Professor Brian Priestly

BPharm, MPharm, PhD

Head, Australian Centre for Human Health Risk Assessment (ACHHRA)

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Brian was appointed as the inaugural Director of ACHHRA in December 2003. ACHHRA’s mission is to provide a national focus for environmental health risk assessment, primarily in the area of food and environmental pollutants. Its expertise in toxicology and environmental health sciences has been sought by Commonwealth and State government agencies in support of various projects through 2007.

Prior to leading ACHHRA, Brian was Director of the Laboratories Branch of the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) from 2001-03, and from 1992-2001, he was scientific Director of the chemicals toxicology and chemicals risk management programs of the Commonwealth health portfolio.

Some of his recent Committee activities are:

• NHMRC Advisory Committee on Health & Nanotechnology (Chair)
• Australian Drug Evaluation Committee (Associate member – toxicology)
• Australasian College of Toxicology & Risk Assessment (President)
• Advisory Group on Chemical Safety (member)
• NICNAS Advisory Group on Nanotechnology (member)
• Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee (member)
• CASA Expert Panel on aircraft air quality (member)
• National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology - Research Advisory Committee (1992-2006 and Management Board (2007-)