Grace Chappell, MSPH, Ph.D., is a lead risk assessment research scientist in the Center for Chemical Informatics & Screening within UL Research Institutes’ Chemical Insights. Grace will be tasked with conducting human health hazard evaluation and risk assessment for environmental contaminant chemicals. She will contribute expertise in toxicology and systematic review methods on projects that support the institute’s mission of advancing human and environmental health.

Prior to joining UL Research Institutes, Grace spent ten years in toxicology consulting roles conducting literature reviews, data analyses, and human health assessments for a broad range of chemicals and health outcomes. In this role she helped to characterize hazard and evaluate risk for chemicals ranging from food additives to pharmaceuticals to environmental contaminants. She has experience in method development and validation for various components of systematic review workflows and processes. Grace brings mechanistic toxicology expertise with a background in chemical carcinogenesis, and has experience with computational toxicology methods.

Grace holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering and a Master of Science in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Bachelor of Science in Integrative Biology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has coauthored over 40 peer-reviewed publications including primary research and several systematic reviews, spanning topics in chemical carcinogenesis, toxicogenomics, systematic review methods, and mode of action, among other toxicology and human health topics.

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