| The Expert Panel
The Research Institute for Fragrance Materials (RIFM) is the global scientific resource on fragrance ingredients for consumers, official agencies and the industry. RIFM’s activities are reviewed by an independent Expert Panel, which provides strategic guidance, determines scientific study design and interprets test results for relevance to human health and environmental protection.
The Expert Panel selects its own members, who serve on a rotating basis. It is comprised of internationally known academic dermatologists, pathologists, toxicologists and environmental scientists. Additional expertise is provided by adjunct groups with knowledge in genetic toxicity, respiratory science, reproductive effects, environmental fate and epidemiology. The Panel determines safety of use for fragrance ingredients through consideration of available information and active generation of additional data. Its conclusions are presented to professional scientific and medical societies and are published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. When important for consumer and environmental protection, decisions of the Expert Panel regarding restrictions of use are published as IFRA Standards.
The Expert Panel is opening further dialogue with interested parties by calling for information on fragrance materials under review. Information may be submitted by e-mailing Dr. Ladd Smith, President of RIFM, at smith@rifm.org. You may also request to present your information in-person in your e-mail to Dr. Smith. For the Panel’s next meeting in September, information may be submitted by August 13, 2010 for the following materials:
• Macrocyclic lactones
• Macrocyclic lactides and ketones
• Aryl alkyl alcohols
• Alkyl alcohol simple acid ester derivatives
Information from interested parties received by RIFM, will be included as part of the background assembled for discussion of these Panel agenda items. Interested parties that request an opportunity to present to the Expert Panel during one of its meetings will undergo a formal review and must include a Q&A for the Panel.
Next Panel Meeting: September 13-14, 2010 - Strausburg, France
The Expert Panel
Dr. I. Glenn Sipes, PhD. (Chair) - Professor & Department Head
Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ USA
Prof. Donald V. Belsito, MD - Clinical Professor, Medicine (Dermatology)
University of Missouri (Kansas City) and
American Dermatology Association, LLC
Shawnee, KS USA
Dr. David R. Bickers, MD (Co-Chair) - Carl Truman Nelson Professor & Chair
Department of Dermatology
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY USA
Prof. Magnus Bruze, MD - Professor
Department of Occupational & Environmental Dermatology
Malmo University Hospital
Malmo, Sweden
Prof. Peter Calow, PhD. - Professor of Environmental Biology
Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change
Roskilde University
Roskilde, Denmark
Prof. Maria L. Z. Dagli, DVM, PhD. - Professor, Veterinary Pathologist
Department of Pathology
School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science
University of Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Prof. Allison D. Fryer, PhD
Oregon Health Science University
Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Portland, OR USA
Prof. Helmut Alfred Greim, MD - Professor
Institute for Toxicology & Environmental Hygiene
Technical University of Munich
Munich, Germany
Dr. Yoshiki Miyachi, MD, PhD. - Professor & Chairman, Dermatology
Graduate School of Medicine
Kyoto University Hospital
Kyoto, Japan
Prof. Jean Hilaire Saurat, MD - Professor & Chairman, Dermatology
Swiss Center for Applied Human Toxicology
University of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland
Reproduction Advisory Panel
Dr. Jochen Buschmann - Head of Reproductive Toxicology Working Group
Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine
Hannover, Germany
Dr. Anthony Scialli - Consultant
Tetra Tech Sciences
Arlington, VA USA
Dr. Mineo Yasuda - Emeritus Professor
Hiroshima University
Sendai, Japan
Respiratory Science Clinical Advisory Panel (CAP)
Dr. William Cain - Professor, Department of Surgery (Otolaryngology)
School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA USA
Dr. Pamela Dalton - Full Member
Monell Chemical Senses Center
Philadelphia, PA USA
Prof. Lisa K. Ryan, Ph.D. - Asst. Professor Public Health Research Institute
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, International Center for Public Health
Newark, NJ USA
Environmental Adjunct Group
Prof. Beate Escher - Deputy Director
National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology (Entox)
University of Queensland
Coopers Plains, Queensland Australia
Genetic Toxicity Adjunct Group
Experts from the Neuherberg Institute for Toxicology, Germany, via Dr. Helmut Greim
Expert Panel Ongoing Research
RIFM and the Expert Panel are exploring research on in vitro sensitization methods that are in line with those promoted by The Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) to replace existing techniques. The goal is to minimize the use of animals in testing, resulting in faster and more cost effective technology.
Plans are to support ongoing research on in vitro methodologies that are consistent with European regulations and conform to the 3Rs: Replacement, Reduction and Refinement, as noted by CAAT.
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