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Rick leads ACC’s Science and Research Division and directs ACC’s Long-Range Research Initiative focused on research to modernize and improve chemical safety assessments. From 1999 to 2014 he served in ACC’s Regulatory and Technical Affairs Department concentrating on emerging health risk science issues, including advanced molecular screening methods in toxicity evaluation and risk assessment, human biomonitoring, sensitive subpopulations, endocrine screening and testing. Previously, he held technical and scientific management positions in California state government. He received the Arnold Lehman Award from the Society of Toxicology in 2015 in recognition of his contributions to risk assessment and the regulation of chemicals. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology and serves as a member of the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology of the National Academies of Sciences. Rick earned his PhD in pharmacology and toxicology from the University of California Irvine.

Listed skills include Toxicology, Chemistry, Exposure Assessment, Environmental Policy, and 21 others.