In this episode I speak with Dr Katherine Santizo, Programme Manager of Cefic's Long-range Research Initiative (LRI).

Since 1999, Cefic-LRI has funded over 250 projects (totaling approximately €90 million) to advance the scientific assessment of the safety of chemicals, and to improve understanding of potential health and environmental risks.

Tune in to hear first-hand from Katherine about the exciting work that Cefic-LRI does, and how this is helping to deliver progress in chemicals assessment science.

Our conversation covers:

• What is Cefic-LRI? The LRI mission, and what makes it different
• How it works - the LRI process from ideation to publications
• Tools and solutions to address key regulatory challenges
• Katherine's background and career journey
• Working across disciplines - integrating environmental science with human health
• Reflecting on the 25 year anniversary of Cefic-LRI
• Upcoming research projects: new approach methodologies (NAMs), mobility and biodegradation
• Other hot topics in chemicals safety research
• Cefic-LRI's contribution to persistence assessment science

Cefic-Lri – Long-Range Research Initiative

Determining the water solubility of difficult-to-test substances: A tutorial review - ScienceDirect

Cefic-LRI workshop highlights advances in chemical assessments aligned with evolving regulations – Cefic-Lri

LRI Marks 25 Years of Advancing Chemical Safety Assessments – Cefic-Lri

Cefic-LRI 25th Anniversary Commemorative Book

New funding opportunities for research on NAMs, biodegradation testing and mobility assessment – Cefic-Lri

ECO52 – Bioavailability, complex substances and overall persistence (BCOP): three themes to deliver a step-change in persistence assessments – Cefic-Lri

Developing a weight-of-evidence methodology for persistence assessment of substances in the environment | Earth, Space, and Environmental Chemistry | ChemRxiv | Cambridge Open Engage

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