Dr. Soni has over 25 years of experience dealing with regulatory issues related to product safety and risk assessment. Dr. Soni has generated over 200 technical reports as a consultant and as a scientist for various clients including corporations, law firms and individuals.  He has published over 100 peer reviewed articles in scientific journals. His experience includes Senior Toxicologist at a consulting firm, Research Assistant Professor at the University of Louisiana, and Research Scientist at the National Institute of Nutrition in India. Dr. Soni received his post-doctoral training at Jichi Medical School in Japan and at University of Mississippi Medical Center. He has considerable experience in risk assessment, drug metabolism, toxicokinetics, toxicodynamics, molecular toxicology, cancer biomarkers, and chemoprevention. He is a Fellow of Academy of Toxicological Sciences (FATS); Fellow of American College of Nutrition (FACN); and is a member of the Society of Toxicology. Dr. Soni received several awards for his research, the notable ones are the Best Paper Award from the Risk Assessment Specialty Section of Society of Toxicology in 1998, and the Board of Publications Award for the Best Paper Published in Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology in 1999. Dr. Soni may be contacted at msoni@soniassociates.net.

Helen Lopez, M.S.

Research Associate

Ms. Lopez received her Masters degree in Applied Sciences from the University of Tasmania, Australia. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Biology from Florida Atlantic University. Ms. Lopez specializes in food and dietary supplement labeling, regulatory reviews for the food and dietary supplement industry, scientific data retrieval, and exposure assessment analysis. She possesses strong writing, analytical, and problem solving skills. Ms. Lopez may be contacted at hlopez@soniassociates.net

Melinda Swetz, B.S.

Research Associate

Ms. Swetz received her Bachelor’s degree in Food and Resource Economics from the University of Florida. Ms. Swetz specializes in consumption analysis and scientific data retrieval. She possesses strong project management and report analysis skills.  Ms. Swetz may be contacted at mswetz@soniassociates.net

Amol A. Soni, M.S. Ortho (USAIM); DNB (Ortho)

Research Associate

Dr. Amol received his bachelor’s degree in medicine from Mahatma Gandhi Mission’s Medical College, Aurangabad. Subsequently, Dr. Amol received extensive training in the treatment of musculoskeletal problems and completed his M.S. in orthopedics at Cooper Municipal General Hospital, Mumbai and D.N.B. also in orthopedics at YCM Hospital Pune. Dr. Amol handles our business activities in India. He can be reached by email at asoni@soniassociates.net or by phone at +91-973-003-7070.