Gift Details

TRAVEL: Cash (traveler's checks) for $1,350.00, to cover lodging, local travel, and meals taking place in Utrecht, Netherlands from 09/14/2010-09/18/ 2010. Wood Setzer, Ph.D., a biostatistician who has been involved in dose- response analyses for Agency risk assessments. His work has also been addressing issues of applications of statistical methods to PBPK models. The traveler is recognized as an international expert in the area of uncertainty analysis in health effects hazard assessment, and has advised Agency Program Offices, WHO and European Food Safety Agency activities in this area. Dr. Setzer has been invited to serve as a WHO Temporary Advisor for the meeting ``Characterizing and Communicating Uncertainty and Variability in Hazard Assessment``, held at RIVM in Bilthoven, Netherlands. The traveler organized and chaired the first in a series of three workshops on the use of PBPK models in risk assessment, of which this is the third, and participated in the second workshop. Dr. Setzer will confer with other world experts in this area to evaluate proposed WHO/IPCS guidance in the use of PBPK models in risk assessment, and area of direct interest for the Agency. While in the Netherlands the traveler will present on the ToxCast progress and then meet with Dr. Slob (RIVM) to collaborate on a manuscript about model uncertainty in dose- response assessment. The Agency has an interest in maintaining communication with world partners in the area of hazard assessment. In this case, the Agency both influences decisions that will affect the ways hazard assessments are carried out and interpreted, and benefits from points of view coming from other contexts. Also, the Agency will benefit from having shared ideas with other experts in this area, and in having its input heard in the proposed guidance. Rec'd--9/14/ 2010--9/18/2010. Est. Value--$1,350.00.

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