National Center for Toxicological Research Also referred to as: NCTR

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Mission

Address FDA’s needs with high-quality research and serve as a global resource for collaboration, training, and innovative scientific solutions.

Vision

Conduct scientific research to provide reliable data for FDA’s decision-making and develop innovative tools and approaches that support FDA’s public health mission.

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The National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) is the only FDA Center located outside the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. The one-million square foot research campus in Jefferson, Arkansas plays a critical role in the missions of FDA and the Department of Health and Human Services to promote and protect public health.

Regulatory science researchers, academia, and other regulatory science research organizations and groups from around the world investigate, learn, and train at the Federal facility. NCTR, FDA's internationally recognized research center, plays a critical role in FDA’s mission. The unique scientific expertise of NCTR is critical in supporting FDA product centers and their regulatory roles.

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Provides interdisciplinary toxicology research solutions and consultations that support and anticipate future FDA needs to guard and improve personal and public health.
Uses multidisciplinary research teams to develop novel translational research approaches for safety-assessment protocols that provide FDA with faster, more accurate, and economical methods for addressing regulatory questions.
Engages in collaborations with scientists across FDA and other government agencies, industry, and academia to strengthen the scientific foundations vital to developing sound regulatory policy, and to promote the international standardization and global harmonization of regulatory science.
Participates in national and international consortia that provide harmonized standards for technologies and risk-evaluation methods vital to FDA’s regulatory and public-health mission.
Provides and encourages multidisciplinary workforce development and fosters national and international collaborations with scientists from government, academia, and industry.

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