J. Kyle Weston, M.Sc., Ph.D., Scientific Consultant 1, Toxicology & Regulatory Affairs, Food & Nutrition
Kyle Weston is a Scientific Consultant 1 of Toxicology & Regulatory Affairs within the Food & Nutrition Group at Intertek Health Sciences Inc. Kyle is responsible for analyzing and critically assessing scientific issues and prepare professional quality reports which interpret and summarize these issues.
Kyle manages scientific projects related to food ingredients and prepare regulatory dossiers to support safety for submission to various authoritative bodies such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Health Canada, and the European Food Safety Authority.
Kyle’s Ph.D. research was focused on idiosyncratic drug reactions and the immune mechanisms that mediate them, particularly NLRP3 inflammasome activation and the proinflammatory response.
In 2019, Kyle was awarded the Publication of the Year from the Society of Toxicology for his work on a paper titled “An impaired immune tolerance animal model distinguishes the potential of troglitazone/pioglitazone and tolcapone/entacapone to cause IDILI.”