James Bus
James S. Bus is Director of External Technology, Toxicology and Environmental Research and Consulting at The Dow Chemical Company. He received his B.S. in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Michigan (1971) and Ph.D in pharmacology from Michigan State University (1975) and currently is an Adjunct Professor in the Dept. Pharmacology and Toxicology at that institution. He previously held positions as Associate Director of Toxicology and Director of Drug Metabolism at The Upjohn Company (1986-1989), Senior Scientist at the Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology (CIIT, 1977-1986), and Assistant Professor of Toxicology, University of Cincinnati (1975-1977). Dr. Bus participates in several external institutions including: Member of the Board of Directors and Science Program Committee of The Hamner Institutes (formerly CIIT); former Chair of the American Chemistry Council and International Council of Chemical Associations Long-Range Research Initiatives; the EPA Chartered Science Advisory Board; the FDA National Center for Toxicological Research Science Advisory Board; and the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council Board on Environmental Sciences and Toxicology (BEST). He serves as an Associate Editor of Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, Co-Editor of Current Protocols in Toxicology, and on the Editorial Boards of Environmental Health Perspectives and Dose Response. Dr. Bus is a member of the Society of Toxicology (serving as President in 1996-97), the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, the American Conference of Governmental and Industrial Hygienists, and the Teratology Society. He is a Diplomate and Past-President of the American Board of Toxicology and a Fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences (member of Board of Directors, 2008-present). Dr. Bus received the Society of Toxicology Achievement Award (1987) for outstanding contributions to the science of toxicology, Rutgers University Robert A. Scala Award (1999), and K.E. Moore Outstanding Alumus Award (Michigan State University, Dept. Pharmacol. And Toxicol.). His research interests include mechanisms of oxidant toxicity, defense mechanisms to chemical toxicity, relationships of pharmacokinetics to expression of chemical toxicity, and general pesticide and industrial chemical toxicology. He has authored/co-authored over 100 publications, books, and scientific reviews.