Glenn Sipes

Dr. I. Glenn Sipes is Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona. While at Arizona, his research program focused on the biotransformation of xenobiotics and on chemical-induced liver and ovarian injury. He authored over 250 research publications and was a co-editor-in-chief of Comprehensive Toxicology (13 volumes). For 29 years he served as head of the Departments of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the UA College of Pharmacy and of Pharmacology in the UA College of Medicine. He was also the founding director of both the Center for Toxicology and the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center. Dr. Sipes participated in a number of professional/scientific organizations. He served as president of the Society of Toxicology and was editor of its journal, Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. He also served as president of the International Union of Toxicology. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee of Toxicology, as well as its Board of Environmental Health Sciences Council (NIEHS). Dr. Sipes was elected a Fellow of AAAS and of the Academy of Toxicology Sciences for which he served as president. For 20 years he has been a technical adviser to the WHO's JECFA and a member and chair of the Research Institute for Fragrance Material's Expert Panel. Recent honors include the 2011 Distinguished Scientist Award from the American College of Toxicology, 2015 Mildred S. Christian Career Achievement Award from The Academy of Toxicological Sciences and the 2016 Society of Toxicology Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award.