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BSc Biomedical technology, PhD Toxicology, MRSC, ERT

I have a PhD Toxicology, am a Eurotox Registered Toxicologist, and have over 20 years' experience in various toxicological areas, including in vitro, mammalian, human and regulatory toxicology and human health risk assessment.

I previously worked at ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ Department of Health Toxicology unit and ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ Health Protection Agency and provided toxicology and risk assessment advice to oÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØr Government agencies and wrote papers for Committees on Toxicity, Mutagenicity and Carcinogenicity and various oÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØr stakeholders on ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ potential effects of chemicals on human health.

I am on ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ RSC Toxicology Committee, am a member of ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) pool of scientific experts, ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ HSE REACH Independent Scientific Expert Pool (RISEP), ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ DWI advisory panel and am an assessor for ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ registry of toxicology.

I now work as an independent consultant as TARA Consulting. I provide toxicology expertise to clients as well as performing human health hazard and risk assessments of chemicals in environmental media such as water, soil and air, and consumer products and literature reviews.