Maintaining My Scientific Integrity: When Should I Blow the Whistle?

In this webinar, Dr. DeLeo will explore recent whistleblower allegations within federal regulatory agencies as a case study on the handling of internal scientific controversies. He will provide examples of approaches for addressing scientific differences of opinion and context for considering whether internal processes are sufficient or necessitate “blowing the whistle.”

Dr. Paul C. DeLeo serves as a Senior Director for Chemical Management at the American Chemistry Council. Over the past 25 years, his career has focused on applied research and advocacy related to the human and environmental safety of food ingredients, pesticides, drugs, cosmetics, and cleaning products. During that time, he has worked at the Office of Food Additive Safety, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (1999–2007), the American Cleaning Institute (2007–2017), and as a consultant to chemical manufacturers and users regarding the safety of their ingredients and products (2017–2021). He shares his professional passion for consumer, occupational, and general population exposure to chemicals in commerce as an active member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association, the International Society for Exposure Science, the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, and the Society of Toxicology, and has published a dozen articles in those topic areas in the peer-reviewed scientific literature over the past decade. Dr. DeLeo completed his Ph.D. in environmental microbiology at Cornell University and his master’s degree in environmental engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

The webinar will be hosted by Azita Hirsa, Ph.D., a teaching professor at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s School of Engineering (Industrial Systems Engineering Department). She teaches courses in Management of Engineering and Technology, Ethics of Modeling, Engineering Ethics, and Professional Development: Technical Issues and Solutions. She is the Chair of the Ethics Division at the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE).

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