RSI News
As necessary and sparingly, RSI publishes short news items that demonstrate the range of work in which our team is engaged. Only when relevant and permissible do we mention the actual client, otherwise we simply refer to the type of client.
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…
IARC recently published a volume on quantitative bias modelling: Bias assessment in case–control and cohort studies for hazard identification (IARC Scientific Publication No. 171). We are pleased to see inclusion of some of the work RSI’s Drs Franco Momoli and Daniel Krewski conducted for the INTERPHONE and MOBI-Kids studies of…
In mid-October 2025, Vietnamese and Canadian experts convened in Đà Nẵng to exchange approaches for strengthening food safety through risk science. The workshop brought together officials from Vietnam’s ministries and the Vietnam Food Safety Risk Assessment Center (VFSA), alongside the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), under the umbrella of the…
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…
Working with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta, Risk Sciences International conducted a wide-ranging review of aging and cognitive decline, with specific focus on aging physicians and fitness to practice. The publication in Aging & Mental Health documents domains of cognition that decline with older age, concerns with relying on physician self-reported competency, challenges with cognitive screening in older physicians, and a general data gap linking cognitive levels and fitness to practice.
Working with international thought leaders in risk science, Risk Sciences International investigators contributed to the development of the evidenced-based risk assessment framework shown in the figure below. The framework evolved from a workshop held at the University of Ottawa in December 2018, jointly organized by the McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk…
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…
In its 2007 report on Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: A Vision and a Strategy, the US National Research Council (NRC) highlighted need for more rapid toxicity testing strategies in order to expand the coverage of the large number of chemicals for which toxicological data is lacking. This need was further…
RSI investigators propose fundamental principles of risk decision-making, and explore their application in a range of real-world risk decision-making contexts. These ten principles will provide valuable guidance on addressing current and future risk issues facing civil societies worldwide.