Ms Emily Samantha Richmond

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Department: Council Member

Profile:
Ms. Richmond is an experienced regulatory toxicologist having worked in industry for 18 years, with particular focus on juvenile, reproductive and developmental toxicology. She has deep technical knowledge gained through 14 years of experience at a contract research organization, designing testing strategies and study directing a wide range of mammalian in vivo toxicity studies for a diverse range of substances such as pharmaceuticals, biologicals, agrochemicals, biocides, industrial chemicals and food flavourings. After working as a Principal DART and Juvenile toxicologist for several years at a CRO, she joined Exponent International as a Managing Toxicologist, providing techno-regulatory consulting to support clients needs for pesticide, biocide, chemical and food regulation industries. She extensively Study Monitors and acts as DART specialist but also the project toxicologist for a range of substances undergoing regulatory processes for European and Global registrations.

Emily is a registered European toxicologist and Chartered Biologist. She is also an officer for the UK Industrial Reproduction Toxicology Discussion Group (IRDG), becoming chairperson in 2021, and a committee member for the European Teratology Society (ETS), as well as a member of the US Birth Defects Research and Prevention Society (BDRP, formerly Teratology Society).