ICCVAM Public Forum: July 2025

Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM): advancing alternatives to animal testing

July 21-22, 2025 — Online

Video and slides from the Public Forum are available below.

ICCVAM’s goals include promotion of national and international partnerships between governmental and nongovernmental groups, including academia, industry, advocacy groups, and other key stakeholders. To foster these partnerships ICCVAM holds annual public forums to share information and facilitate direct communication of ideas and suggestions from stakeholders.

This event was presented as an online webinar. Representatives of ICCVAM member agencies described their agencies' activities both to advance new approaches to safety testing of chemicals and medical products and to reduce the amount of testing required. Participants asked clarifying or follow-up questions of the ICCVAM members about their presentations during the meeting.

Presentations

Day 1: Monday, July 21

Welcome and Introductions: Suzanne Fitzpatrick, FDA, and Natalia Garcia-Reyero Vinas DoD, ICCVAM co-chairs

NICEATM Update: Helena Hoegberg-Durdock, NIEHS (Day 1 video, 2:31)

New Approach Method (NAMs) Priorities for the Human Foods Program: Steven Musser, FDA (Day 1 video, 33:16)

Measurement Science in ICCVAM: Elijah Petersen, NIST (Day 1 video, 52:30)

The Federal NanoEHS Data Landscape: Machine-learning and Large Language Methods to Improve Data Accessibility, Interoperability, and Semantic Queries: Pranav Singh, University of California-San Diego (EPA Intern) (Day 1 video, 1:49:53)

Public Comments Presentations Session I (Day 1 video, 1:10:14)