ISPAM Meeting Book 3-15-16

INTERNATIONAL STAKEHOLDER PANEL ON ALTERNATIVE METHODS (ISPAM)

Arlene Fox AOAC INTERNATIONAL

Ms. Fox is currently employed as the Senior Director of Proficiency Testing at AOAC International where she developed, implemented and obtained accreditation for the AOAC Laboratory Proficiency Testing Program. Her responsibilities include: ensuring that the operation of the AOAC Laboratory Proficiency Testing Program remains consistent with accreditation requirements, the supervision of staff that are responsible for daily operation of the program, and coordinating activities of the department with other AOAC departments.

Ms. Fox has held a leadership role in developing tools for improving quality in both bio-threat laboratories and food laboratories. She has worked with the AOAC team and members of the bio-threat community to draft a sample collection standard and validate bio-threat test kits. She is an assessor for both bio-threat laboratories and food laboratories. She was appointed by ANSI to serve on the Expert Panel for CASCO WG28 to draft ISO 17043: 2010. Ms Fox is the AOAC staff liaison to the Technical Division for Laboratory Management and the Analytical Laboratory Accreditation Criteria Committee (ALACC). Ms Fox has coordinated the development of ALACC accreditation criteria applying ISO 17025 to a food microbiology, food chemistry, dietary supplements, and pharmaceutical laboratory.