18. Building Bridges Through Toxicology with Hispanic Organization for Toxicologists with Dr. Robert Casillas and Dr. Ranulfo Lemus Olalde
Description
The Hispanic Organization for Toxicologists (HOT) is a special interest group of the Society of Toxicology (SOT.) HOT was founded in 2004. HOT is a group of toxicologists of Hispanic origin who interact with Spanish and Portuguese-speaking scientific communities with an emphasis on outreach to the Hispanic population. They help relay information and awareness on toxicological news to global Hispanic communities. They focus on mentoring junior scientists and trainees and encourage and support collaboration among Hispanic toxicologists.
https://www.toxicology.org/groups/sig/hot/index.asp(scroll down to find the Hispanic Organization of Toxicologist Award Fund)
During the 58th annual meeting for SOT, Angela Stoyanovitch, host of Legal Drugs Podcast, reconnected with Dr. Robert Casillas, PhD, a biochemical toxicologist consulting on nonclinical research, former HOT President and was introduced to the new HOT President, Dr. Ranulfo Lemus Olalde, ScD, a human health toxicologist working with consumer products. In this short interview, Angela learns about the mission of HOT and the role of toxicology in the world, today.
Member of SOT and HOT would have gathered this week for the international meeting comprised of academic, government and commercial (pharmaceutical, for example) for the 59th Annual Meeting. However, while authorities continue to maintain that the risk of exposure to COVID-19 is low, after lengthy and thoughtful deliberations, SOT leadership made the decision to cancel the SOT 59th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo scheduled to take place March 15–19, 2020, in Anaheim, California. Therefore, Legal Drugs Agency, LLC dedicates this Legal Drugs Podcast episode to members of SOT, HOT and all other special interest groups apart of SOT who were unable to travel to share news, updates and toxicological data with each other face-to-face this year.
If you’d like to contribute to HOT’s travel awards fund for future generations, please learn more about the goal to raise $25,000 to match Dr. Ranulfo Lemus Olalde’s initial endowment here; https://www.toxicology.org/endowment/docs/Resolution-HOT-AwardFund.pdf#search=%22hispanic%20organization%20of%20toxicologists%22
This episode of Legal Drugs Podcast edited and produced by Margaret Beveridge.
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