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​We are now recruiting toxicologists from around the United States to serve as mentors for the 2022/23 program season starting September 2022 through June 2023. 
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​Eligibility requirements: Mentor’s place of work must be located within the United States. Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars are not eligible to apply. Due to institutional requirements we encourage applications from fully vaccinated COVID-19 individuals only.
Role of a Mentor: Each mentor will commit meeting virtually once every month with the mentee, hosting the mentee at their worksite for the “2 days in the life of a toxicologist” job shadowing visit, and participating in three conferences. These include the inaugural workshop at the University of California Davis, Davis; the Society of Toxicology (SOT) Annual Meeting, and the capstone workshop at Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL. In addition, mentors are expected to participate in program evaluation surveys to assess program activities. ​Throughout the year we also use the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) platform to enhance further communication between all members of our community.

​Benefits to Mentors:  
  • Career advancement through leadership skill development  
  • Supporting career development of the future generation of toxicologists
  • Networking with other mentors and professionals in toxicology 
  • Increased visibility and recognition within the mentor’s place of work 
  • Giving back to the next generation of toxicologists 
  • Support NIH to diversify the biomedical workforce 
  • Travel support to the annual Society of Toxicology conference 

Meet the 2022-2023 Mentors 

For the 2022/23 cohort twenty-five mentors from industry, academia, government, or nonprofit entities from across the country were matched 1:1 with undergraduate student participants. A mentor training is provided at the University of California Davis’ kick-off workshop to prepare mentors to subsequently offer career guidance during monthly meetings with their mentee. Mentors provide insight into their own career paths in toxicology and on the skills, they currently use at their places of work during the mentee’s job shadowing work site visit. In addition, mentors attend the annual Society of Toxicology conference. To conclude the year-long program, mentors join the capstone event at Tuskegee University  for the mentee’s final poster presentations.
Dr. Ahmed Abdelmoneim 
​Assistant Professor of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Louisiana State University
Dr. Nagaraju ​Anreddy, Lead Pharmacologist/Toxicologist, ​Viatris Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Dan Arrieta, Toxicologist | Product Safety & Toxicology, ​Chevron Phillips
Dr. Samuel Buxton, Human Health Toxicologist, ​Nickel Institute
NiPERA Inc. (Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association)
Dr. Jason Cannon, PhD
Professor of Toxicology
Purdue University
Ms. Angela Curry, MSc.
​Senior Toxicologist, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Dr. Christina de Zafra, Director, Nonclinical Sciences, Seagen
Doug Donahue, Head of Preclinical Toxicology-Vaccines, GSK​
Dr. Esther Haugabrooks, Manager, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Coca Cola Company​
Dr. Tamara House-Knight, PhD, DABT, Toxicologist/Risk Assessor, GHD, Inc.
Dr. Saber Hussain, Senior Scientist-Biotechnology Branch, US Air Force Research Laboratory, Professor-Wright State University, School of Medicine​
Dr. Argel Islas-Robles, Program Leader/ Toxicologist/ Study Director
Institute for In Vitro Sciences, Inc.​
Dr. Monica Langley, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Research Associate, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic
Dr. Vivek Lawana, Senior Study Director
NAMSA
Ms. Kristin Licko, Associate Director of Product Certification-Toxicology; 
Instructor, Water Quality Association (WQA), Product Certification; MSU, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Dr. Colleen McLoughlin, DABT, E.R.T. Director, Toxicology, Scivera
Dr. Toufan Parman, Senior Director of Nonclinical Safety Evaluation, Nonclinical Development, Sangamo therapeutics, Inc.
Mr. ​Nathan Pechacek, MSc., DABT
​Director Law and Regulatory Affairs, Ecolab, Inc. Eagan, MN
Mr. Mike Peterson, Principal Toxicologist
Gradient​
Dr. Logeswari Ponnusamy, DVM, MVSc, PhD, DABT, ERT. Principal Scientist and Manager – Toxicology,  Zoetis Animal Health
Dr. Archit Rastogi, Assistant Director
​Ionis Pharmaceuticals-Preclinical Development
Dr. Karen Riveles, Staff Toxicologist & Emergency Response Coordinator
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency and University of California Davis​
Dr. Cindy Roegge, Senior Principal Scientist, Medtronic Neuromodulation
Dr. Nicole Soucy, Director, Toxicology and Biocompatibility, Boston Scientific-Global PreClinical Sciences​
​Dr. Saurabh G. Vispute, PhD, DABT
Principal Scientist, Drug Safety Research and Development, Pfizer

Click here to see the 2021-2022 Mentors