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Mission

Address FDA’s needs with high-quality research and serve as a global resource for collaboration, training, and innovative scientific solutions.

Vision

Conduct scientific research to provide reliable data for FDA’s decision-making and develop innovative tools and approaches that support FDA’s public health mission.



NCTR: The First 50 Years
NCTR Celebrates 50 Years of Scientific Achievement

The National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), is the only FDA Center located outside the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. The one-million square foot research campus in Jefferson, Arkansas plays a critical role in the missions of FDA and the Department of Health and Human Services to promote and protect public health.

Regulatory science researchers, academia, and other regulatory science research organizations and groups from around the world investigate, learn, and train at the Federal facility. NCTR, FDA's internationally recognized research center, plays a critical role in FDA’s mission.  The unique scientific expertise of NCTR is critical in supporting FDA product centers and their regulatory roles.



NCTR Campus showing Building 50 on the left and ARKL on the right
NCTR Jefferson Labs CampusNCTR:

Provides interdisciplinary toxicology research solutions and consultations that support and anticipate future FDA needs to guard and improve personal and public health.
	Uses multidisciplinary research teams to develop novel translational research approaches for safety-assessment protocols that provide FDA with more accurate and economic methods for addressing regulatory questions.
	Engages in collaborations with scientists across FDA and other government agencies, industry, and academia to strengthen the scientific foundations vital to developing sound regulatory policy, and to promote the international standardization and global harmonization of regulatory science.
	Develops—or participates in—national and international consortia that provide harmonized standards for technologies and risk-evaluation methods vital to FDA’s regulatory and public-health mission.
	Provides and encourages multidisciplinary workforce development, and fosters national and international collaborations with scientists from government, academia, and industry.About NCTR Research

Annual Report
	Research Divisions
	Research Focus Areas
	Research PublicationsAbout NCTR's Bioinformatics Tools

ArrayTrackTM HCA-PCA Standalone Package
	Database of Pharmacogenomic Information in Ethnic Minority Populations (dbPGxEMP)
	*de novo* Assembly Quality Evaluation Tool (dnAQET)
	Decision Forest
	Estrogenic Activity Database (EADB)
	Endocrine Disruptor Knowledge Base (EDKB)
	FDALabel – An FDA Drug Labeling Search Tool
	Liver Toxicity Knowledge Base (LTKB)

	Drug-Induced Liver Injury Rank (DILIrank) Dataset
		Drug-Induced Liver Injury Severity and Toxicity (DILIst) Dataset
	MicroArray/Sequencing Quality Control (MAQC/SEQC)
	Mold2About NCTR's Organization

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NCTR Informational Brochure
	Jobs and Training Opportunities at NCTR
	FDA-TRACK: National Center for Toxicological Research
	NCTR Science Advisory Board Committee
	NCTR FOIA Electronic Reading Room
	Environmental Assessment for Jefferson Labs Campus Development ProjectResources For You

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	Notice to NCTR EmployeesSpotlight

Meet Tucker Patterson, Ph.D., Center Director, National Center for Toxicological Research
	FDA Voices: "FDA’s National Center for Toxicological Research Celebrates Half a Century of Cutting-Edge Research"
	FDA's Predictive Toxicology Roadmap
	FDA's 2018 Strategic Policy RoadmapSub-Topic Paragraphs
          NCTR News and AwardsDr. Laura Schnackenberg, DSB Director, and Dr. Tucker Patterson, NCTR Center Director

                    NCTR Drug Research Could Save Consumers Millions
          
          Cover of Birth Defects Research October 2022

                    Papers (Co)Authored by NCTR Researchers Recognized by Scientific Journals
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3900 NCTR Rd
Jefferson, AR 72079
		    
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