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24th to 25th June 2019
Location: University of York
Spring Lane Building, Campus West (Map)
York, UK
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]”New Approaches for prioritisation and assessment of the Risks of Pharmaceuticals” Conference organized at York Environmental Sustainability Institute
The iPiE project will end with an event at the University of York in June 2019. This two-day international conference, which marks the completion of the project, will act as a forum to disseminate the results of the project while also providing opportunity to others working on the prioritisation and intelligent assessment of pharmaceuticals, to present their work.
Confirmed Keynote Lecturers
- Professor Bryan Brooks, Distinguished Professor and Director Environmental Health Science Program, Baylor University, USA – ‘Future Horizons for Pharmaceutical Bioaccumulation and Effects Research in Aquatic Systems’
- Dr Kathrin Fenner, Group Leader, Department Environmental Chemistry, EAWAG, Switzerland – ‘Microbial biotransformation of contaminants: The role of bioavailability and community traits’
- Dr Caroline Moermond, Senior Adviser Pharmaceuticals and the Environment, RIVM, the Netherlands – ‘The draft environmental risk assessment guideline for human pharmaceuticals: changes and new approaches’
- Dr Issa Nafo, Advisor for Strategic Affairs at EMSCHERGENOSSENSCHAFT and LIPPEVERBAND, Germany – ‘Stakeholder engagement and water management measures for the reduction of pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment’
- Dr Bengt Mattson, Head of CSR and Environmental Affairs, Pfizer, Sweden – The Frank Mastrocco Memorial Lecture ‘Ecopharmacostewardship and environmental sustainable use of pharmaceuticals.’
- Member of iPiE project consortium £0 Register
- Other participants £100 Buy ticket
- Registration and ticketing will close 17th June 2019
The conference will comprise a mix of keynote talks, research presentations and poster presentations on topics around the prioritisation and environmental risk assessment of these compounds, including:
- Methods for intelligent assessment of pharmaceuticals
- Approaches to prioritise pharmaceuticals for testing
- 3Rs approaches to fish assessment of biologically active chemicals
- Mode of action focused ecotoxicological testing
- New experimental and modelling methods for exposure assessment of ‘down the drain’ chemicals
- New methods for environmental fate assessment
- Computational approaches for fate and effects prediction and decision making
- Benefit risk assessment in the environmental risk assessment process
- Mitigation approaches for pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the environment
Spring Lane Building, Campus West, University of York (Map)
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