RSI integrates ethics review into risk management design and evaluation, helping clients identify ethical dimensions, clarify values, and justify trade-offs. The firm collaborates with ethicists, legal experts, and communities to embed these perspectives in policy development. RSI’s structured, respectful approach enhances fairness and legitimacy.

RSI incorporates segmentation and profiling into its stakeholder analyses, risk perception studies, and communication planning efforts. By applying statistical clustering, survey tools, or qualitative categorization, RSI helps clients anticipate where support, resistance, or misunderstanding may arise. These profiles are then used to tailor messages, clarify risk framing, or calibrate interventions to diverse audiences. RSI’s ability to contextualize technical findings across stakeholder lines strengthens its broader Understanding Risk offerings.

Dr. Shintaro Hagiwara is a Risk Analyst and Statistician at Risk Sciences International (RSI), where he contributes cutting-edge statistical insight to risk assessments, particularly in chemical safety and public health. Since joining RSI’s technical team in 2018 and transitioning to a full-time role in 2023, he has applied his deep quantitative knowledge to building theoretical foundations and developing statistical software. Notably, he created the database-calibrated assessment process (DCAP) and the enhanced value-of-information (VOI) framework to aid in evidence-based regulatory decision-making, both of which have been reviewed by the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC). His applied statistical work provides assessments and tools to derive PODs for chemicals such as inorganic arsenic and fluoride to support both Canadian and international regulatory bodies.

In a fast-moving risk environment, waiting to engage external expertise can cost valuable time and clarity. Organizations benefit from having pre-established access to risk specialists who already understand their operations, priorities, and constraints. When trusted advisors are standing by—briefed and ready—response times shrink, decision quality improves, and organizational resilience increases.

RSI incorporates communication risk registers into strategic planning for public-facing and high-stakes communication efforts. The firm identifies and evaluates risks to message credibility and reach, and develops mitigation strategies. RSI uses these tools to support adaptive messaging and institutional learning, especially in polarized or evolving risk contexts.

The project began with a series of consultations with UN-Habitat at UNON in Nairobi. In addition to Cemil Alyanak and Nicholas you, the project grew to include many key stakeholders both within UN-Habitat and from other organizations. Among the key organizations included in the early stages were United Cities and Local Governments, Cities Alliance, the World Bank, Habitat for Humanity, Cisco, and UN agencies interested in urban health, notably the World Health Organization.

Organizations introducing or modifying regulated products, services, processes, or data practices must not only generate strong evidence, but also present it in formats and narratives that align with jurisdictional norms and regulatory expectations.

Schedule Sessions begin at 1400 Eastern Presentation Slides Video Recordings The following links will immediately begin the download of the recorded session. Background Materials Session 1 An Integrated Framework for Risk Management and Population Health The document “An Integrated Framework for Risk Management and Population Health” by Krewski et al. (2007) discusses combining risk management…

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…

To support the Chemicals Management Plan under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), Health Canada sought expert peer consultation for a draft screening assessment report (DSAR) evaluating 47 inorganic substances identified as priorities. The client required independent scientific and technical expertise to assess whether the report’s conclusions—particularly regarding health effects, exposure pathways, and risk characterizations—were sound, complete, and defensible.