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.

 
       
 

CIR Panel & Staff

 

 Panel Members 

 

Voting Members

CHAIRMAN
Wilma F. Bergfeld, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Head of Clinical Research and Dermatopathology
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
One Clinic Center
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195-5001

Donald V. Belsito, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Medicine (Dermatology)
University of Missouri, Kansas City
c/o American Dermatology Associates, LLC
6333 Long Ave., 3rd floor
Shawnee, KS 66216

Ronald A. Hill, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
The University of Louisiana at Monroe
Monroe, LA 71209

Curtis D. Klaassen, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Professor and Chair
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics
School of Medicine
University of Kansas Medical Center
3901 Rainbow Blvd.
Kansas City, KS 66160-7319

Daniel C. Liebler, Ph.D.
Director, Jim Ayers Institute for Precancer Detection and Diagnosis
Ingram Professor of Cancer Research
Professor of Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Biomedical Informatics
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
465 21st Ave. South
Nashville, TN 37232

James G. Marks, Jr., M.D.
Professor of Dermatology
Chairman of the Department of Dermatology
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
P.O. Box 850
Hershey, PA 17033-0850

Ronald C. Shank, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Community and Environmental Medicine
Director, Environmental Toxicology Program
University of California, Irvine
19172 Jamboree Road
Irvine, CA 92697-1820

Thomas J. Slaga, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology
University of Texas Health Science Center
7703 Floyd Curl Drive MC 7764
San Antonio, TX 78229-3900

Paul W. Snyder, D.V.M., Ph.D.
School of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Veterinary Patholobiology
Purdue University
725 Harrison Street
Veterinary Pathology Building
West Lafayette, IN 47907

Liaison Members

CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA
Rachel Weintraub, Esq.
Consumer Federation of America
1620 I Street, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006
202.387.6121 202.265.7989 FAX

CIR INDUSTRY LIAISON
John E. Bailey Ph.D.
Executive Vice President-Science
Personal Care Products Council
1101 17th Street, NW Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036


FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Linda Katz, M.D., M.P.H.
Office of Cosmetics and Colors
FDA HFS-100
1110 Vermont Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20201

 

 Staff Members 

 

F. Alan Andersen - joined CIR in 1993
Director
B.S. - Muhlenberg College
M.S., Ph.D. - Penn State University

Lillian C. Becker - joined CIR in 2004
Scientific Analyst
B.S. - University of Maryland, College Park
M.S.- Florida International University

Halyna P. Breslawec - joined CIR in 2009
Deputy Director
B.S., Ph.D. - University of Minnesota

Christina L. Burnett - joined CIR in 2005
Scientific Analyst
B.S.& M.S. - Indiana University

Monice Fiume - rejoined CIR 2007
Technical Editor
B.S. - Penn State
M.B.A. - Virginia Tech

Kevin Stone Fries - joined CIR in 2008
Technical Librarian/Editor
M.L.S. - University of Maryland College Park

Bart Heldreth - joined CIR in 2010
Chemist
B.S. - Kent State University
Ph.D. - University of South Florida

Wilbur Johnson, Jr. - joined CIR in 1985
Senior Scientific Analyst
B.S. - Morehouse College
M.S. - Florida State University

Valerie C. Robinson - joined CIR in 2004
Scientific Analyst
B.S.- University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

Josephine Robinson - joined CIR in 2008
Administrative Assistant
B.A. - Columbia College

 

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