Program - Society of Toxicology

50 th Anniversary Annual Meeting and ToxExpo
Program Description (Continued)
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Monday Morning, March 7
6:30 AM to 7:45 AM
Salon G
Monday Morning
Specialty Section Officers Meetings: Carcinogenesis,
In Vitro and Alternative Methods, Mechanisims, Medical
Device, Mixtures, Nanotoxicology, Neurotoxicology,
Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, Risk
Assessment
Monday Morning, March 7
6:30 AM to 7:45 AM
Room 302
Specialty Section Officers Meeting: Toxicologic and
Exploratory Pathology
Monday Morning, March 7
6:45 AM to 7:45 AM
Room 103
Regional Chapter/Special Interest Group Graduate
Committee Meeting
Monday Morning and Afternoon, March 7
7:20 AM to 1:20 PM
Room 102
Undergraduate Education Program
Chairperson(s): Adrian Nanez, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA.
Sponsor:
Committee for Diversity Initiatives
This event is for undergraduate students and advisors receiving 2011 SOT
travel funding and SOT program volunteers assisting with the Undergraduate
Program. Full program details are found pages 85–86.
Monday Morning, March 7
7:45 AM to 8:00 AM
Grand Ballroom
Landmarks Program Presentation to the National Academy
of Science
Michael P. Holsapple, SOT President, will present a landmark plaque
to the leaders of the Committee on Toxicology, National Academy of
Sciences (NAS), where the Society of Toxicology was founded
March 4, 1961, and subsequently re-defined, fostered, and supported.
The plaque represents the gratitude and appreciation of the leadership and
membership of the Society of Toxicology.
Monday Morning, March 7
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
Grand Ballroom
Plenary Opening Lecture: NIH Vision
Lecturer: Francis S. Collins, National Institutes of
Health, Bethesda, MD.
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., has served as the
Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) since
August 17, 2009. Dr. Collins is a physician-geneticist
noted for his landmark discoveries of disease genes
and his leadership of the Human Genome Project, which successfully
completed the first sequence of the human DNA instruction book in
2003.
Dr. Collins received a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Virginia,
a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Yale University, and an M.D. with
honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior
to coming to the NIH in 1993 to lead the National Human Genome
Research Institute, he spent nine years on the faculty of the University of
Michigan. He is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine and the
National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Collins was awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 2007 and the National Medal of Science in 2009.
Monday Morning, March 7
9:15 AM to 12:00 NOON
Room 143
Symposium Session: Emerging Issues at the Intersection of
Reproductive and Mixtures Toxicology
Chairperson(s): Cynthia Rider, National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, and Vickie Wilson, U.S.
EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC.
Sponsor:
Mixtures Specialty Section
Endorsed by:
Molecular Biology Specialty Section
Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology Specialty Section
Environmental contaminants have been implicated as having a role in
reproductive toxicity observed in both humans and wildlife. For example,
estrogenic and antiandrogenic chemicals have been hypothesized to be
involved in the observed rise in the incidence of testicular dysgenesis
syndrome noted as a suite of related pathologies including decreased semen
quality, increased incidence of male reproductive tract malformations, and
testicular cancer. Additionally, endocrine disruptors from concentrated
animal feedlot operations and sewage effluent have been associated with
observed reproductive anomalies in aquatic species. While toxicological
studies and regulatory action have traditionally focused on individual
chemicals, it is clear that realistic exposures are made University of multiple
chemicals. Sources of exposure to endocrine active compounds are varied
and include personal care products, pharmaceuticals, agricultural, and
industrial compounds. Many of these sources may lead to constant, low dose
exposures. Although individual chemicals are typically present at low levels
within the exposure milieu, the impact of mixtures of these chemicals has
only recently begun to be examined. Our panel of experts will provide an
overview of potential exposures to endocrine active mixtures and describe
current work on mixtures of reproductive and developmental toxicants from
both a human health and ecotoxicological perspective. In conclusion, we
will address emerging contaminants of concern and discuss the reproductive
effects of relevant chemical mixtures in humans and wildlife.
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