About Joe

Joe is the Senior Director of Global Toxicology Services at Thermo Fisher Scientific, and has more than 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, in the field of occupational toxicology and patient safety/product quality. Involved in evaluating the toxicity of compounds (active pharmaceutical ingredients, intermediates, contaminants, etc.) in order to assign appropriate toxicity categorizations/occupational exposure bands (OEBs), and develop occupational exposure limits (OELs) for worker safety, as well as threshold of toxicological concern (TTC)/permitted daily exposure (PDE)/acceptable daily exposure (ADE) values for patient safety. Also involved in interactions with the health center regarding medical surveillance topics, as well as identifying whether the handling of compounds complies with the requirements for Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) in a multi-product facility and advising on potential drug product quality/regulatory concerns, such as cytotoxic, cytostatic, hormone, sensitizer, beta-lactam, and others. A full member of the U.S. Society of Toxicology, as well as the Society of Toxicology of Canada, with a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Molecular Toxicology from the University of Toronto. Also, an author of several peer-reviewed publications, and a presenter at various international scientific meetings, conferences, and universities, in North America and Europe.