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Ronald D. Hood, Ph.D. |
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Expert Toxicology Consultant /
Toxicologist |
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- Developmental Toxicology (Teratology)
- Reproductive Toxicology
- Regulatory Toxicology and Research
Management
- Environmental Toxicology
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Areas of Toxicology Expertise:
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- 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
- Contract Research Organization (CRO) Selection, Study Placement, and
Study Monitoring
- Computerized Nonclinical ("Preclinical") Study Data Collection and
Compilation
- Laboratory Animal Facility (Vivarium) Design
- Epidemiology, especially Birth Defects Epidemiology
- Risk Assessment
- Environmental Toxicology, especially Toxicology, Metabolism,
and
Environmental Fate of Arsenic (As) Compounds
- Expert Witness
- Litigation Support
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Description: |
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Principal, R. D. Hood & Associates,
Toxicology Consultants; Consultant since 1980 to
Industry, Government, and Law Firms; 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; thirty-five 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 |
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Contact information |
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Ronald D. Hood,
Ph.D.
Ronald D. Hood & Associates
Toxicology Consultants
Box 870344
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
35487-0344
Phone: (205) 348-1817
Fax: (205) 348-1786
Email:
rhood (at) bsc.as.ua.edu
Website:
http://www.toxicologyexpertise.com/
Homepage: http://rtctox.com/hood.htm
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Forensic Expert Witness: |
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Willing to serve as
Expert Witness |
Yes |
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Experience as
Expert Witness |
Yes |
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Previously retained by: |
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List
available upon request |
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Dictionary of
Abbreviations and Acronyms used: |
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Cro |
Contract Research
Organization |
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Glp
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Good Laboratory Practice |
| Sop |
Standard Operating Procedure |
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