🎤 Speaker announcement | IMnI 2026 Annual Conference

We are pleased to announce that Dr Doreen McGough, Executive Director of MARA, will be speaking at the IMnI 2026 Annual Conference in Rio de Janeiro, on 28 May 2026.

Dr Doreen McGough has over 23 years' work experience in the industry, 17 of which have been spent dealing solely with manganese. She was HSE Director of the International Manganese Institute (IMnI) from 2009-2017, where she had the responsibility of enhancing industry’s understanding of the toxicological/ecotoxicological profile of many manganese-based substances and the corresponding risks and benefits associated with their uses. As the Institute’s chief scientist Dr McGough published over 12 peer-reviewed articles concerning manganese. Alongside her work at the IMnI she worked for the Manganese REACH Administration (MARA) on lease as its main scientific advisor where she eventually became the Executive Director in 2017 to Present.

As the Executive Director of MARA, Doreen manages and works with over 12 health/safety and regulations consulting firms worldwide made of some 25 renowned scientists. Their work mainly focuses on supporting the metal industry towards smooth regulatory compliances.

An Anglo-Cameroonian, Dr McGough holds a BSc in biology, an MSc in environmental pollution control, and a doctorate in environmental toxicology from the University of Nottingham (UK) where she began her career as a lecturer.

Doreen will be speaking on "Endocrine Disruptors and Manganese: The Science, the Risk and the Regulatory Reality".

📍 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 📅 26–28 May 2026
🔗 Registration link: https://lnkd.in/e9RJwHqa

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