Leading up to February 11 and 12, 2020, Risk Sciences International had the privilege of assisting Health Canada in its organization of the Country Foods Forum. The event attracted a number of experts in country foods risk assessment from across Canada. Participants and speakers represented a broad cross section of stakeholders ranging from scientists to…

Risk Sciences International CEO, Greg Paoli and RSI senior experts Emma Hartnett and Paul Price, have co-authored a new peer-reviewed publication highlighting the critical role of probabilistic exposure assessments (PEAs) in protecting public health. Supported by the Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences (IAFNS), the study demonstrates how PEAs provide a more…

Risk Sciences International will host Abdallah Alami as an intern in statistics with support from the Mitacs Accelerate program. This unique university-industry program supports interns at Canadian companies while completing graduate their training at Canadian universities.    Mr. Alami will be completing his MSc in statistics at Carleton University under the supervision of Professor Patrick Farrell and…

Written by experts in the field, Blood Safety: A Guide to Monitoring and Responding to Potential New Threats offers a concise yet comprehensive overview on critical issues in monitoring and responding to new microbial threats to blood safety.  The Book was edited by Hua Shan and Roger Dodd and recently published by Springer. RSI’s Anne Wiles, is lead author for…

This issue of QuarterWatch analyzes MedWatch Reports from the third quarter of 2015. This issue identifies major differences in reports of cancer associated with drugs for psoriasis, a common skin disorder affecting an estimated 7.5 million people. While corticosteroid and other topical drugs are sufficient for many cases, potent immunosuppressant drugs are used in increasing…

Some case reports on Quinolones, a potent and globally popular group of antibiotics that are used to treat a wide range of infections, have raised concern about their possible association with acute hepatic failure (AHF). Data from the US FDA Adverse Event Reporting System were evaluated for signals of AHF in association with systemically administered…

RSI is pleased to be the recipient of funding through the DND IDEaS COVID-19 Challenge. Under the supervision of Emma Hartnett, RSI will be developing a risk-based tool to support public health emergency response planning for COVID-19, and other infectious disease and mass casualty emergencies in the future. The safety and well-being of Canadians are…

CPS has recently announced 13 new research awards totaling a little over $2.6 million. The awards are for research projects directed at answering critical questions in specific areas of food safety practices. Among this year’s topics: storage, sanitation, agricultural water, co-management and risk-based field sampling. Projects will begin in January 2019. RSI’s Emma Hartnett is…

Risk Sciences International (RSI) is proud to announce that CEO Greg Paoli has been designated as a Fellow of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA). SRA President Jacqueline MacDonald-Gibson presented the Fellowship during the Awards Luncheon at the Society’s Annual Meeting this past December in Washington, DC. The status of Fellow is one of the…

RSI and Engineers Canada are partnering to offer an online version of the introductory workshop on the PIEVC Protocol for infrastructure climate risk and vulnerability assessment. Online Workshop: Integrating Climate Risk into Infrastructure Development: The PIEVC Protocol April 2, 4, 9, 11, and 16, 2019;  11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. EST This workshop  will provide participants…