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Philip Wexler, a graduate of Rutger’s University (MLS), has had an extensive career at the US National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program.
He is Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier’s Information Resources in Toxicology (4th ed, 2009) and the Encyclopedia of Toxicology (2nd ed, 2005), and his book, Chemicals, Environment, Health: A Global Management Perspective, is in process. He has authored numerous journal publications, and is currently preparing “Toxicology: An Evolving Informatics Framework,” a major review article for Critical Reviews in Toxicology.
He served as Chair of the US Society of Toxicology’s (SOT) World Wide Web Advisory Committee and is 2010 President of SOT’s Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues specialty section. Phil is the recipient of the 2010 SOT Public Communications Award. He is vice-president of the Toxicology Education Foundation.
At NLM, he has been instrumental in developing and enhancing the TOXNET system, and serves as file manager for the LactMed, IRIS and ITER databases, and spearheaded the development of the World Library of Toxicology, Chemical Safety, and Environmental Health. He also oversees the Tox-Learn educational tutorial project, covering the basic principles of toxicology for general audiences. He has made numerous presentations on toxicology informatics and conducted continuing education courses at meetings throughout the world.
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The World Library of Toxicology as a Model of Global Scientific Cooperation
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