Christine McAlinden, DABT

Associate Director | Chief Operating Officer of toXcel International Ltd.

Chris is a board-certified toxicologist with over 20 years’ experience within the industry. She began her career with a UK CRO as a Study Director in toxicology where she gained a solid practical understanding of toxicological studies and data evaluation. In 2001 Chris first joined toXcel International Ltd as a consultant toxicologist, gaining added experience in the regulatory environment and advising and supporting clients on the safety assessment of animal food additives (EFSA and FDA), agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals (MHRA and EU). Between 2007 and 2011 she continued with consultancy work and also gave toxicological support to an Indian CRO, including training and protocol/report reviewing. She has been actively involved with REACH, providing only-representative services, consortium representation, dossier and CSR compilation and dossier submission. Chris has served on the education committee of the British Toxicology Society, as a Panel member for the UK Register of Toxicologists, and is currently serving as a toxicologist for the Food Standards Agency’s Advisory Committee on Animal Foodstuff (ACAF), which includes the review of new and existing feed additives. In early 2011, Chris re-joined toXcel to establish our new European office in Ledbury, England and to further develop our comprehensive REACH services, with UK based services following Brexit. Evaluation of non-clinical data and public literature to support the assessment of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics is also provided from our UK office. In her role as Associate Director, Chris provides leadership in business and scientific affairs on behalf of our European operations, registered in England and Wales. Chris has an honors degree Bachelor of Science in Applied Biology, specializing in Biomedical Sciences, is a European Registered Toxicologist, and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology.

Featured Publications

• Peter J. Boogaard, Jochen Buschmann, Rainer Fuhst, Katharina Blümlein, Katharina Schwarz, Dirk Schaudien, Wolfgang Koch, Christine McAlinden, Lize Deferme, Mathieu Vaissiere, Hans B. Ketelslegers, Anna Steneholm (2021) Prenatal developmental toxicity studies on fumes from bitumen in the rat. Reproductive Toxicology V 99; p15-26,
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reprotox.2020.11.009.
• Peter J. Boogaard, Jochen Buschmann, Rainer Fuhst, Katharina Blümlein, Wolfgang Koch, Dirk Schaudien, Katharina Schwarz, Christine McAlinden, Lize Deferme, Mathieu Vaissiere, Hans B. Ketelslegers, Anna Steneholm (2021) Prenatal developmental toxicity studies on fumes from oxidised asphalt (OA) in the rat,
  Reproductive Toxicology,V 102, p 67-79,
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reprotox.2021.03.003.
• Rapinel V, Claux O, Abert-Vian M, McAlinden C, Bartier M, Patouillard N, Jacques L, Chemat F. 2-Methyloxolane (2-MeOx) as Sustainable Lipophilic Solvent to Substitute Hexane for Green Extraction of Natural Products. Properties, Applications, and Perspectives. Molecules. 2020; 25(15):3417. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25153417