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EpidStrategies Scientists in Collaboration with Duke University and the Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States are Presenting at the 2025 SNO Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Conference

In the United States, the most common childhood central nervous system cancer is pediatric low-grade glioma, but there are no standardized coding definitions to easily identify these patients. On Friday, May 16, 2025, Mina Suh, Sue Pastula, and collaborators from CBTRUS and Duke University will present a study on developing coding definitions and describing pediatric patients with glioma. Please join us! General Information

ToxStrategies will present at The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry’s (SETAC’s) 35th Annual European Meeting this year, May 12 – 15, in Vienna, Austria.

Dr. Stephanie Kennedy is co-author on three posters regarding risk assessment strategies for microplastics and is looking forward to attending scientific platform and poster sessions across environmental topics.  Featured Presentations: (employees will be linked to website profile page) Scott Coffin, Andrew Barrick, Andrew Yeh, Anna Tuulikki Kukkola, Bethanie Carney Almroth, Ezra L Miller, Kazi Towsif Ahmed, Lidwina Bertrand, Mariella Sina, Luan de Sourz Leite, Magdalena M. Mair, Stephanie B Kennedy, Tham C. Hoang Win Cowger – read more…

BlueRidge Life Sciences is at ISPOR 2025 in Montreal!

BlueRidge Life Sciences is at the annual meeting of ISPOR (The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research), held this year in Montreal May 13–16, 2025. Our BlueRidge Life Sciences Pharmaceutical Commercialization team brings expertise in HEOR, and other commercialization services and works with clients to craft strategies that effectively communicate the value of their therapies. Reach out here to set up a meeting with one of our HEOR experts! #BlueRidgeLifeSciences #ISPORAnnual

BlueRidge scientist Dr. Naomi Sacks co-authors study ranked in top 10% of most-viewed Obesity Science & Practice articles

BlueRidge Life Sciences Pharmaceutical Commercialization’s Dr. Naomi Sacks’s work published in Obesity Science & Practice on behalf of The Obesity Society was recently ranked within the top 10% of most-viewed papers published by the journal in 2023. In their study, Dr. Sacks and colleagues used national survey data to examine clinical, economic, and health-related quality-of-life outcomes associated with being overweight and obesity. They found evidence that being overweight and obesity are significantly associated with obesity-related read more…

ToxStrategies’ Dr. William Rish Discusses Cumulative Impact Assessment in New NASEM Workshop Publication

Dr. William Rish, ToxStrategies’ Principal Engineer, was invited to present to an ad hoc committee assembled by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) that convened state of the science workshops and is developing a consensus report to advise the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on developing the scientific foundation for cumulative impact assessment (CIA). CIA can help scientists and communities understand the impacts of environmental stressors on vulnerable groups and provide a read more…

Birth Defects Research Cites ToxStrategies’ PFAS Publication as One of Its 2023 Top 10 Most-Cited Papers

ToxStrategies scientists John Rogers, Melissa Heintz, Chad Thompson, and Laurie Haws were recently notified that their paper A putative adverse outcome network for neonatal mortality and lower birth weight in rodents: Applicability to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and relevance to human health, which was published in Birth Defects Research, was named one of the journal’s top 10 most-cited papers published in 2023. Congratulations to the authors!

ToxStrategies Contributes Expertise at the 2025 Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting

ToxStrategies scientists will be attending and presenting at the 64th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo in Orlando, FL, March 15-20, 2025. Please click here for a full schedule. Look for us at Booth 1058!   Borghoff SJ, Rivera BN, Fitch S, Buerger A, Choksi N, Franzen A, Bus J, Rushton EK, Lea, I. Systematic evaluation of the evidence base on methyl tert-butyl ether for carcinogenic potential in humans; Low concern based on animal cancer studies and read more…