Working Group - i-HBM: International Human Biomonitoring Guidance Values
Interpretation and communication of human biomonitoring data are universal challenges for exposure scientists around the world. A new working group under the ISES called i-HBM: International Human Biomonitoring Guidance Values, has recently been formed to provide a forum for discussion about the development, approaches, and possible harmonization of international guidance values and interpretation tools for human biomonitoring data.
The i-HBM Working Group has been coordinating and researching over the course of many months. To date, the Working Group has developed a Biomonitoring Guidance Value Dashboard. The i-HBM Dashboard contains a compilation of currently available human biomonitoring guidance values developed by international organizations and jurisdictions. The purpose of this tool is to facilitate the search for guidance values developed for specific chemicals. It is also an interactive tool which allows users to compare a chemical concentration, such as a population estimate from biomonitoring data, to these guidance values. You can access and use the i-HBM Dashboard here without being a member of ISES.
The ISES Europe HBM expert Working Group, a sister of the i-HBM Working Group, has published their proposed plan to develop an HBM Global Registry Framework under the new European partnership for the assessment of risks from chemicals (PARC). This manuscript was co-authored by experts in human biomonitoring from many European countries and the co-chairs from i-HBM Working Group. It was part of a special issue on Human Biomonitoring Networks. It can be accessed here without being a member of ISES. Visit the ISES Europe HBM Working Group to learn more about this initiative.
Members of the ISES i-HBM Working Group include:
Sean Hays
President,
Summit Toxicology
Judy LaKind
President,
LaKind Associates LLC
Yu Ait Bamai
Lecturer,
Center for Environmental and Health Sciences, Hokkaido University
Jillian Ashley-Martni
Research Scientist,
Health Canada
Tomohiko Isobe
Senior Researcher,
National Institute for Environmental Studies
Ata Rafiee
PhD candidate and research assistant,
University of Alberta
Nolwenn Noisel
Clinical adjunct professor,
University of Montreal
Radu Corneliu Duca
Head of Unit,
National Health Laboratory (LNS) Luxembourg
Maryam Zare Jeddi
Senior Scientific Advisor,
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), the Netherlands
Marta Esteban López
Researcher,
National Centre for Environmental Health, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
Susana Pedraza-Diaz
Research Scientist,
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Henriqueta Louro
Research scientist,
National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSA), Lisbon, Portugal
Lisa Melnyk
Research Chemist,
US EPA
Eva Kumar
Researcher,
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Scott Hancock
Division Manager,
ESRAB, SED, Health Canada
Antonia Calafat
Branch Chief,
US CDC
Eva Sugeng
Researcher,
Department Environment and Health, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Kristin Macey
Risk Assessor (Exposure),
Health Canada
Jos Bessems
Senior R&D,
VITO
Yuki Ito
Associate professor,
Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan
Jiyoung Yoo
Senior researcher,
National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER)
Jueun Lee
Research Fellow,
National Institute of Environmental Research
Marike Kolossa-Gehring
Head of Section “Toxicology, health related environmental monitoring”,
Umweltbundesamt/ German Environment Agency
Loïc Rambaud
Project Manager,
Santé publique France
Carin Huset
Research Scientist,
Minnesota Department of Health
Konstantinos Makris
Associate Professor of Environmental Health,
Cyprus University of Technology
Karen Galea
Section Head – Workplace Exposure,
IOM
Lesliam Quiros-Alcala
Assistant Professor,
Johns Hopkins University
Dana Boyd Barr
Professor,
Emory University
Ana Canas
Head of Environmental Toxicology Area,
ISCIII
Maisarah Nasution Waras
University Lecturer,
Integrative Medicine Cluster, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Nancy B. Hopf
Exposure Science Researcher,
Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisante)
Andy Nong
Lead Computational Toxicologist,
Health Canada
Maria João Silva
Research scientist and Group leader,
National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSA)
Julianne Nassif
Director, Environmental Health,
Association of Public Health Laboratories
Jung-Taek Kwon
Research officer,
National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER)
André Conrad
Head of Section,
German Environment Agency (UBA)
Jun Ueyama
Associate Professor,
Nagoya University, Japan
Argelia Castaño
Director,
National Center For Environmental Health (CNSA-ISCIII)
Marc A. Nascarella
Adjunct Professor/Chief Toxicologist at State Health Department,
University of Massachusetts/MA Department of Public Health
Devika Poddalgoda
Senior Evaluator (Toxicology),
Health Canada
Adrian Covaci
Professor (Toxicology),
University of Antwerp, Belgium
Shoji Nakayama (chair)
Director,
NIES, Japan
Annie St-Amand (co-chair)
Section Head,
Health Canada
Kate Werry (Secretary)
Scientific Evaluator,
Health Canada
Tyler Pollock (Dashboard expert)
Scientific Evaluator,
Health Canada
