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INTERNATIONAL STAKEHOLDER PANEL ON ALTERNATIVE
METHODS (ISPAM)
Joe Boison, Ph.D.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Working Group Chair
Dr. Boison is a Senior Research Scientist with the Canadian Food Inspection
Agency (CFIA), and holds 2 Adjunct Professor Faculty positions (one in the
Chemistry Department and the other in the Department of Veterinary
Biomedical Sciences) at the University of Saskatchewan. In 2003, he was
appointed a Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation (FWIF), was awarded
the CFIA President’s National Award for Leadership Excellence in 2010 and in
2012, he was appointed a Fellow of the AOACI.
Dr. Boison has been a member of the Food Safety Research Network Team responsible for reviewing and
evaluating research proposals submitted by scientists from Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada and the
Canadian Food Inspection Agency for funding considerations. He is an executive member of the
Spectroscopy Society of Canada, a member of the Standards and Measurement Committee for the
American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS), a member of the AOAC International, and a member of
the Canadian Delegation to the Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in foods (CCRVDF).
Dr. Boison is regularly consulted within and outside Government (primary producers, program managers,
test kit manufacturers, fellow scientists) with regards to residue testing methods for in-plant and on-farm
use. In his current role as AOAC International’s General Referee (GR) on Veterinary Drugs, Dr. Boison
authors an annual review paper on the methods of analysis used in the regulatory analysis of veterinary
drugs.
Dr. Boison’s research and academic interests include development of chromatographic and mass
spectrometric methods for the identification and confirmation of veterinary drug residues in biological
fluids and tissues in support of regulatory enforcement and/or for pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic
studies. 2. Development and adaptation of commercially available rapid tests for field and laboratory
screening of drug residues in biological fluids and tissues. 3. Automation of laboratory methods for the
analysis of veterinary and human drugs. 4. Teaching and development of graduate and undergraduate
students to acquire expertise in bio-analytical mass spectrometry, metabolism and pharmacokinetic
studies.