Cosmetic Ingredient Review

Mission: The Cosmetic Ingredient Review thoroughly reviews and assesses the safety of ingredients used in cosmetics in an open, unbiased, and expert manner, and publishes the results in the peer-reviewed scientific literature.

TOXICOLOGIST

Non-profit organization in Washington, DC is in search of a toxicologist for safety assessments. This toxicologist will be responsible for analyzing published studies and/or unpublished data provided by interested parties relevant to the safety assessment of individual chemicals used in cosmetic formulations, presenting these findings for public comment and review by a panel of experts, and preparing final assessments for publication in the open scientific literature. A key responsibility will be expansion of each safety assessment to address the maximum number of related cosmetic chemicals. The position requires expertise in literature searches, data gap analysis, structure/activity relationships, and report writing. The individual must work independently, but also contribute his/her expertise/experience to the group effort to increase the number of reviews completed and to target the most important chemicals for review.

Excellent benefits. Permanent full-time position. Competitive salary. Non-smoking DC office.

REQUIREMENTS - Ph.D.; DABT (or eligible to take the exam); industry/government/academia experience in risk assessment (especially low dose, in vitro testing, TTC, structure/activity relationships); research skills; good written and oral communication skills.

TO APPLY: Send cover letter and resume to jobs AT personalcarecouncil.org.

SENIOR TOXICOLOGIST

Non-profit organization in Washington, DC is in search of a senior toxicologist to develop and to expand organizational capability to develop chemical/botanical safety assessments. This senior toxicologist will be responsible for analyzing published studies and/or unpublished data provided by interested parties relevant to the safety assessment of individual chemicals used in cosmetic formulations, presenting these findings for public comment and review by a panel of experts, and preparing final assessments for publication in the open scientific literature. A key goal of the organization is to expand each safety assessment to address the maximum number of related cosmetic chemicals and this senior position is expected to take the lead in developing approaches to accomplish this, using TTC, read across techniques, etc., as appropriate and to manage acceptance of such approaches by the panel of experts. The position requires expertise in literature searches, data gap analysis, structure/activity relationships, and report writing. The individual must work independently, but also be a leader of the group (toxicology, chemistry, etc.) effort to increase the number of reviews completed and to target the most important chemicals for review.

Excellent benefits. Permanent full-time position. Competitive salary. Non-smoking DC office.

REQUIREMENTS - PH.D.; DABT; industry/government/academia experience (especially low dose, in vitro testing, TTC, structure/activity relationships); research skills; good written and oral communication skills.

TO APPLY: Send cover letter and resume to jobs AT personalcarecouncil.org.

CHEMIST

Non-profit organization in Washington, DC is in search of a chemist. This chemist will be participate in the retrieval and analysis of published studies and analysis of unpublished data provided by interested parties relevant to the safety assessment of individual chemicals used in cosmetic formulations, present these findings for public comment and review by a panel of experts, and prepare final assessments for publication in the open scientific literature. A key responsibility will be the application of structure/activity analysis to support the expansion of each safety assessment to address the maximum number of related cosmetic chemicals. The position requires expertise in literature searches, data gap analysis, structure/activity relationships, and report writing. The individual must work independently, but also contribute his/her expertise/experience to the group effort to increase the number of reviews completed and to target the most important chemicals for review.

Excellent benefits. Permanent full-time position. Competitive salary. Non-smoking DC office.

REQUIREMENTS - Medicinal/botanical chemistry experience valuable (especially structure/activity relationships of chemicals/chemical classes; risk assessment; TTC). Structure/activity job experience required. DABT (or eligible to take the exam).

TO APPLY: Send cover letter and resume to jobs AT personalcarecouncil.org.