In this episode I speak with Dr Katherine Santizo, Programme Manager of Cefic's Long-range Research Initiative (LRI).
Since 1999, Cefic-LRI has funded over 250 projects (totaling approximately €90 million) to advance the scientific assessment of the safety of chemicals, and to improve understanding of potential health and environmental risks.
Tune in to hear first-hand from Katherine about the exciting work that Cefic-LRI does, and how this is helping to deliver progress in chemicals assessment science.
Our conversation covers:
- What is Cefic-LRI? The LRI mission, and what makes it different
- How it works - the LRI process from ideation to publications
- Tools and solutions to address key regulatory challenges
- Katherine's background and career journey
- Working across disciplines - integrating environmental science with human health
- Reflecting on the 25 year anniversary of Cefic-LRI
- Upcoming research projects: new approach methodologies (NAMs), mobility and biodegradation
- Other hot topics in chemicals safety research
- Cefic-LRI's contribution to persistence assessment science
Cefic-Lri – Long-Range Research Initiative
Determining the water solubility of difficult-to-test substances: A tutorial review - ScienceDirect
Cefic-LRI workshop highlights advances in chemical assessments aligned with evolving regulations – Cefic-Lri
LRI Marks 25 Years of Advancing Chemical Safety Assessments – Cefic-Lri
Cefic-LRI 25th Anniversary Commemorative Book
New funding opportunities for research on NAMs, biodegradation testing and mobility assessment – Cefic-Lri
ECO52 – Bioavailability, complex substances and overall persistence (BCOP): three themes to deliver a step-change in persistence assessments – Cefic-Lri
Developing a weight-of-evidence methodology for persistence assessment of substances in the environment | Earth, Space, and Environmental Chemistry | ChemRxiv | Cambridge Open Engage
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