SRA World Congress on Risk Training Workshop:
“Understanding and Application of Risk Assessments”
Date: 19 July 2015
Time: 13:00-17:00
Location: YMCA of Singapore, One Orchard Road, Singapore 238824
Cost: $220, $110 for participants from developing countries
Program:
Fundamental concepts and terminology used in risk
assessment. Relationship between risk assessment
and risk management.
Specific legal and regulatory underpinnings of the
federal risk assessment paradigm. Available human
health and ecological toxicity values.
Fundamental components of a human health,
ecological and microbial risk assessment
Coffee break
Basic components of dose-response assessment,
developing risk and reference values for cancer and
noncancer human health effects
Training about how to apply scientific risk assessment
to address environmental problems affecting air, soil,
water, and food resources
Dr. Vandenberg
Dr. Sams
Dr. Troyer
Dr. Kadry
All
Description: Risk Assessment plays a unique role in serving the needs of various international programs
through incorporating, integrating, and coordinating the use of scientific information as a foundation for
regulatory decision-making. Risk assessment is an ever-evolving process that significantly impacts
human health, food safety, economics, ecological systems, and social decision-making. The
UnitedStates Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) National Center for Environmental Assessment
(NCEA) is a global leader in conducting state-of-the-science risk assessments, and its publications are
often the first to apply new Agency risk assessment guidelines, scientific methods, and data.
This course will offer hands-on training in the primary areas of risk assessment (i.e., hazard
identification, dose-response assessment, exposure assessment, and risk characterization). It also will
briefly cover risk communication and management concepts because outreach to the public and other
stakeholders is essential for the successful implementation of a risk assessment, and ultimately, an
environmental decision. This training course will represent the culmination of knowledge-sharing
among science experts in the field of human health and ecological risk assessment. The course consists
of several modules. Real case studies demonstrating applications of risk assessment in different settings
will also be discussed.
Speakers:
Dr. John Vandenberg is National Program Director of EPA's Human Health Risk Assessment Program and
Director of the Research Triangle Park Division of the National Center for Environmental Assessment at
the US Environmental Protection Agency. He is responsible for leadership, planning and oversight of
EPA’s Integrated Science Assessments for the major (criteria) air pollutants and Integrated Risk
Information System (IRIS) assessments for high priority hazardous air pollutants, and for development of
new risk assessment methodologies. Dr. Vandenberg has been a consultant to the World Health
Organization and has represented EPA in scientific meetings in Europe, South America, Asia and the
Middle East, and he serves on numerous scientific advisory committees. In 2006, he was elected a
Fellow of the Society for Risk Analysis. He is an adjunct professor at the Nicholas School of the
Environment at Duke University and since 1991 he has taught a graduate-level course in air quality
management. He received his B.A from the College of Wooster, Ohio, and the MS and PhD from Duke
University in biophysical ecology.
Dr. Reeder L. Sams is Senior Science Advisor of the Research Triangle Park (RTP) Division of the National
Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within the United States Environmental Protection Agency
(USEPA). He has 20 years of experience in toxicology and risk assessment for the protection of public
health. Dr. Sams is the project lead of a group of NCEA scientists to develop a state-of-the-art
assessment for inorganic arsenic including recommendations from the National Academy of Sciences.
He is one of the primary leads for the development of risk assessment training within NCEA and has
worked collaboratively with the Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC) to develop training
courses state and local organizations within the United States. Internationally, he has participated in the
development / review of human health-related documents including International Agency for Research
on Cancer (IARC) monographs (Monograph 100C) and the World Health Organization
(WHO)/International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) Guidance for Immunotoxicity Risk
Assessment for Chemicals. Dr. Sams has contributed to and led the development of over 34 human
health risk assessments or related documents including peer-reviewed journal articles and is a strong
believer in risk assessment education
Dr. Michael Troyer is the acting Deputy Director for the U.S Environmental Protection Agency’s National
Center for Environmental Assessment in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Michael began his career with the
Agency in Washington, DC where he managed the scientific review of Agency regulations and policies,
assessed the impacts of legislation on EPA’s research efforts, and assisted in planning for the scientific
needs of EPA’s program and regional offices. Michael has served the Agency as an Ecologist and
Supervisory Physical Scientist for over 23 years producing ecological and human health assessments
pertaining to pesticides and toxics, hazardous waste sites, watersheds, wetlands, migratory birds, and
endangered species. Michael holds a Bachelors degree in Zoology from DePauw University and two
Masters degrees from Indiana University in Environmental Science, and Environmental Management
and Policy. He also holds a PhD in Physical Geography from the University of Cincinnati. Michael’s
scientific interests and publications focus on topics ranging from risk assessment and management, to
GIS and remote sensing, and understanding causation and change found in human-shaped landscapes
(e.g., cultural and ecological relations).
Dr. Abdel-Razak M. Kadry is a senior advisor for Scientific Organizational Development and International
Activities at the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) in the Office of Research and
Development (ORD) the United States Environmental protection Agency. His experience in toxicology
and risk assessment spans over thirty years and includes academic research, drug safety and efficacy,
food safety and environmental risk assessment. For Five years Dr. Kadry worked as the Director of the
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Dr. Kadry joined EPA
after serving as the Chief of the Technical Analysis and Evaluation Branch, Risk Assessment Division,
Office of Public Health Sciences, Food Safety and Inspection Service, at the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA). Dr. Kadry received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Cairo University, Egypt
and MS and Ph.D. degrees in toxicology from Zagazig University, Egypt. Certified by both the American
Board of Toxicology, and the National Board of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Kadry is an active member of
the Society of Toxicology, Society of Risk Analysis and other professional organizations. He is the past
president of the Association of Government Toxicologists.
Training Material: An electronic copy of the training material will be provided to the participants free of
charge. In addition, an electronic copy of each of the following documents will be provided to the
participants free of charge:
a.
Exposure Factor Handbook
b.
Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook
c.
Wildlife Exposure Factors Handbook
d.
Microbial Risk Assessment Guidelines for Ecological Risk Assessment
e.
Generic Ecological Assessment Endpoints for Ecological Risk Assessment
f.
Stressor Identification Guidance Document