George P. Daston

Research Fellow, Procter & Gamble

Ph.D. University of Miami

Specialties: pharmacogenomics, toxicogenomics, genotoxicity, chemical carcinogenesis.

Dr. Daston oversees human safety research at Procter & Gamble, where he has worked for the past 22 years. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, reviews and book chapters, and has edited four books.  Dr. Daston has served as President of the Teratology Society (1999-2000); member of the National Academy of Sciences Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (1995-98); Councilor of the Society of Toxicology (2001-2003); member of the EPA Board of Scientific Counselors (2002 on); member of the National Toxicology Program Board of Scientific Counselors (2003-06; Chair in 2006); and member of the NIH National Children’s Study Advisory Committee (2003-06).  Dr. Daston is Editor-in-Chief of Birth Defects Research: Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology.  Dr. Daston is an adjunct professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology Program at the University of Cincinnati and Children's Hospital Research Foundation.  Dr. Daston was elected a Fellow of AAAS in 1999 and of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences in 2005.