About SBH Group


Stephen B. HarrisStephen B. Harris, Ph.D., Fellow, ATS is President of Stephen B. Harris Group in San Diego, CA. since 1982. He has over 40 years of professional experience in developmental and reproductive toxicology and has been an independent consultant for the last 30 years. Since 1985, he has held several teaching appointments at San Diego State University, Stanford University, and  National University in the areas of developmental and rerproductive toxicology. He continues to mentor graduate students and supervises thesis research as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public Health at San Diego State University. Dr. Harris's area of expertise includes: (1) scientific interpretation of data from developmental and reproductive safety evaluation testing programs for the pharmaceutical and chemical industries globally, (2) management and training of Contract Research Organization (CRO) personnel especially in developmental and reprodcutive toxicity testing including fetal morphological assessments in multiple species, (3) CRO operations, study monitoring, and testing facility design, (4) CRO client pre-qualification site assessments, (5) due diligence, and (6) product liability issues.

Dr. Harris has successfully authored many opinion papers and critiqued numerous technical reports for the pharmaceutical and chemical industries to assure compliance with worldwide regulatory requirements for product approval. He has been invited to deliver several national and international scientific presentations and workshops. He interfaces with both national and international regulatory agencies. Dr. Harris is on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Toxicology and the Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part C, Environmental Carcinogenesis and Ecotoxicology Reviews (ECER). Dr. Harris was President of the American College of Toxicology (2006-2007) and currently is a Fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences.