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OCTOBER 13, 2005

The 'Science' of Risk Assessment by

Dr. William Waddell

Dr. Waddell received his A.B. degree in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina in 1951 and his M.D. degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in 1955. He held a USPHS Postdoctoral Fellowship from 1955-58 in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of North Carolina. From 1958 to 1972 he was on the faculty of the Department of Pharmacology in the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina with joint appointments at that University in the Center for Research in Pharmacology and Toxicology. He was Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine from 1972-76. From 1977 to 1998, when he retired from the University, he was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Louisville. He is presently Professor and Chair, Emeritus, in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville. He is the author of more than 120 peer-reviewed articles in pharmacology and toxicology. He continues to serve as a consultant to many major industries and organizations including “think tanks” on various aspects of toxicology. He has given more than 100 invited lectures in North America, Europe, Kuwait, Egypt, China, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and Thailand. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences. He serves or has served on the editorial boards of Drug Metabolism and Disposition, Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, Human and Experimental Toxicology and Toxicologic Pathology.