Review of the analytical methodologies for the human biomonitoring of short-term exposure biomarkers to acrylamide
A. Albiach-Delgado, O. Pardo, F. A. Esteve-Turrillas, S. F. Fernández, B. Garlito, and V. Yusà
Invited speaker
João Lavinha | Ambassador of the Portuguese National Hub for Human Biomonitoring
João Lavinha has a background in Pharmacy and Chemistry, having received his equivalent to PhD from National Health Institute Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA) in 1994. He has held several positions at INSA over the years, including Head of the Research & Development Unit, Human Genetics Department, and Director-General. He is (co)-author of 114 papers, 80 of which in international peer-reviewed journals. His current research interests include molecular pathology, pathogenesis and epidemiology of genetic disease of genetic disease, genetics of the response to environmental stressors in human-relevant models, and normal genetic variation in the human populations. Since 2016 João is a member of the Portuguese Clinical Research Ethics Review Board.
Invited speaker
Rita Cavaleiro | FCT
Rita Cavaleiro is a science officer at the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) since 2012, currently working at the Department for International Relations, where she represents FCT in several transnational cooperation scientific networks. Within the HBM4EU project, she is the National Hub Contact Point for Portugal. Prior to that, she was a biomedical researcher in the area of immunology of HIV infection at the Institute of Molecular Medicine and was awarded with the 2008 Pfizer Award in Clinical Research, attributed by the Society for Medical Sciences of Lisbon. She was professor at both Secondary and University levels, a product support specialist and scientific advisor at the company Citomed and an R&D and Innovation Junior Manager at Eurotrials Scientific Consultants. Rita holds a PhD in Biomedical Sciences and an MSc in Human Molecular Biology from the University of Lisbon and a Licenciatura degree in Applied Chemistry from the NOVA University of Lisbon.
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Catherine Ganzleben | EEA
As Head of Group on air pollution, environment and health at the European Environment Agency (EEA), Catherine Ganzleben is responsible for strands of work on a range of environmental risks to health, including air pollution, noise and chemicals, as well as how ecosystems support human well-being. She has been working at EEA on environmental health since 2014. Prior to that, Catherine was a Senior Policy Advisor at Milieu Ltd. for seven years, delivering support to public sector institutions on environment and health issues. From 2005-6, Catherine worked at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, delivering technical assistance in support of multilateral environmental agreements on chemicals. Catherine has a post doctorate from the United Nations Institute of Advanced Studies in Tokyo and a doctorate from the University of Oxford.
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Maria João Silva | INSA
Maria João Silva is a senior researcher at the Human Genetics Department of the Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA), Lisbon, where she leads the Genetic Toxicology Research Group since 1997 and a member of the Center of Toxicogenomics and Human Health (ToxOmics), NOVA Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Her main scientific area is human and environmental genotoxicity and her current research interests include human biomonitoring, toxicity assessment of chemicals (and mixtures) and associated mechanisms, and nanotoxicology. She coordinates the European Initiative HBM4EU scientific activities at INSA.
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Mark Blainey | ECHA
Mark Blainey is leading one of the risk management units in the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) responsible for the restrictions process and also is involved in applications for authorisations. A toxicologist by training, Mark has worked for the Health and Safety Executive, for the European Commission and for his own company all on chemical-related issues.
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Hans Verhagen | Ulster University and Food Safety & Nutrition Consultancy
Hans Verhagen held management positions at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment and TNO - innovation for life, in The Netherlands, and in the European Food Safety Agency. Hans worked in Unilever Research and at the Universities of Maastricht, Nijmegen, and Ulster. He has published widely on subjects related to toxicology and nutrition. He is a board-certified toxicologist and a board-certified nutritionist. He is a visiting professor at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, since 2009. From November 2020, he is the owner and founder of the Food Safety & Nutrition Consultancy in The Netherlands.
Invited speaker
Dorota Jarosinska | WHO European Centre for Environment and Health
Dorota Jarosinska MD, PhD, has been working on the health and environment issues at national and international levels for nearly 30 years. At the WHO European Centre for Environment and Health, she manages the programme working on the health aspects of chemical safety, air quality and climate change mitigation, environmental noise, environmentally sustainable health systems, and workers’ health. Before joining the WHO in 2014, she worked at the European Environment Agency on environment and health issues, and contributed to the major assessments, such as the joint EEA/JRC report on Environment and Health, and synthesis of the State of the Environment Reports. Prior to this, she was leading the first outpatient clinic of environmental medicine in Poland, and coordinated human biomonitoring work on lead and mercury. She was a Fulbright scholar at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and is a Fellow of Collegium Ramazzini.
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Ricardo R. Santos | ISAMB-FMUL
Ricardo R. Santos is a Board-certified biologist with advanced education in Philosophy, Bioethics, and Science Communication. He is currently a researcher at the Environmental Health Behaviour Lab, Institute of Environmental Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon.
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Maria Uhl | UBA
Marc-Antonio Manuguerra
Maria Uhl is a toxicologist with more than 20 years of experience in the field of environmental health. She holds a Master’s degree in biology from the University of Vienna and a PhD and Master’s degree in toxicology from the Medical University of Vienna. Maria Uhl is Austria’s national coordinator within the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative HBM4EU and she also coordinates the Austrian platform for human biomonitoring. She is head of the team Studies and Consulting of the Umweltbundesamt Laboratories dealing specifically with Human and Environmental Monitoring. As senior scientist, Maria Uhl contributed to projects for the European Commission and was project leader of several national and European projects in the context of environmental health. Maria Uhl has been involved in risk assessment and evaluation processes according to Chemicals legislation and International treaties (e.g. REACH, UNEP: Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Minamata Convention). Maria Uhl is Chemical Group Lead of perfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) within HBM4EU and member of the PFAS working group at ECHA.