AOAC ISPAM Stakeholder Panel Meeting Book (August 26, 2018)

INTERNATIONAL STAKEHOLDER PANEL ON ALTERNATIVE METHODS (ISPAM)

Erin Crowley, Ph.D. Q Laboratories, Inc. AOAC ISPAM Chair

Erin Crowley is the Chief Scientific Officer at Q Laboratories, Inc in Cincinnati, Ohio. Prior to this, she was the Microbiology Research and Development Supervisor at Q Laboratories, Inc. in Cincinnati, Ohio since 2006. For the past 11 years, Erin and her R&D team have served as an independent third-party laboratory with a primary focus on providing high quality method

validation for microbiological rapid detection methods. These validations include Independent laboratory evaluations for pathogen detection, qualitative methods and confirmatory biochemical assays for AOAC Official Methods of Analysis, AOAC Research Institute Performance Tested Methods Program, MicroVal and AFNOR NF Certification Programs. In addition to being an active member of the International Association of Food Protection (IAFP) and AOAC, Erin currently serves as Chair of the AOAC Official Methods Board, Chair of the International Stakeholder Panel on Alternative Methods (ISPAM) and a member of the MicroVal Technical Committee (MVTC). Erin earned a B.S. from the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio and an M.A. from Tufts University in Medford, MA.