The Scientist

Date: January 20, 1997


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"Toxicology is a highly interdisciplinary science that taps a wide variety of scientific disciplines from biology, immunology, and biochemistry to the applied sciences. THE SCIENTIST keeps me up to date very nicely in terms of critical funding activities in Congress that affect these disciplines."

JIM BUSS
President, Society of Toxicology, Reston, VA
Technical Director, Health and Environment Research Laboratory Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI

As president of the Society of Toxicology, Jim Bus is helping to develop and implement a strategic plan that will prepare the institution for the challenges ahead. "There are a lot of changing dynamics in toxicology: federal funding for scientific research, to name one," he says. "That whole scenario is likely to undergo significant changes, which will impact research funding in toxicology."

Traditionally, Bus says,...

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