty years, the early half of
Source: https://www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/docs/ppbn0226

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