Toxicology & Risk Assessment
Join the Australasian College of Toxicology & Risk Assessment (ACTRA) in a unique webinar series that commenced in June 2020! The webinar series will cover two overarching themes in relation to toxicology and risk assessment in Australia:
- Lessons learnt from case studies.
- Practical applications of theoretical concepts.
These sessions will provide you with an opportunity to gain insight from Australia’s most accomplished and experienced toxicologists and risk assessors, and more importantly encourage an open forum for questions and discussion.
ACTRA is pleased to present this webinar on “Introduction To Ototoxicity and Vestibular Toxicity” by Rhian Cope, on March 6, 2025.
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Introduction To Ototoxicity and Vestibular Toxicity
Hearing Loss and Ototoxic Exposure: Over 450 million people globally experience hearing loss, with sensorineural hearing loss being the most common. Exposure to ototoxic pharmaceuticals and chemicals can induce or worsen sensorineural hearing loss, increasing the risk of noise-induced hearing loss, particularly in industrial settings.
Occupational Hearing Loss in Australia: Occupational hearing loss is a significant issue in Australia. At current noise exposure levels, approximately 100,000 workers will develop preventable hearing loss over 10 years, leading to well-being losses of AUD 5.5 billion and productivity losses of AUD 21.3 billion.
Co-Exposure to Noise and Ototoxic Chemicals: Studies in Australia and the USA show that many workers are exposed to both excessive noise and ototoxic chemicals. Around 20% of Australian workers experience high noise exposure, and 80% of them are also exposed to at least one ototoxic chemical. These exposures may have synergistic effects, worsening the risk and burden of occupational hearing loss.
Vestibular Toxicity from Workplace Chemicals: Some industrial chemicals can damage the vestibular system, affecting balance, coordination, and movement. This increases risks associated with tasks like operating machinery and driving. Certain chemicals can cause irreversible vestibular damage.
Challenges in Assessing Ototoxicity: Traditional toxicology testing often overlooks ototoxic and vestibular toxicity. Simple screening methods may be inadequate, requiring specialized animal models and techniques like auditory brainstem response, cochlear microphonics, and advanced histopathology to properly assess risks.
The session will cover:
- An introduction to the target cells, organs and tissues of the ear
- Toxicokinetics of the auditory and balance systems
- Assessment of toxicity to the auditory and balance systems
- Interactions between toxicity to the ear and noise exposure
- Examples of ototoxic and vestibulotoxic chemicals
About the Presenter
While Dr Cope is a veterinarian by training (1989, University of Queensland) she has spent most of her professional career as a toxicologist. Following obtaining her veterinary qualification Dr Cope pursued further training as a radiation toxicologist/photobiologist (PhD, University of Sydney 1996). She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology, a Diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Toxicology, and a Fellow of the Australasian College of Toxicology and Risk Assessment. Dr Cope has held academic positions at the University of Illinois and Oregon State University. Dr Cope is a former Principal Toxicologist for the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority and a monographer for the WHO Joint Pesticides Meeting on Pesticides Residues in Food. Dr Cope is currently a Technical Director at SLR Consulting. In total Dr Cope has over 150 peer-reviewed publications and expert reports in various areas of toxicology.
DATE & TIME: Thursday March 6, 2025 from 3pm – 4pm AEDT
FEES PER SESSION (incl. GST):
- ACTRA Members – $25
- Non-Members – $50
- Student members – $15
- Organisation – $200 (maximum of 10 log ons)
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: By 3 pm, AEDT, March 5, 2025
CPD POINTS (For ACTRA Registration Scheme): Earn up to 1 CPD Point per session.
Level of previous experience required: Basic to Intermediate
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SUMMARY DETAILS – UPCOMING WEBINAR
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #40
Date: Thursday 6th March 2025
Time: 3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Topic: Introduction To Ototoxicity and Vestibular Toxicity
Speaker: Dr Rhian Cope
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PAST WEBINARS
Recordings of each of the webinars listed below can be purchased via the following link:
PURCHASE PAST WEBINARS
Pro tip: Please take note of the number of the webinar which you would like to purchase from the list below (1-30). This will make the purchase process much easier.
The Fees for purchasing past webinars are:
ACTRA Members: $30 per webinar
Non members: $60 per webinar
WEBINAR DETAILS
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #39
Topic: Introduction to Toxic Optic Neuropathy
Date: Thursday 6th February 2025
Time: 3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Presentation by Dr Rhian Cope
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #38
Short Term Exposure Limit for Respirable Crystalline Silica
Date: Thursday 5th December 2024
Time: 3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Presentation by Tarah Hagen
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #37
Exploring Metal Toxicity: Case Studies in Environmental Health Risk Assessments
Date: Thursday 7th November 2024
Time: 3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Presentation by John Frangos
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #36
Date: Thursday 3rd October 2024
Time: 3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Australian Total Diet Study by Keith Henderson
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #35
“Human Health Assessment of Pesticide Food and Feed Metabolites – 2nd Session”
Date: Thursday 1st August 2024
Time: 3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Rhian Cope
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #34
Topic: “Human Health Assessment of Pesticide Food and Feed Metabolites”
Date: Thursday 4th July 2024
Time: 3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Rhian Cope
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #33
Topic: “Comments on FDA/CVM guidance for industry #159 (VICH GL36): Studies to Evaluate the Safety of Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Human Food: General Approach to Establish a Microbiological ADI”
Date: Thursday 2nd May 2024
Time: 3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Silvia Pineiro
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #32
Topic: “enHealth Guidance for the human health risk assessment of volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon vapour intrusion”
Date: Thursday 4th April 2024
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Ian Delaere
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #31
Topic: “What currently keeps the OECD Test Guideline Programme busy?”
