Ashley Brown
Dr. Ashley Brown is the Manager of Clinical Toxicology and a Senior Clinical Toxicologist at SafetyCall International. She has been with the organization since 2011. Additionally, Dr. Brown holds an academic appointment as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy. She lectures in various courses and participates in the College of Pharmacy mentorship programs.
Dr. Brown received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She completed a post-doctoral residency in Clinical Toxicology with Regions Hospital, SafetyCall International, and the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy.
Dr. Brown practices in the areas of clinical toxicology and pharmacology, poison control, post-market surveillance, product, drug, and dietary supplement safety, medicolegal and forensic toxicology. She consults on poison control center cases coming from a variety of sources that include but are not limited to health care providers, the public, regulators, and other clientele. She creates and maintains treatment guidelines and provides ongoing continuing education to staff. She is a Certified Specialist in Poison Information and holds a license to practice pharmacy in Minnesota.
Tuesday May 12
Joint Air Care & Cleaning Products Division Program
Fragrance & the Modern Consumer: Safety, Science, and Social Media
This session will examine how evolving science, regulatory pressure, and consumer perspectives are reshaping product development and post-market risk management, with a focus on fragrance.
As volatile organic compound (VOC) regulations continue to tighten across North America, manufacturers and fragrance houses are moving beyond ethanol- and propellant-dependent delivery systems toward fundamentally new fragrance architectures that preserve performance while reducing or eliminating VOC use and enabling new product formats and portfolio differentiation.
The session will then turn to a timely discussion on post-market surveillance in the age of social media where viral trends can transform isolated misuse patterns into widespread public health concerns overnight. Attendees will walk away with critical intake questions and best practices for adverse event documentation.
The session will close with a joint exploration of fragrance safety in consumer products, highlighting new research from the Research Institute for Fragrance Materials (RIFM) and how it is reaching consumers through educational media. Attendees will also participate in a demonstration illustrating real-world exposure to fragrance ingredients in scented products.
Speakers:
Danielle Botelho, The Research Institute for Fragrance Materials (RIFM)
Ashley Brown, Clinical Toxicology Manager and Senior Clinical Toxicologist, SafetyCall International, LLC
Alison Sykes, Innovation Advisor, RTI International