Scientific Advice
Lead with scientific integrity, insight and sound decision-making.
Introduction
What is Scientific Advice?
A scientific perspective on issues of our day is a necessity for sound decision making. In the absence of scientific perspective, decisions are based on opinion and consequences are unpredictable — clinical studies are poorly designed, public health campaigns are poorly delivered,
and government decision making is influenced by considerations that are not necessarily best for the populations of children, adults, elderly, and workers that make up our communities. Scientific advice must be far-reaching and comprehensive. Understanding the art and science of risk provides the cornerstone of advising on scientific matters – risk science provides sound perspectives for how we can better understand the critical factors that determine individual and population health, for how we can better weigh and address the many risks we face in our lives, for how we can improve our environment for the betterment of society, and for how we can better communicate those risks to governments, industries, and individuals.
Who benefits from Scientific Advice?
Scientific advice is fundamental to evidence-based risk decision-making. RSI experts continually provide such advice to multiple stakeholders, in support of effective risk management. Making sound risk decisions based on scientific analyses of the type conducted by RSI experts supports risk management across multiple sectors, to the benefit of society.
"Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated."
by Rosalind Franklin
The Service
RSI's Scientific Advice offer, broadly
Risk Sciences International provides scientific advice to government, industry, academia, and other stakeholders. We collaborate with regulators and industry representatives, providing scientific and pragmatic perspectives to support mutually beneficial risk solutions. Our work involves state-of-the-art approaches to knowledge synthesis, modern toxicological and epidemiological perspectives that benefit workers and consumers. And we provide and coordinate expert peer review of scientific reports and technical documents.
RSI's Scientific Advice offer, in detail
RSI provides quick-turnaround scientific reports based on synthesizing human, animal, and in vitro streams of evidence; sound methods for understanding risks and hazards of everyday life, whether that be due to environmental pollutants or to medical interventions; considerations for robust exposure assessment in occupational and environmental projects; feedback for clinical research designs; and risk decision-making and risk management to better protect the health of individuals, whether they be workers, elderly, or children.
What are the benefits of Scientific Advice?
Making decisions on the many complex risk issues that we face in modern society is challenging. Data may be limited, or the available data may be difficult to evaluate. RSI experts draw on the power of modern risk science to meet these challenges. Clients benefit by incisive analyses providing factual information on risks and uncertainties, and how this information can be used and interpreted in making the best possible risk decisions.
What can you expect?
RSI experts can provide scientific advice in a form tailored to meet your needs. If information synthesis is required, RSI conducts rigorous and comprehensive systematic reviews summarizing large volumes of data in a succinct and understandable manner. When time is of the essence, RSI experts are also able to complete highly informative expedited reviews, allowing clients to make sound risk decisions in a timely manner. When data is lacking, RSI can undertake scientific studies to fill critical data gaps, and provide clients with authoritative reports summarizing the findings. If a novel risk model is required to fully understand the risk issue at hand, RSI has the skills and experience to develop a customized solution. Whatever your needs for scientific advice on risk issues of importance to you, RSI offers multiple options that will help you and your organization resolve these issues.
What is our expertise in Scientific Advice?
RSI scientists have the diverse scientific expertise to meet your needs. The core and international affiliate team includes toxicologists, epidemiologists, data scientists, risk modellers, statisticians, stakeholder engagement specialists, policy analysts, and evidence synthesis experts. When required, RSI scientists are available for litigation support, providing sound scientific advice based on analysis and interpretation of relevant evidence. We have a long history of working in areas related to epidemic planning, environmental pollutants, child and adult healthcare, pharmacoepidemiology, risk policy analysis, and risk-based decision-making.
Scientific Advice Case Studies
RSI Staff Case Studies listed here are examples, but by no means the limits, of RSI work in Scientific Advice. These are included here to provide prospective clients with a first glance into the type of work that RSI staff are qualified and able to deliver.
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During these unique times during which physical distancing is affecting all aspects of society and our economy, RSI is well prepared. Since its inception, the company has been equipped and trained to deliver results remotely. We use virtual meeting applications extensively, as well as virtual training and webinar software. The nature of risk management is such that all RSI staff have always been a moment's notice away from intervening in urgent matters.
Important: Our sincere thanks go out to all first responders worldwide who have so bravely helped us all to face this unique challenge.
