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Ronald D. Hood, PhD; Fellow, ATS

Expert Toxicology Consultant / Toxicologist

Developmental Toxicology (Teratology)
Reproductive Toxicology
Regulatory Toxicology and Nonclinical Studies
Environmental Toxicology

Areas of Toxicology Expertise:

Developmental Toxicology
Teratology (Birth Defects Causation -- Laboratory Animal, Nonhuman Primate, and Human)
Reproductive Toxicology, Endocrinology and Endocrine Disruptors
Preclinical Study Protocol Design and Study Placement, Monitoring, and Evaluation
Data Interpretation
GLP and Regulatory Agency Requirements and Regulatory Strategy
Literature Search and Literature Review
Position Paper Preparation, Publication Manuscript Preparation, and Manuscript Editing
SOP Development
Staff Training in Developmental Toxicology and Reproductive Toxicology Techniques
Consumer Product Safety
Analytical Toxicology
Human Overdose and Poisoning
Drug Interactions
Installation and Validation of Software for Nonclinical ("Preclinical") Study Data Collection and Compilation
Laboratory Animal Facility (Vivarium) Design, and Assistance with obtaining AAALAC Accreditation
Epidemiology, especially Birth Defects Epidemiology
Risk Assessment
Environmental Toxicology, especially Toxicology, Metabolism, and Environmental Fate of Arsenic (As) Compounds
Expert Witness
Litigation Support

Description:

Principal, Ronald D. Hood & Associates, Toxicology Consultants; Consultant since 1980 to Industry, Government, and Law Firms; inducted as a Fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences (ATS); Special Consultant, Environmental Health Committee, US EPA Science Advisory Board (10 yrs); Professor Emeritus and Former Interim Department Chair, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama; Adjunct Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health; Expert Witness-Birth Defects Causation; forty years Toxicology Research and Teaching; courses taught include Developmental Toxicology, Reproductive Toxicology, Teratology, Human Embryology, Principles of Toxicology, Environmental Toxicology, and Endocrinology; Advisory Panels; Editorial Boards, many Publications in Toxicology; Editor/Author, (1) Developmental Toxicology: Risk Assessment and the Future, (2) Handbook of Developmental Toxicology, and (3) Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology, a Practical Approach, Second Edition

Contact information

Ronald D. Hood, Ph.D., Fellow, ATS
Ronald D. Hood & Associates, Toxicology Consultants
Box 870344
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0344

Phone: (205) 348-1817

Fax: (205) 348-1786

Email: rhood (at) as.ua.edu

Website: http://www.toxicologyconsultant.com/
Homepage: http://rtctox.com/hood.htm

Forensic Expert Witness:

Willing to serve as Expert Witness

Yes

Experience as Expert Witness

Yes

Previously retained by:

List available upon request

Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms used:

Ats

Academy of Toxicological Sciences (ATS)

Cro

Contract Research Organization

Glp

Good Laboratory Practice

Sop

Standard Operating Procedure

Pharmikos