{"id":1394,"date":"2024-05-28T17:10:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T17:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toxcel.com\/?page_id=1394"},"modified":"2024-05-28T17:10:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T17:10:58","slug":"melba-morrow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/toxcel.com\/index.php\/our-people-4\/melba-morrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Melba Morrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_5,3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/toxcel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/no_image.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;no_image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||15px|false|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Melba Morrow, DVM<\/h1>\n<h4>Director of Toxicology<\/h4>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|||15px|false|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Melba holds a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine degree and has over 35 years of government regulatory experience, having worked at the Food and Drug Administration\u2019s Center for Veterinary Medicine and the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s Office of Pesticide Programs. At EPA, she held several positions including team leader and senior scientist in the Health Effects Division and special assistant positions at the branch and division levels in the Antimicrobials Division. During her government career, she developed testing guidelines for domestic animal safety, wrote position papers and conducted numerous toxicity reviews for food use and antimicrobial chemicals. She has served on hazard and risk assessment committees within the Office of Pesticide Programs and has worked with FDA on issues involving dual regulatory jurisdiction. Melba also served as an expert panelist with the World Health Organization\u2019s International Programme on Chemical Safety. During her tenure at the EPA, she received bronze medals for her work on endocrine disruption, anthrax remediation and programmatic issues.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_5,3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto|-40px|auto|false|false&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; header_4_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.14)&#8221; min_height=&#8221;320px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||34px|0px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;30px|15px|15px|30px|false|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Subject Matter Areas:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Toxicology<\/li>\n<li>Product Efficacy<\/li>\n<li>Veterinary Therapeutics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||15px|false|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Q&amp;A<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1em&#8221; header_5_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px||10px|15px|false|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h5>What&#8217;s a fact about you many people don&#8217;t know?<\/h5>\n<p>I love musicals.<\/p>\n<h5>If you could live anywhere, where would it be?<\/h5>\n<p>Geneva, Switzerland<\/p>\n<h5>What was your dream job as a child?<\/h5>\n<p>I always wanted to be a veterinarian.<\/p>\n<h5>What&#8217;s your favorite project that you&#8217;ve worked on?<\/h5>\n<p>Serving as a temporary advisor to the World Health Organization on two occasions.<\/p>\n<h5>What&#8217;s your favorite ice cream flavor?<\/h5>\n<p>Pistachio<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_5,3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/toxcel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/no_image.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;no_image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||15px|false|false&#8221;] Melba Morrow, DVM Director of Toxicology [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|||15px|false|false&#8221;] Melba holds a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine degree and has over 35 years of government regulatory experience, having worked at the Food and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1035,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1394","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/toxcel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/toxcel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/toxcel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/toxcel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/toxcel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1394"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/toxcel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2004,"href":"http:\/\/toxcel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1394\/revisions\/2004"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/toxcel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/toxcel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}