Bruce K. Bernard, PhD, Fellow ATS, RAC
Areas of Expertise: Medical Toxicology
EDUCATION:
Purdue Universitv. West Lafavette, Indiana
Year: 1971
Degree: Ph.D.
Major: Pharmacology and Toxicology
Minor: Biostatistics and Psychology
Awards: Public Health Service Pre-doctoral fellows (A competitive scholarship awarded in neurtoxicology by the
National Institutes of Health based upon undergraduate research and
coursework/grades and proposed graduate research; awards are for
one to four years); Awarded for four years: 1967 — 1971
Universitv of Connecticut. Storrs. Connecticut,
Year: 1967
Degree: BA
Major: Psychology
Minor: Statistics and Pharmacology
Awards: Magna cum Laude
Graduated with Distinction (Based on original research and achievement in course work)
National (Academic) Honor Society — Phi Beta Kappa
National (Academic) Honor Society — Phi Kappa Phi
National (Psychology) Honor Society — Psi Chi
National (Pharmacy) Honor Society — Rho Chi
EXPERIENCE:
SRA INTERNATIONAL. INC.. (since 2013 SRA Consultinq, Inc) Cambridqe, MD. Position: President. Years: 1982 — present
Some consulting appointments of note include:
National Academy of Sciences. National Research Council
Position: Senior Staff Toxicologist. Project Director
Years: 1985 — 1986
Committee: Committee on Methods for the In Vivo Toxicity Testing
of Complex Mixtures (USEPA Sponsored)
Publication: Complex Mixtures: Methods for In Vivo Toxicity Testing, 1988)
National Academv of Sciences. National Research Council
Position: Senior Staff Toxicologist, Staff Officer
Years: 1986 — 1987
Committee: Safe Drinking Water Committee (USEPA Sponsored)
Publications: Pharmacokinetics in Risk Assessment; Drinking Water and Health, Volume 7 & 8, 1987) . National Academv of Sciences.
National Research Council
Position: Senior Staff Toxicologist, Project Officer and Liaison with the Food and Drug Administration
Years: 1987 — 1989; Committee: Committee for the Evaluation of Additives in the US; Food Supply (USFDA Sponsored) Publication: FDAINAS Food Additive Survey — V . Water Qualitv and Health ouncil
Water Quality and Health Council
Position: Expert Panel Member
Years: 1992 — present
Publication: Assorted, issues of contaminated water and health,
risk assessment, communication, and balancing of competing risks.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Position: Consultant
Years: 1994 — 1997
Assignment: Worked with the Center Director and his senior staff,
prepared guidelines (including both scientific and quality assurance criteria) for acceptance of petitions for filing and procedures for scientific data evaluation by agency reviewers
U.S. Food and Druq Administration: Animal Health Industry
Position: Consultant/CoordinatorlLiaison
Years: 1992 — 1996
Assignment: Worked with both organizations to develop a mutually
acceptable set of guidelines for use by FDA in evaluating the results of animal studies
Publication: Good Target Animal Study Practices: Clinical Investigators and Monitors (May 1997)
Activities Related to Submission to Federal Agencies
Positions: Consultant to human and veterinary drug, medical device, food, beverage, cosmetic and agricultural chemical companies
Years: 1982 — present
Activities Related to: Preparation/Review of Submission — FDA (CDER,
CBER, CVM, CFSAN. CDRH), EPA (OPP, OPPT)
Products: Applications, position papers, presentations, etc.
Constitute and Administer Panels (Expert. GRAS. Pathology Working Groups. I have empaneled more than 300 panels on food additives, pharmaceutical products, dietary supplements, infant formulas, and consumer products since 1982; all have been accepted by FDA Years: 1982 — present
Some Past Current Clients: Abbott Laboratories, Appleton Papers, Ajinomoto Co.,American Cyanamid, American Home Products, Cadbury-Schepps, Calpis, Cytec Industries, Ft. Dodge Pharmaceuticals. Haarmann & Reimer, OxyChem, PepsiCo., Ross Products
National Institute of Arthritis. Diabetes. Digestive, and Kidney Diseases (National Institutes of Health) Position: Research and Regulatory Toxicologist; Years: 1985-1987
National Institute of Neuroloqical and Communicative Disorder and Stroke (National Institutes of Health)
Position: Research and Regulatory Toxicologist
Years: 1985-1989
Activities Related to Quality Assurance (e.a., GLP. GMP. GCP) Positions: Consultant to human and veterinary drug, medical device, food, beverage, cosmetic and agricultural chemical companies and federal agencies. Years: 1982 — present
Activities: Facilities audits, Study Monitoring, Study design, execution, data collection, raw data and final report evaluation. Deliverables: Reports of findings, impact of deviations, suggestions for solutions
US Navy. Dept. of Defense (Submarine Naval Base. Groton. CT)
Position: Senior Toxicologist
Years: 1986 — 1987
Committee: Evaluation of Issues Related to Thermal Combustion
Toxicity on Subsurface Vessels (e.g., initiation, suppression, decomposition products, biological effects and escape) Report: Classified .
Lederle Pharmaceutical Laboratories. Inc.
Position: Chairman, Research and Development Advisory Board
Liposome Technology, Inc. 1986-1988
Position: Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board
Years: 1987 — 1989 .
Flavor and Extract Manufacturers' Association
Position: Director, Regulatory and Scientific Affairs
Years: 1982 — 1985 Publications: Recent Progress in the Consideration of Flavoring Ingredients under the Food Additives Amendment 13 & 14 .
