Prof. Paul Harrison BSc, PhD, GradCertEd(Coll), CBiol, FSB, FRSA, FBTS is Director of PTCH Consultancy Limited, specialising in environmental toxicology, chemical toxicology and risk assessment, dust and fibre toxicology, indoor air quality, research management, and environment and health policy. He is a BTS/SoB and Eurotox registered toxicologist and a Fellow of the Society of Biology, British Toxicology Society and the RSA. He is presently Visiting Professor in Environment and Health at Cranfield University.
Paul’s previous positions include Senior Toxicologist at BP’s Occupational Health Centre, Head of the Indoor Air Quality and Major Accidents Branch of the Toxic Substances Division, UK Department of the Environment (DoE), Programme Manager and Acting Director of the Medical Research Council Institute for Environment and Health at Leicester University, and Director of the Institute of Environment and Health at Cranfield University. He has held positions on various expert groups and committees including the UK Chemicals Stakeholder Forum (Deputy Chair), EC Expert Group on Indoor Air Quality, DH Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP), the Expert Panel on Air Quality Standards (EPAQS), the Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances (ACHS), the FSA Working Party on Chemical Contaminants in Food, and the Interdepartmental Group on Health Risks from Chemicals (IGHRC). He was the founder Chairman of the UK Indoor Environments Group. He has published many scientific papers and articles on a broad range of environment and health issues, notably fibre toxicology, endocrine disruption, and indoor air quality, and is on the editorial board of several distinguished journals. He is also presently Chair of the CranfieId University Health Research Ethics Committee.
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