Councilor
National Toxicology Program-NIEHS
Czech Republic
Dr. Foster is the Chief of the Toxicology Branch within the Division of the National Toxicology program (NTP) headquartered at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The Toxicology Branch is responsible for the scientific leadership of the NTP’s cancer and non-cancer toxicology testing Program. Prior to joining NIEHS in 2002, he was the Director of the research program in endocrine, reproductive and developmental toxicology at the CIIT Centers for Health Research (CIIT).
Dr. Foster is internationally recognized for his expertise in developmental and reproductive toxicology and endocrine disruption and has served on a number of international and national (including NRC/NAS) committees in these areas of toxicology. He is the author or co-author of more than 130 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, including 5 of the top 50 most cited papers (3 in the top 10) in Toxicological Sciences and numerous regulatory study reports.