Mary Jane McCarthy currently manages ESR’s Forensic Toxicology, Workplace Drug testing and the Pharmaceutical Testing Programme. She has an extensive background in drug development having worked across the international pharmaceutical sector, as well as an in depth understanding of the New Zealand medicine and drug regulatory environment from more than 10 years with the Ministry of Health. Dr McCarthy holds advanced degrees in neuroscience and pharmacology from the University of London, and has an active research programme within ESR looking at drug surveillance and new psychoactive substances.
