Suzanne Fitzpatrick

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

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Dr. Suzanne Fitzpatrick is a leading voice in the advancement of in vitro toxicology and regulatory science, with a career dedicated to transforming how chemical safety is assessed. Her seminal work, "High-Throughput Screening to Advance In Vitro Toxicology," synthesizes the field’s progress and challenges, highlighting her focus on replacing traditional, low-throughput animal studies with faster, human-relevant models. This paper, garnering nearly 50 citations since 2023, underscores her role in shaping the future of toxicity testing. Dr. Fitzpatrick’s major contributions lie in bridging the gap between high-throughput screening technologies and regulatory acceptance, advocating for methods that are both cost-effective and predictive of human outcomes. Her research has been instrumental in addressing the bottleneck of drug candidate failure due to toxicity, pushing the field toward a paradigm where safety data can be generated rapidly and ethically. A respected figure in the toxicology community, she continues to influence policy and practice, making her work essential reading for students and researchers aiming to modernize chemical risk assessment.