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James C. Lamb, IV, Ph.D., DABT, Fellow ATS

Principal Scientist & Center Director

Toxicology & Mechanistic Biology

(571) 227-7203 tel
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Dr. Lamb has extensive experience in toxicology, risk assessment, and scientific and regulatory policy. His publications reflect his unique experience in endocrine disrupting chemicals, reproductive and developmental toxicants, carcinogens, and systemic toxicity. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology and a Fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences. Dr. Lamb served as President of the American Board of Toxicology and served on numerous other scientific boards or committees. He is currently on the Board of Directors for the Academy of Toxicological Sciences, and President of the Regulatory and Safety Evaluation Specialty Section of the Society of Toxicology (SOT).

Dr. Lamb has worked in various federal government positions. Dr. Lamb was the Head of the Fertility and Reproduction Group at the National Toxicology Program (NTP), where he developed new toxicology testing systems, evaluated new systems, and tested substances for reproductive and developmental toxicity. He also served as a chemical manager for general toxicity assessment for various chemicals at the NTP. Dr. Lamb then moved to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as the Special Assistant to the Assistant Administrator for Pesticides and Toxic Substances. Dr. Lamb has provided consulting services to numerous clients for over twenty years. Over the years he has worked on issues affecting pesticides, industrial chemicals, consumer products, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and food additives.

Dr. Lamb served on several National Academy of Sciences committees on risk assessment, endocrine disruption, and toxicology. He has served on various ILSI panels, including one that made substantial contributions in Agricultural Chemicals Safety Assessment, and still serves as an academic advisor to the ILSI Committee on Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology. He sits on the SOT’s Awards Committee and the Professional Needs Assessment Task Force. He has recently served on contract review committees for the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. He is an Associate Editor of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. He has published over a hundred peer-reviewed publications and numerous abstracts and book chapters.

  • J.D., North Carolina Central University, School of Law (magna cum laude) 1986
  • Ph.D., Pathology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1975
  • A.B., Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1973

    • Admitted to the Bar of the District of Columbia, 1988
    • Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology, 1981
    • Fellow, Academy of Toxicological Sciences (ATS)