Prof Brian Priestly - Researcher Profile

Biography

Brian was appointed as the inaugural Director of ACHHRA in December 2003. Since 2009, this position has been on a part-time basis. ACHHRA is now affiliated with the Monash Centre for Occupational & Environmental Health (MonCOEH) and its mission is to provide a national focus for environmental health risk assessment, primarily in the area of food and environmental pollutants. Its expertise in toxicology and environmental health sciences has been keenly sought by Commonwealth and State government agencies in support of various projects. Its particular expertise in the safety evaluation of nanomaterials  has assisted government agencies with regulatory activities for this emerging technology.

Prior to leading ACHHRA, Brian was Director of the Laboratories Branch of the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) from 2001-03, and from 1992-2001, he was scientific Director of the chemicals toxicology and chemicals risk management programs of the Commonwealth health portfolio.

Some of his recent Committee activities are:

• Australian Drug Evaluation Committee (Associate member - toxicology)
• Australasian College of Toxicology & Risk Assessment (President)
• NICNAS Advisory Group on Nanotechnology (member)
• Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee (member)
• Expert advisory panel for the SE Queensland recycled water project (member)
• Community Consultative Committee for the Botany Industrial Park remediation programs

Qualifications

PHARMACY

Institution: University of Sydney

Year awarded: 2005

PHARMACY

Institution: University of Sydney

Year awarded: 2005

PHARMACY

Institution: University of Sydney

Year awarded: 2005

Publications

Books

Priestly, B.G., Drew, R., McNeil, J.J., Abramson, M.J., Forbes, A.B., 2006, Ambient Air Quality Standard Setting: An approach to Health-Based Hazard Assessment, Australian Government, Canberra ACT Australia.

Book Chapters

Priestly, B.G., Harford, A.J., 2007, The Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) of nanomaterials, in New Global Frontiers in Regulation: The Age of Nanotechnology, eds Graeme Hodge, Diana Bowman and Karinne Ludlow, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 134-148.

Journal Articles

Priestly, B., 2010, Environmental health risk assessment: principles and guidance, Public Health Bulletin South Australia [P], vol 7, issue 1, South Australia, SA, Australia, pp. 13-17.

Stebbing, M.S., Katz, E., Priestly, B.G., Abramson, M.J., 2008, Cancer clusters in the news: risk perception, risk communication and the media, Australasian Epidemiologist [P], vol 15, issue 2, Australasian Epidemiological Association, Parkville, pp. 27-29.

Harford, A.J., Edwards, J., Priestly, B.G., Wright, P.F.A., 2007, Current OHS best practices for the Australian nanotechnology industry: A position paper by the NanoSafe Australia Network, Journal of Occupational Health and Safety - Australia and New Zealand, vol 23, issue 4, CCH Australia Ltd, Australia, pp. 315-331.

Priestly, B.G., Harford, A.J., Sim, M.R., 2007, Nanotechnology: A promising new technology - but how safe?, Medical Journal of Australia, vol 186, issue 4, Australasian Medical Publishing Company PtyLtd, Australia, pp. 187-188.

Priestly, B.G., Di Marco, P., Sim, M.R., Moore, M.R., Langley, A., 2007, Toxicology in Australia: a key component of environmental health, Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, vol 70, issue 19, Taylor and Francis Group, UK, pp. 1578-1583.

Haas, S.J., Hage-Ali, R., Priestly, B.G., Tonkin, A.M., Demos, L.L., McNeil, J.J., Nelson, M.R., 2006, Long term safety of statins should be monitored, British Medical Journal, vol 333, issue 7569, BMJ Publishing Group, UK, p. 656.

Conference Proceedings

Priestly, B.G., Stebbing, M.S., 2008, Risk perception and risk communication: Is nanotechnology at the crossroads in Australia?, Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 25 February to 29 February 2008, IEEE Publishing Company, Melbourne Australia, pp. 238-240.

Other

Benke, G., Dennekamp, M., Priestly, B., Sim, M., 2010, Engineered Nanomaterials: Feasibility of establishing exposure standards and using control banding in Australia, Safe Work Australia, Braddon ACT Australia, pp. 1-43.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Completed Supervision

Student:

Stebbing, M.

Program of Study:

Exploring risk: current issues in health risk perception in Australia. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Abramson, M (Main), Priestly, B (Associate).