RSI chairs and presents on panel sessions for the Toronto conference, “Building the Next Generation of Canadian Infrastructure: Defining a roadmap for optimizing infrastructure planning, implementation and operation” held on May 15 .  This inaugural conference, hosted by InfoNex, see more here recognizes that the next era of Canadian infrastructure must become more resilient, responsive, integrated…

Drs. Daniel Krewski and Franco Momoli recently contributed to an environmental research paper entitled: Cell phone use and the risk of glioma: are case-control study findings consistent with Canadian time trends in cancer incidence? The paper was published in Environmental Research (Elsevier). The paper seeks to advance the discussion regarding the controversy as to whether…

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…

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…

Adverse effects of drugs among the elderly should be given special attention when considering a pharmacological intervention. Two recent papers using large electronic health records have explored the impact of drugs with anticholinergic properties. The first, “Associations between Anticholinergic Burden and Adverse Health Outcomes in Parkinson Disease” view here used a HealthFacts database (Cerner Corporation, Kansas…

Quinolones, are a class of widely used and popular powerful antibiotics with broad coverage. RSI investigators, Mohamed Taher, Franco Momoli, Donald Mattison and Daniel Krewski, recently published a series of three papers on investigating the risk of acute liver failure (ALF) following systemic administration of quinolones, based on a synthesis of evidence from available clinical…

RSI is pleased to announce that Roger Rempel has joined us as the Director of the RSI Climate Group. Roger is a senior environmental engineer and certified Infrastructure Resilience Professional (IRP) with over 25 years of experience in environmental assessment, climate change vulnerability assessment, quantitative risk assessment, environmental systems modeling and public consultation. He has…

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…

Engineers Canada has retained Risk Sciences International’s (RSI) Climate Group to develop training course modules and to deliver on-line training to Professional Engineers seeking to achieve their Infrastructure Resilience Professional (IRP) certification. Recognizing that not all candidates seeking their IRP can attend workshops and courses by travel to in-person training events, Engineers Canada has established…

Problem Formulation in Food Safety Assessments conducted by the European Food Safety Authority RSI investigators recently provided advice to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on the problem formulation step in the EFSA scientific assessment approach shown in the figure below.  The recommended problem formulation framework is designed to translate the mandate into well-formulated assessment questions and sub-questions, and select the…