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Emerging Issues Committee

The Emerging Issues Committee (EIC) is crucial to CRIS’s success. The EIC serves as a scientific steering committee helping to set and prioritize short-term and long-term strategic and scientific objectives related to the safety assessment of ingredients found in foods, cosmetics, food-grade packaging, and household products.

The committee is comprised of experienced scientific leaders from academia, government, non-governmental organizations, and industry.

Appointment and expectations

Academic, government and non-governmental organization partners are appointed to the EIC by the CRIS Internal Advisory Committee (IAC). Industry members of the EIC are elected by CRIS Partners.

 All members of the EIC serve on a limited and rotating term basis to ensure

  • no one person or entity has undue influence.
  • continuity. 

The EIC meets bimonthly via teleconference to solicit, discuss, and prioritize emerging issues. They also meet face-to-face at least once a year – usually at the CRIS Annual Meeting. 

You can learn more about the expectations and bylaws of the EIC by reviewing the Emerging Issues Committee Charter.

Emerging Issues Committee Members

  • Elisabeth Anderson

    Director of Science Communication
    elisande@msu.edu

  • Sudin Bhattacharya

    Assistant Professor
    sbhattac@msu.edu
    517.884.6952

  • Kevin Boyd

    Manager Allergens and Toxicology, The Hershey Company

  • Leon Bruner

    Professor, Institute for Integrative Toxicology, Michigan State University

  • Sam Cohen

    Vice-Chair, EIC Committee; Havlik-Wall Professor of Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center

  • Alex Eapen

    Director, R&D Scientific & Regulatory Affairs – North America at Cargill

  • James Klaunig

    Professor, School of Public Health, Indiana University

  • Larry Lichter

    VP, Global Quality and Food Safety at McCormick Company, Inc.

  • Kelly Magurany

    Chair, EIC Committee; Senior Research Toxicologist, NSF International

  • Nathanial Parizek, Ph.D.

    Toxicologist, Sherwin-Williams Packaging Coatings

  • Michael Rizzo

    Sr. Scientist, Scientific Affairs, PepsiCo, Inc

  • Pam Spencer

    Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs and Product Stewardship, ANGUS Chemical Company

  • Kristie Sullivan

    Vice President of Research Policy, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

  • Joe Zagorski, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor
    zagorsk4@msu.edu

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