Eric Hooker, M.S., DABT, is a board certified Toxicologist with over 15 years of experience in toxicology. His experiences include project management of toxicology, teratology, and toxicokinetic studies for preclinical pharmaceutical development, developing study protocols, reviewing data, and writing study reports. His laboratory work included in vivo techniques, primary mammalian cell culture, Ames bacterial mutagenesis assays , surgical procedures, handling hazardous and controlled substances, and GC-MS chemical analysis. Additionally, he has experience reviewing toxicity data to write comprehensive chemical safety assessments of consumer product ingredients and environmental contaminants. His specific interests include developmental and behavioral toxicology relating to organic solvents and pesticides. He has a BS in Psychology from Old Dominion University (1993) and a MS in Pharmacology and Toxicology from Virginia Commonwealth University (2000). In 2009, Mr. Hooker was certified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology, Inc.

Key project areas for Mr. Hooker include:

• Toxicology study design to meet regulatory guidelines.
• Toxicology data review and analysis.
• Critical evaluation of literature regarding chemical safety.

Recent Publications and Presentations:

Duncan PM and Hooker EP. The role of sympathetic arousal in discrimination of insulin-produced hypoglycemia, Behavioral Pharmacology, 8: 389-395, 1997.

Coleman CN, Mason T, Hooker EP, and Robinson SE. Developmental effects of intermittent prenatal exposure to 1,1,1-trichloroethane in the rat, Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 21(6): 699-708, 1999.

Hooker EP. Final report of the amended safety assessment of dioscorea villosa (wild yam) root extract, International Journal of Toxicology, 23(2): 49-54, 2004.

Hooker EP. Re-review of the safety of dibutylphthalate, diethylphthalate, and dimethyphthalate, International Journal of Toxicology, 24(1): 34-42, 2005.

Hooker EP. writing for Andersen A. Final report on the safety assessment of benzaldehyde. International Journal of Toxicology 25 (Suppl 1): 11-27, 2006.

Hooker EP. Final report on the safety assessment of triethylene glycol and PEG-4. International Journal of Toxicology 25 (Suppl 2): 121-138, 2006.

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Contact info: e-mail eric.hooker@sciences.com ; phone (571) 527-1708