Professor Brian Priestly

BPharm, MPharm, PhD

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

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Brian Priestly is a Professorial Fellow in the Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine (DEPM) at Monash University. His primary area of expertise is in toxicology, and he took up the position of Director of the Australian Centre for Human Health Risk Assessment (ACHHRA) in December 2003.

ACHHRA is a University consortium with expertise in toxicology and environmental health sciences. Its core objective is to provide a national focus for human health risk assessment, primarily in the area of food and environment pollutants, and to contribute to workforce development by mounting training programs in health risk assessment.

Prior to leading ACHHRA, Brian was Director of the Laboratories Branch in the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) from 2001-2003. From 1992-2001, he was Scientific Director of the chemicals toxicology and chemicals risk management programs of the Commonwealth Health portfolio. He had overall responsibility for toxicological assessment of pesticides and other toxic chemicals and he provided Health Department input into various national and international chemicals management programs.

Brian has been active on several NHMRC & Health Dept. technical committees and working groups over the past twenty years, including the National Drugs & Poisons Committee; Advisory Committee for Pesticides & Health; Advisory Group on Chemical Safety; various FSANZ Scientific Advisory Panels and more recently, he has been invited to chair the NHMRC Advisory Committee on Nanotechnology & Health..