2025 CRIS Annual Science Symposium: Communicating Chemical Ingredient Safety for Today & Tomorrow

September 16, 2025

If you couldn’t make it to the 2025 Science Symposium focused on effectively communicating the safety of chemical ingredients today and tomorrow, don’t worry! You can still catch up on all the insightful sessions. Most are now available for you to watch on YouTube.

Please share them with any friends and colleagues who might benefit from the sessions.

Sessions inlcuded: 

Joanne Slavin, Ph.D., R.D.

University of Minnesota
Expertise: Nutrition science, dietary guidelines, public health communication
Talk Focus: Bridging the gap: Integrating ingredient safety into everyday nutrition messaging

Anne Chappelle, Ph.D., DABT

SafeBridge Consultants
Expertise: Toxicology, chemical risk assessment, regulatory communication
Talk Focus: Risk, dose, and trust: Making chemical safety concepts make sense to non-experts 

Jess Steier, Dr.PH.

Unbiased Science
Expertise: Public health, podcast host, interdisciplinary science communication
Talk Focus: Storytelling that works, communicating ingredient safety in the digital age

Jill Adams, Ph.D.

Washington Post
Expertise: Science journalism, editorial framing, media coverage of health, biomedical research, psychology, education, and the environment.
Talk Focus: Chemicals in the news: Ingredient safety through the lens of journalism and the click economy

John Besley, Ph.D.

Michigan State University
Expertise: Science communication education, training scientists to engage public audiences
Talk Focus: Communicating effectively and strategically in the context of chemical ingredient safety

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The symposium day concluded with a panel discussion with the 2025 speakers answering community questions. Thank you to all who participated and attended!