We are thrilled to announce the launch of the new Center to Advance Toxicology and Chemical Hazard Assessment (CATCHA), led by Joshua Robinson , PhD (EaRTH IHSFC consultant and Assoc. Prof., Ob/Gyn & RS) and supported by EaRTH Director, Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH, and Bioassay Facility Core co-Director, Jennifer Fung, PhD. The goal of CATCHA is to develop and advance new science strategies for chemical hazard identification and risk assessment. CATCHA aims to bring together UCSF EaRTH Center Members and investigators from multiple disciplines to establish systems that enable more-rapid identification of toxic chemicals and generate science-based information regarding risks to help decision makers act more quickly to prevent harmful chemical exposure and disease.

To mark the launch of CATCHA, we are co-hosting a series of webinars with the new Center. We invite you to join us for the official launch and a special presentation with special guest speaker, Dr. Xiaoching Chang, who will be presenting her work in a talk titled, "Quantitative In Vitro to In Vivo Extrapolation for Developmental Toxicity Potency of Valproic Acid Analogues." Using the prototypical teratogen valproic acid and its structural analogues as example chemicals, Dr. Xiaoching Chang will demonstrate how an in vitro to in vivo extrapolation (IVIVE) approach can help put in vitro assay data into in vivo context. Specifically, she will show how IVIVE can be applied to predict rat developmental toxicity lowest effect levels (LELs) from human stem cell-based assay data.

Thursday,  November 2, 2023; 11 am PT via Zoom. Register if you didn't already receive a calendar invite and would like one with the Zoom access information.