{"id":3527,"date":"2026-08-21T02:11:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T02:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/medphc\/?p=3527"},"modified":"2026-08-21T02:11:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T02:11:37","slug":"preparing-for-change-how-systems-thinking-supports-an-effective-transition-from-animal-studies-to-nams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/medphc\/publications\/preparing-for-change-how-systems-thinking-supports-an-effective-transition-from-animal-studies-to-nams\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for CHANGE: How systems thinking supports an effective transition from animal studies to NAMs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3528\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/medphc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/08\/20260720-KSS-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/medphc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/08\/20260720-KSS-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/medphc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/08\/20260720-KSS-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/medphc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/08\/20260720-KSS-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/medphc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/08\/20260720-KSS.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"spara003\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Overview of principal CHANGE publications.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"groups\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"rowsep-1\">\n<th id=\"en0001\" class=\"align-left valign-top\" style=\"width: 46.4555%;\" scope=\"col\">CHANGE publications<\/th>\n<th id=\"en0002\" class=\"align-left valign-top\" style=\"width: 53.4691%;\" scope=\"col\">Summary<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"en0003\" class=\"align-left valign-top\">Time for CHANGE: system-level interventions for bringing forward the date of effective use of NAMs in regulatory toxicology (<a class=\"anchor anchor-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S3050620426000436?via%3Dihub#bib0007\" name=\"bbib0007\" data-sd-ui-side-panel-opener=\"true\" data-xocs-content-type=\"reference\" data-xocs-content-id=\"bib0007\"><span class=\"anchor-text-container\"><span class=\"anchor-text\">Mathisen et al., 2024<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/td>\n<td id=\"en0004\" class=\"align-left valign-top\">Commentary introducing the CHANGE project, its rationale, objectives, and three-phase \u201cexplore, reflect, design\u201d methodological approach.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"en0005\" class=\"align-left valign-top\">Exploring experiences of the regulatory toxicology system: system-level promoters and inhibitors of new approach methodologies (<a class=\"anchor anchor-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S3050620426000436?via%3Dihub#bib0001\" name=\"bbib0001\" data-sd-ui-side-panel-opener=\"true\" data-xocs-content-type=\"reference\" data-xocs-content-id=\"bib0001\"><span class=\"anchor-text-container\"><span class=\"anchor-text\">Bearth et al., 2025<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/td>\n<td id=\"en0006\" class=\"align-left valign-top\">Research article describing the \u201cexplore\u201d phase of CHANGE, eliciting from people working in or around the regulatory toxicology system their experience of barriers and enablers of use of NAM data.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"en0007\" class=\"align-left valign-top\">Improving how we use workshops when solving complex research problems: reflections from the CHANGE project (<a class=\"anchor anchor-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S3050620426000436?via%3Dihub#bib0005\" name=\"bbib0005\" data-sd-ui-side-panel-opener=\"true\" data-xocs-content-type=\"reference\" data-xocs-content-id=\"bib0005\"><span class=\"anchor-text-container\"><span class=\"anchor-text\">Jones et al., 2025<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/td>\n<td id=\"en0008\" class=\"align-left valign-top\">Methods article presenting recommendations for conduct of participatory research workshops, emphasising project team structures, effective social interaction, and facilitation strategies.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"en0009\" class=\"align-left valign-top\">How to organise a successful toxicology workshop? A participant perspective on the Collaboration to Harmonise the Assessment of Next Generation Evidence (CHANGE) workshop in Oslo, 18\u201320 June 2024 (<a class=\"anchor anchor-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S3050620426000436?via%3Dihub#bib0004\" name=\"bbib0004\" data-sd-ui-side-panel-opener=\"true\" data-xocs-content-type=\"reference\" data-xocs-content-id=\"bib0004\"><span class=\"anchor-text-container\"><span class=\"anchor-text\">Diemar et al., 2025<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/td>\n<td id=\"en0010\" class=\"align-left valign-top\">Commentary and companion piece to <a class=\"anchor anchor-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S3050620426000436?via%3Dihub#bib0005\" name=\"bbib0005\" data-sd-ui-side-panel-opener=\"true\" data-xocs-content-type=\"reference\" data-xocs-content-id=\"bib0005\"><span class=\"anchor-text-container\"><span class=\"anchor-text\">Jones et al. (2025)<\/span><\/span><\/a>, presenting participant perspectives on the first in-person CHANGE workshop, reflecting on the strengths and challenges of the approaches used.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"en0011\" class=\"align-left valign-top\">Modelling the Regulatory Toxicology System to Promote the Effective Use of New Approach Methodologies: A System Thinking Approach (<a class=\"anchor anchor-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S3050620426000436?via%3Dihub#bib0002\" name=\"bbib0002\" data-sd-ui-side-panel-opener=\"true\" data-xocs-content-type=\"reference\" data-xocs-content-id=\"bib0002\"><span class=\"anchor-text-container\"><span class=\"anchor-text\">Bearth et al., submitted<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/td>\n<td id=\"en0012\" class=\"align-left valign-top\">Research article describing the \u201creflect\u201d phase of CHANGE, presenting the CHANGE system model and the methods used to derive the model from participants\u2019 experience of working in or around the regulatory toxicology system.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"en0013\" class=\"align-left valign-top\">Report of Collaboration to Harmonise the Assessment of Next Generation Evidence (CHANGE) 2nd workshop in Oslo, June 24 &#8211; 26, 2025 \u2013 participants perspectives on the CHANGE working methodology (<a class=\"anchor anchor-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S3050620426000436?via%3Dihub#bib0003\" name=\"bbib0003\" data-sd-ui-side-panel-opener=\"true\" data-xocs-content-type=\"reference\" data-xocs-content-id=\"bib0003\"><span class=\"anchor-text-container\"><span class=\"anchor-text\">Diemar et al., submitted<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/td>\n<td id=\"en0014\" class=\"align-left valign-top\">Provides participants&#8217; reflections on the second (&#8220;reflect&#8221;) in-person workshop, including the collaborative approach used to refine system understanding, and the value of the workshop for identifying ways to support the uptake of NAMs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"en0015\" class=\"align-left valign-top\">A protocol for organising co-design research workshops (<em>title to be decided, in preparation<\/em>)<\/td>\n<td id=\"en0016\" class=\"align-left valign-top\">A repeatable, step-by-step procedure to support the planning, design and delivery of successful co-creation or co-design workshops.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"en0017\" class=\"align-left valign-top\">CHANGE white paper (t<em>itle to be decided, in preparation<\/em>)<\/td>\n<td id=\"en0018\" class=\"align-left valign-top\">The main intended deliverable of CHANGE, a policy white paper for decision-makers working in or around regulatory toxicology, presenting a series of system-level interventions that can be expected to improve the effectiveness of use of NAMs in regulatory toxicology.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"en0019\" class=\"align-left valign-top\">Designing system-level interventions for improving the effectiveness of use of NAMs in regulatory toxicology (t<em>itle to be decided, forthcoming<\/em>)<\/td>\n<td id=\"en0020\" class=\"align-left valign-top\">Final research article describing the methods and results of the \u201cdesign\u201d phase of CHANGE, as the detailed work underpinning the White Paper.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Full Article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S3050620426000436?via%3Dihub#tbl0001\">https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S3050620426000436?via%3Dihub#tbl0001<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview of principal CHANGE publications. 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