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Mentors

Benefits to Mentors: 

  • Career advancement through leadership skill development
  • Networking with other mentors and professionals in toxicology
  • Increased visibility and recognition within the mentor’s place of work
  • Giving back to the next generation of toxicologists
  • Support NIH to increase the biomedical workforce

Meet our Mentors


Colleen McLoughlin

  • 2026-2027
  • 2025-2026
  • 2024-2025
  • 2023-2024
  • 2022-2023
Director, Toxicology, Scivera

Nathan Pechacek

  • 2026-2027
  • 2025-2026
  • 2024-2025
  • 2023-2024
  • 2022-2023
  • 2021-2022
Senior Toxicology Specialist, 3M

Archit Rastogi

  • 2026-2027
  • 2025-2026
  • 2024-2025
  • 2023-2024
  • 2022-2023
Assistant Director ​Ionis Pharmaceuticals-Preclinical Development

Shakil A. Saghir

  • 2026-2027
  • 2025-2026
  • 2021-2022
  • 2022-2023
University of Philippines at Diliman

Souvarish Sarkar

  • 2026-2027
  • 2025-2026
  • 2024-2025
  • 2023-2024
University of Rochester Medical Center

Anuj Tiwari

  • 2026-2027
  • 2025-2026
Discovery Partners Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Rao Uppu

  • 2025-2026
Southern University and A&M College

Saurabh G. Vispute

  • 2025-2026
  • 2024-2025
  • 2023-2024
  • 2022-2023
  • 2021-2022
Principal Scientist, Drug Safety Research and Development, Pfizer