American Industrial Health Council
Position: Staff Officer
Year: 1983 — 1984
Committee: Chemical Carcinogenesis
Publication: Criteria for Evidence of Chemical Carcinogenicity (Science)
CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY, School of Pharmacy. Buies Creek, NC Position: Adjunct Professor
Years: 1995 — present
Discipline: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Lecture in undergraduate courses on pharmacology, toxicology with emphasis on the effects of chemicals on living organisms, and biostatistics with emphasis data interpretation
IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE. Chicaqo, Illinois
Position: Director, Standard Oil Toxicology Program
Years: 1979-1 982. Established and directed a 30,000-square-foot toxicology facility; supervised approximately 30 scientists; managed an annual budget of approximately $6 million; designed/supervised/executed several hundred studies for the purpose of evaluating consumer and worker- exposed products . Supervised construction of a complete toxicology laboratory including inhalation
Responsible for the purchase and installation of capital equipment Responsible for overall management of program including establishment and maintenance of the Quality Assurance Program and all interaction with Federal regulatory agencies . Hired all supervisory and technical personnel; trained all staff in various phases of study execution in accordance with SOPs and GLPs; handling, compounding and dispensing of test substances; monitoring environmental factors (e.g., water food, temperature, humidity); performing necropsy/gross observation; collecting specimens for histopathology, clinical chemistry, and hematology analysis; presenting data; analyzing statistics; and report writing . Developed program policies, training manuals and assembled 450 — 600 SOPS to comply with Good Laboratory Practices. Conducted standard safety assessment tests including acute, subchronic, chronic toxicity and carcinogenicity studies, and specialized assessment tests including inhalation, mutagenicity, reproduction, teratology, cytogenetic, and developmental studies . Directed protocol preparation, study execution, data analyses, and report generation; completed and released 350 — 370 study reports . Supervised development and utilization of an automated and computerized data acquisition system
Univ. of Chicago, Dept. Psychiatry, Chicago, Ill. Position: Adjunct Professor Years: 1977 — 1980 Discipline: Psychiatry . Lectured in graduate courses on the effects of the interactions of stress and drugs, on behavior; Conducted research on the effects of drugs and stress on behavior
G.D. Searle & Co.. Skokie, Illinois
Position: Senior Toxicologist
General and Neurobehavioral/Developmental Toxicology
Years: 1977 — 1979.
Group Leader of Rodent Toxicology
Responsible for management of general subchronic, chronic toxicity and specialized muscle irritation studies, single and multi-dose pharmacokinetic evaluations;managed a staff of 12 — 14 scientists . Designed laboratory facilities for developmental teratology . Directed protocol preparation, study execution, data analyses, and report generation
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT. Storrs. Connecticut
Position: Associate Professor (Tenured)
Years: 1976 — 1977
Position: Assistant Professor
Years: 1971 — 1976.
Discipline Pharmacology & Toxicology
Taught undergraduate pharmacology and toxicology courses and laboratories to medical, nursing, and pharmacy students, with special emphasis in central nervous system effects . Conducted graduate and interdepartmental courses in biostatistics, including both parametric and nonparametric applications
Established and supervised Honors Program for undergraduate students and supervised graduate research programs . Performed basic research resulting in 20 published articles, 1 monograph, and 10 unpublished communications
Honors and Awards
Recipient. National Science Foundation, 1974
Lederle Faculty Award, 1974
NIH and NSF Research Awards (3) — funded to present personal research
results at the International Congress of Biological Psychiatry (Buenos Aires, Argentina, Honolulu, Hawaii, and Barcelona, Spain) and American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
National Institute of Drug Abuse.and National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism and Digestive Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
Position: Consulting Research Toxicologist
Years: 1972 — 1978. Validated state-of-the-art neurotoxicity testing equipment involving computer analysis of video recorded interactive behavioral responses in animals under the influence of various drugs of abuse (e.g., cocaine, LSD, mescaline, PCP).
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
Academy of Toxicological Sciences (Fellow)
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (Workshop Chairman and
Presenter)
American College of Toxicology (Member, Workshop Chairman, Presenter)
American Psychological Association (Member)
American Society of Pharmacology 8 Experimental Therapeutics (Past Member and Presenter)
Psi Chi (National Honor Society for Psychology) — Member
Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (Member and Certified)
Society of Toxicology (Member and Presenter)
Midwest Society of Toxicology (Executive Board Counselor, Membership
Chairman)
Mid-Atlantic Society of Toxicology (Program Committee Member)
Toxicology Forum (Member, Workshop Chairman, Presenter)
World Congress of Biological Psychiatry (Workshop Chairman and Presenter)
EDITORIAL DUTIES:
International Journal of Toxicoloqy (Associate Editor, 1997 — present; Section Editor, General Toxicology, 1982 — 1997; Reviewer, 1979 -1982)
Regulatory Toxicologv and Pharmacology (Editorial Board, 1989 — 2004)
Toxicologv and Industrial Health (Section Ed., Pharmaceutical Toxicology, retired)
Flavor and Fragrance Materials (Consulting Editor, retired)
Neurobehavioral Toxicoloqv & Teratoloqy (Editorial Board, retired)
Neuroscience Research (Editorial Board, retired)
Expert Opinion on Druq Metabolism and Toxicoloqy — (Reviewer)
The Philippine Agricultural Scientist (Reviewer)
Toxicoloqv Mechanisms and Methods (Reviewer)