Director
National Center for Toxicological Research
U.S. Food & Drug Administration
USA
Biography
Dr. William Slikker, Jr. recently accepted the position of Director at FDAââ¬â¢s National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR). He received his Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of California at Davis in 1978. Dr. Slikker holds Adjunct Professorships in the Departments of Pediatrics, and Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He has held committee chairmanships or elected offices in several scientific societies including the Teratology Society (serving as President) and the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (chair, Developmental Pharmacology Section and member of the Program Committee) and co-founder and past President of the MidSouth Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Society. He is currently Treasurer, SOT; past President of The Academy of Toxicological Sciences; and Associate Editor for NeuroToxicology and Toxicological Sciences. Dr. Slikker has authored or co-authored over 290 publications. He has also served on several National/International advisory panels for HESI/ILSI, CIIT Centers for Health Research, EPA and WHO.
Research Interest
Dr. Slikker research interests include transplancental pharmacokinetics, developmental neurotoxicology, neuroprotection, systems biology, and risk assessment.
