Meet the Mentors 2016-2017

Fifteen mentors were selected to the ToxMSDT program from different settings: academia, industry and government. Mentors give presentations on their career paths into toxicology and on skills they use currently at work. They interact with mentees through group roundtable discussions. Group activities such as tours of toxicology laboratories on Iowa State University campus, meals, and mixers are used to build relationships among mentors and mentees. 
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Benefits to mentors:

• Personal satisfaction
• Helping NIH achieve its noble goals of a diverse workforce
• Travel support to the SOT annual meeting

Prof. Bonaventure A. Akinlosotu, MVSc., MEd., PhD; Regulatory Scientist/EPS, U.S. EPA/Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, Office of Pesticides Program, Washington, DC​

​Dr. Rais Ansari, PhD; Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy, Health Professions Divisions, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL

​Dr. Aline de Conti, PhD; Staff fellow researcher at Food and Drug Administration, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas

​Ms. Angela Curry, M.S.; Senior Toxicologist, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Austin, Texas

​Dr. Jayanta K. Das, PhD;
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health,
Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, FL

​Dr. Ingrid L. Druwe, PhD; Toxicologist, US EPA, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Research Triangle Park, NC

​Dr. Anwar Y. Dunbar, Regulatory Scientist within the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pesticide Programs Human Health Effects Division, Washington, DC

Dr. Guillermo E. Fernandez-Surumay, DVM; Principal Scientist, Merck & Co. Inc., Safety Assessment and Laboratory Animal Resources, Toxicological Sciences, West Point, PA

​Dr. Worlanyo Eric Gato, PhD; Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

​Dr. Esther Haugabrooks, PhD; Toxicologist, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Washington, DC

​Dr. Alexandria G. Lau, PhD;
Manager, Allergens & Toxicology, Quality & Regulatory Compliance,The Hershey Company, PA

Mr. ​Nathan Pechacek, MS, DABT; Senior Manager, Product Safety & Compliance, Ecolab, Inc., Eagan, MN

​Dr. Daniella M. Pizzurro, PhD; Senior Toxicologist, Gradient, Cambridge, MA

​Dr. Jennifer L. Rayner, PhD, DABT; Toxicologist, SRC, Inc., Arlington, VA

Dr. Ashish Sachan,  Director of Toxam Inc., Ontario, CANADA

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