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INTERNATIONAL STAKEHOLDER PANEL ON ALTERNATIVE
METHODS (ISPAM)
Erin Crowley, Ph.D.
Q Laboratories, Inc. & ISPAM Chair
Erin Crowley was recently appointed as 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 10
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 and MicroVal Certification
Program. 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.