Background Information ¾ NLSOT serves toxicologists in Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Montana ¾ Founded in 1998 ¾ Approximately 70 members ¾ Founding Officers • President: Kendall Wallace, Univ. MN-Duluth • President-Elect: Robert Roy, 3M • Secretary/Treasurer: Robert Skoglund, 3M • Councilors: Jeffrey Stevens, EarthTech Steven Gordon, 3M Michael Murphy, Univ. MN-Twin Cities Hillary Carpenter, MN Dept. Health Activities ¾ Semi-annual meetings (spring and fall) • Meetings held in Minneapolis/St. Paul and Duluth, MN ¾ Notable meetings • Benchmark Dose Modeling Workshop (Fall 2006) • Perfluorinated Chemicals – joint meeting with the Midwest SETAC chapter (Spring 2008) • Alternatives in Toxicology Testing (Fall 2010) – first webcast meeting for NLSOT! ¾ K-12 committee • Conducting outreach since 1999 • Approach recognized by SOT ¾ Student support • Travel award for annual SOT meeting • Platform and poster presentation opportunities at meetings ¾ Continuing education courses Current Officers and Committees ¾ Current Officers • President: Timothy O’Brien, ECOLAB • President-Elect: Nathan Pechacek, 3M • Secretary/Treasurer: Catherine Jacobson, 3M • Past-President: John Nichols, U.S. EPA • Councilors: Kelly Coleman, Medtronic John MacDonald, Ridge Road Consulting Helen Goeden, MN Dept. Health • Student Representative: Sarah Skolness, Univ. MN-Duluth ¾ Committees: Program, Education, and Awards ¾ For more information, please contact Tim O’Brien (tim.obrien@ ecolab.com, 651.293.2195), or visit the NLSOT website (http:// www.toxicology.org/isot/rc/northland/Index.htm). Industry 49% Gov't 18% Consulting/ CRO 12% Academic 21% NLSOT Membership Montana North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota NL

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Page 1: NL Minnesota - Society of Toxicology...• Meetings held in Minneapolis/St. Paul and Duluth, MN ¾ Notable meetings • Benchmark Dose Modeling Workshop (Fall 2006) • Perfluorinated

Background Information ¾ NLSOT serves toxicologists in Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Montana

¾ Founded in 1998 ¾ Approximately 70 members ¾ Founding Officers

• President: Kendall Wallace, Univ. MN-Duluth • President-Elect: Robert Roy, 3M • Secretary/Treasurer: Robert Skoglund, 3M • Councilors: Jeffrey Stevens, EarthTech

Steven Gordon, 3M Michael Murphy, Univ. MN-Twin Cities Hillary Carpenter, MN Dept. Health

Activities ¾ Semi-annual meetings (spring and fall)

• Meetings held in Minneapolis/St. Paul and Duluth, MN ¾ Notable meetings

• Benchmark Dose Modeling Workshop (Fall 2006) • Perfluorinated Chemicals – joint meeting with the

Midwest SETAC chapter (Spring 2008) • Alternatives in Toxicology Testing (Fall 2010) –

first webcast meeting for NLSOT! ¾ K-12 committee

• Conducting outreach since 1999 • Approach recognized by SOT

¾ Student support • Travel award for annual SOT meeting • Platform and poster presentation opportunities at meetings

¾ Continuing education courses

Current Officers and Committees ¾ Current Officers

• President: Timothy O’Brien, ECOLAB • President-Elect: Nathan Pechacek, 3M • Secretary/Treasurer: Catherine Jacobson, 3M • Past-President: John Nichols, U.S. EPA • Councilors: Kelly Coleman, Medtronic

John MacDonald, Ridge Road Consulting Helen Goeden, MN Dept. Health

• Student Representative: Sarah Skolness, Univ. MN-Duluth ¾ Committees: Program, Education, and Awards ¾ For more information, please contact Tim O’Brien ([email protected], 651.293.2195), or visit the NLSOT website (http://www.toxicology.org/isot/rc/northland/Index.htm).

Industry49%

Gov't18%

Consulting/CRO12%

Academic21%

NLSOT Membership

Montana North Dakota

South Dakota

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