DART Committee Chair Andrew G. Hendrickx, Ph.D. Resigns

Andrew G. Hendrickx, Ph.D. has announced his resignation from the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology Identification (DART) Committee. Dr. Hendrickx has been Chair of the committee since its establishment in 1994. Previously, he was a founding member of the Scientific Advisory Panel, the original panel of scientific experts that was established in 1987 to serve the Proposition 65 program.

"Dr. Hendrickx's invaluable leadership as one of the Proposition 65 program's leading scientific experts has furthered California's work to identify chemicals that cause birth defects and other reproductive harm," said OEHHA Director Dr. Joan E. Denton. "As Chair of the DART Committee and a member of its predecessor scientific panel, he has made significant contributions to the protection of public health in California."

In informing OEHHA of his resignation, Dr. Hendrickx said he wishes "to give greater priority to interests other than scientific research and service," and that he will miss working with the DART Committee and OEHHA staff.

Dr. Hendrickx is Professor of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy at UC Davis. He also served as Director of the California Regional Primate Research Center at UC Davis from 1987 to 2000, and as the center's Associate Director from 1978 to 1987. He is a past president of both the Teratology Society and the American Society of Primatologists and was an advisor to the World Health Organization from 1977 to 1999. His research focuses on birth defects.