ICT2028 Committee
Angela Hofstra
Chair, Steering Committee
Koren Mann
Co-Chair, Steering Committee
Sabina Halappanavar
Co-Chair, Steering Committee
David Josephy
Secretary, Steering Committee
Nazem el Husseini
Communications
Mike Wade
Public Relations (Government Outreach)
Chris Nicol
Finance
Alison Jee
Finance (Sponsorship)
Aaron Shapiro
Local Events
Tim Beischlag
Local Events
Elaine Leslie
Scientific Program
Geraldine Delbes
Scientific Program
Errol Thomson
Scientific Program Angela Hofstra
Chair, Steering Committee
Senior Principal Scientist and Team Lead
Syngenta Canada
Koren Mann
Co-Chair, Steering Committee
Professor & Chair, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
McGill University
Sabina Halappanavar
Co-Chair, Steering Committee
Research Scientist, Mechanistic Studies Division
Health Canada
David Josephy
Secretary, Steering Committee
Professor (retired)
University of Guelph
Nazem el Husseini
Communications
Senior Scientific Evaluator
Health Canada
Chris Nicol
Chair, Finance
Associate Professor
Queen’s University
Alison Jee
Co-Chair, Sponsorship
Associate Toxicologist
SafeBridge Consultants, Inc.
Charu Chandrasekara
Co-Chair, Sponsorship
Executive Director
Canadian Institute for
Animal-Free Science
Aaron Shapiro
Local Events
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of British Columbia
Tim Beischlag
Local Events
Professor
Simon Fraser University
Mike Wade
Co-Chair, Outreach
Research Scientist, Hazard Identification Division
Health Canada
Kristin Eccles
Co-Chair, Outreach
Assistant Professor
University of Ottawa
Elaine Leslie
Scientific Program
Professor
University of Alberta
Geraldine Delbes
Scientific Program
Professor
l’Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Errol Thomson
Scientific Program
Research Scientist, Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau
Health Canada
Marc-André Verner
STC-ICT 2028 Liaison
Professor, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health,
University of Montreal
Flemming Cassee
IUTOX-ICT2028 Liaison
Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University & Centre for Sustainability, Environment and Health
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, the Netherlands
Félix Carvalho
International Scientific Program
Full Professor, Head of the Toxicology Laboratory, Director of the Biological Sciences Department Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto
Committees
Communications
CHAIR: Nazem el Husseini, Health Canada
Kian Afsharian, Syngenta Canada Inc
Faiza Akbar, Health Canada
Maddison Arlen, McGill University
Vincenza Caruana, McGill University
Outreach
CO-CHAIR: Kristen Eccles, Health Canada
CO-CHAIR: Mike Wade, Health Canada
Andrew Atkinson, Health Canada
Ella Atlas, Health Canada
Anne Marie Gannon, Health Canada
Alexandra Lobach, Givaudan
Xiaotian Lyu, University of Toronto
Francesco Marchetti, Health Canada
Chantal Medina, Health Canada
Samantha Sernoskie, AstraZeneca
Kate Willett, Humane World for Animals
Scientific Program
CO-CHAIR: Errol Thomson, Health Canada
CO-CHAIR: Elaine Leslie, University of Alberta
CO-CHAIR: Geraldine Delbes, Institut National de la recherche Scientifique
Amit Bhavsar, University of Alberta
Elyse Caron-Beaudoin, University of Toronto
Anne Marie Gannon, Health Canada
David Josephy, University of Guelph
Grazyna Kalabis, Ontario Ministry of the Environment
Eric Liberda, University of Toronto
Renna Sandhu, Safe Dose Ltd
Samantha Sernoskie, Astra Zeneca
Louise Winn, Queen’s University
International Scientific Program
CO-CHAIR: Félix Carvalho (*Co-Chair), President-Elect of IUTOX; Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Portugal
CO-CHAIR: Géraldine Delbès (*Co-Chair), Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Canada
CO-CHAIR: Elaine Leslie (*Co-Chair), Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Canada
CO-CHAIR: Errol Thomson (*Co-Chair), Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada; Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, University of Ottawa, Canada
William (Bill) Brock, Brock Scientific Consulting, LLC, United States
Richard Brown, World Health Organization, Switzerland
Flemming Cassee, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM); Utrecht University, Netherlands
Wen Chen, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Maria Dagli, Department of Pathology, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Aileen Keating, Iowa State University, United States
Robert Landsiedel, BASF SE and Free University of Berlin, Germany
Carine Marks, Tygerberg Poisons Information Center; Clinical Pharmacology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Ryuichi Ono, National Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS), Japan
Sponsorship & Finance
CHAIR, FINANCE: Chris Nicol, Queens University
CO-CHAIR, SPONSORSHIP: Alison Jee, Safebridge Consultants Inc.
CO-CHAIR, SPONSORSHIP: Charu Chandrasekera, Canadian Institute for Animal-Free Science
Francis Bailey, Nufarm
Roxane Bérubé, McGill University
Andrey Boyadzhiev, Nanotoxicology and Microplastics Toxicology Laboratory
Mary Ellen Cosenza, IUTOX Treasurer
Logan Germain, Queens University
Greg Goss, University of Calgary
Geoff Granville, GC Granville Consulting
Angela Hofstra, Syngenta Canada Inc.
Sesh Iyengar, Consultant
Albert Licollari, Nucro-technics
Beta Montemayor, Cosmetics Alliance Canada
Arlette Rwigemera, Nuchem Sciences
Marc-André Verner, University of Montreal
Robin Walker, Robin Walker Consulting