Date: Thursday 7th March 2024
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Anne Gourmelon
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #30
Topic: “Human health exposure from legacy gold mining sites using bioaccessibility, bioavailability and speciation”
Date: Thursday 2nd November 2023
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Farzana Kastury
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #29
Topic: ‘The new wave synthetic opioid abuse, trends, trafficking, and the road ahead for public health professionals’
Date: Thursday 5th October 2023
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Paul Newell
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #28
Topic: “Guess who’s back – or maybe they never left?”
Date: Thursday 6th July 2023
4:00PM – 5:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Dr Carolyn Brumley (FACTRA)
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #27
Topic: “Health effects associated with aircraft cabin air quality (“aerotoxic syndrome”)”
Date: Thursday 4th May 2023
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Adjunct Professor Brian G. Priestly
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #26
Topic: “Risk communication for PFAS – Learnings from community events for high profile sites”
Date: Thursday 2nd March 2023
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Ruth Jarman (RACTRA)
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #25
Topic: “WA Guidelines and the Assessment of Asbestos Contaminated Sites”
Date: Thursday 2nd February 2023
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Pierina Otness
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #24
Topic: “Outdoor air pollution and cancer“
Date: Thursday 1st December 2022
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: John Frangos
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #23
Topic: “So many issues, so little time: the lost art of risk ranking”
Date: Thursday 20th October 2022
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Victor Kabay
All Recordings from 2022 ACTRA ASM & CE Day
24-26 August 2022
Crowne Plaza Melbourne
Exposure Science and New Assessment Methods (NAMs)
Enhancing Risk Assessment
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #22
Topic: Ecological Risk Assessment Approaches
Date: Thursday 7th July 2022
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Katie Richardson
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #21
Topic: Human Health Risk Assessment Approaches
Date: Thursday 2nd June 2022
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Katie Richardson
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #20
Topic: Human Health Screening Approaches
Date: Thursday 5th May 2022
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Katie Richardson
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #19
Topic: Exposure Science tools and case studies (Session 2)
Date: Thursday 7 April 2022
Time: 3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Dr Len Turczynowicz
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #18
Topic: An introduction to Exposure Science (Session 1)
Date: Thursday 3 March 2022
Time: 3:00PM – 4:00PM AEDT (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Dr Len Turczynowicz
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #17
Topic: Risk assessment – Remember, Exposure is Important!
Thursday 4 November, 2021
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Dr Jackie Wright
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #16
Topic: The Chicken, the Egg and the Holy Grail – Serum PFAS Levels Following Access to Cholestyramine, Plasma Donation or a Combination of Cholestyramine and Plasma Donation
Thursday 7 October, 2021
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Dr Ian Delaere
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #15
Topic: Risk assessment of emerging contaminants – Theory and Practice
Thursday 9 September, 2021
3:00PM – 4:00PM AEST (Melb/Syd time)
Presenter: Victora Lazenby
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #14
Topic: An Introduction to Biomarkers of Lower Urinary Tract Toxicity Plus Case Study
Thursday 5 August, 2021
Presenter: Dr Rhian Cope
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #13
Topic: An Introduction to Biomarkers of Renal Toxicity Part 1
Thursday 1 July, 2021
Presenter: Dr Rhian Cope
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #12
Topic: An Introduction to Biomarkers of Hepatotoxicity Part 2
Thursday 3 June, 2021
Presenter: Dr Rhian Cope
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #11
Topic: An Introduction to Biomarkers of Hepatotoxicity Part 1
Thursday 6 May, 2021
Presenter: Dr Rhian Cope
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #10
Topic: Bioavailability – Case studies and worked examples
Thursday 8 April, 2021
Presenter: John Frangos
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #9
Topic: Key concepts of Bioavailability
Thursday 4 March, 2021
Presenter: John Frangos
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #8
Topic: Dose Response Assessment within standard setting and HHRA
Thursday 4 February, 2021
Presenter: John Frangos
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #7
Topic: Application of TTC in Risk Assessment
Thursday 3 December, 2020
Presenter: Roger Drew
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #6
Topic: History and Derivation of TTC Values
Thursday 5 November, 2020
Presenter: Roger Drew
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #5
Topic: Aspects of Risk Communication
Thursday 1 October, 2020
Presenter: Dr Peter N Di Marco
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #4
Topic: Principles of Human Health Risk Assessment
Thursday 3 September, 2020
Presenter: John Frangos
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #3
Topic: Environmental regulation and guidance
Thursday 6 August, 2020
Presenter: Professor Brian Priestly
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #2
Topic: Product based regulation
Thursday 9 July, 2020
Presenter: Professor Brian Priestly
ACTRA Webinar Series with Q&A – Session #1
Topic: Substance and/or process-based regulation
Thursday 11 June, 2020
Presenter: Professor Brian Priestly