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Honorary Membership

The Society of Toxicology recognizes non-members who embody outstanding and sustained achievements in the field of toxicology with Honorary Membership. Candidates are nominated by two Full or Associate members of the Society. Seconding letters and information regarding career achievements in toxicology should accompany the nomination. A two-thirds vote of Council determines recipients, with not more than two Honorary Members elected during any one term of Council. Nominations should be sent to SOT Headquarters by October 9.

SOT Honor Descriptions

Inductees1962 .......... Eugene M. K. Geiling*1962 .......... W. F. Von Oettingen*1962 .......... Torald H. Sollman*1963 .......... Ethel Browning*1966 .......... R. Tecwyn Williams*1976 .......... Norton Nelson*1982 .......... George H. Hitchings*1986 .......... Bernard B. Brodie*1986 .......... Herbert Remmer*1991 .......... Hyman J. Zimmerman*1994 .......... Ronald W. Estabrook

1994 .......... Wendell W. Weber1995 .......... Gertrude B. Elion*1995 .......... Charles S. Lieber* 1996 .......... Sten G. Orrenius1996 .......... Dennis Parke*1997 .......... John E. Casida1997 .......... Roger W. Russell*1998 .......... Jud Coon1998 .......... Michel Mercier1999 .......... William O. Robertson1999 .......... Takashi Sugimura

2000 .......... Findlay Russell2001 .......... Herbert Needleman2007 ........... Mario Molina2008 ........... Lee Hartwell 2008 ........... H. Robert Horvitz2009 ........... Gilbert S. Omenn2009 ........... Sir John E. Walker2010 ........... Sir Philip Cohen2010 ........... Ferid Murad2011 ........... William C. Hays2011 ........... Frances Oldham Kelsey

In recognition of distinguished toxicologists and students, SOT presents Honorary Membership and Awards each year. In addition to receiving a plaque, recipients are honored at a special Awards Ceremony at the SOT Annual Meeting and their names are listed in SOT publications. The deadline for 2012 Honorary Membership and Award nominations is October 9, 2011.

SOT Council reviews nominations for Honorary Membership and the Awards Committee reviews applications for SOT Awards and most Sponsored Awards. Awards Committee members are not eligible to receive any awards conferred by the Committee while serving on the Committee and for one subsequent year.

The Best Paper Awards in Toxicological Sciences are reviewed by the Board of Publications. The Education Committee selects the recipients of the Pfizer Undergraduate Travel Award and the Committee on Diversity Initiatives selects the recipients of other undergraduate student awards. The Postdoctoral Assembly selects those receiving the Best Postdoctoral Publication Awards and the Student Advisory Council selects the recipients of the Outstanding Leadership Award. Nominees for the Congressional Science Leadership Award are reviewed and recommended by the Communications Committee and approved by Council.

Nominations for many awards must be submitted by a sponsor and a seconder who are Full members of SOT using the On-Line Award Nomination form. The supporting documentation must indicate the candidate’s achievements in toxicology and is critical in the review of each application. See the award description for the additional requirements and details. There are specific applications for Fellowships and Graduate Travel Support.

Other graduate student and postdoctoral fellow awards are available through Regional Chapters, Special Interest Groups, and Specialty Sections (many of these awards are funded through the various Named Endowment Funds). A student or postdoctoral scholar may apply for any award for which he or she is eligible and may apply for and receive multiple awards, whether SOT, Regional Chapters, Special Interest Groups, or Specialty Sections administrators the awards. Policies related to travel support are determined by the sponsor (SOT, Regional Chapter, Special Interest Group, or Specialty Section). A Student may only receive one SOT national travel award.

Full descriptions of all current awards, awards no longer being offered, application procedures, and names of past recipients can be found on the “Awards and Fellowships” section of the SOT Web site at www.toxicology.org.

SOT Honor and Award Descriptions and History

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SOT Award Descriptions

Achievement Award

The Achievement Award is presented to a member of the Society of Toxicology who has within 15 years since obtaining his/her highest earned degree (in the year of the SOT Annual Meeting) made significant contributions to toxicology. This award consists of a plaque and a cash stipend.

Award Recipients 1967 .......... Gabriel L. Plaa* 1968 .......... Allan H. Conney 1969 .......... Samuel S. Epstein 1970 .......... Sheldon D. Murphy* 1971 .......... Yves Alarie 1972 .......... Robert L. Dixon* 1974 .......... Morris F. Cranmer 1975 .......... Ian C. Munro* 1976 .......... Curtis D. Klaassen 1977 .......... James E. Gibson 1978 .......... Raymond D. Harbison 1979 .......... Michael R. Boyd 1980 .......... Philip G. Watanabe* 1982 .......... Frederick P. Guengerich 1984 .......... Melvin E. Andersen 1985 .......... Alan R. Buckpitt 1986 .......... Sam Kacew 1987 .......... James S. Bus 1988 .......... Jeanne M. Manson 1989 .......... James P. Kehrer 1990 .......... Michael P. Waalkes 1991 .......... Debra Lynn Laskin 1992 .......... Michael P. Holsapple 1993 .......... David L. Eaton 1994 .......... James L. Stevens 1995 .......... Lucio G. Costa 1996 .......... Kenneth S. Ramos 1997 .......... Kevin E. Driscoll 1998 .......... Rick G. Schnellmann 1999 .......... Michel Charbonneau 2000 .......... Christopher Bradfield 2001 .......... Martin A. Philbert2002 .......... Ruth A. Roberts2003 .......... Lois D. Lehman-McKeeman2004 .......... David C. Dorman2006 .......... José E. Manautou2007 ........... Jeffrey M. Peters2008 ........... Ivan Rusyn2009 ........... Russell S. Thomas2010 ........... Gary W. Miller2011 ........... Nathan Cherrington

Arnold J. Lehman Award

The Arnold J. Lehman Award is presented to recognize an individual who has made a major contribution to risk assessment and/or the regulation of chemical agents, including pharmaceuticals. The contribution may have resulted from the application of sound scientific principles to regulation and/or from research activities that have significantly influenced the regulatory process. The nominee may be employed in academia, government, or industry and must be an SOT member. This award consists of a plaque and a cash stipend.

Award Recipients 1980 .......... Allan H. Conney 1981 .......... Gabriel L. Plaa* 1982 .......... Gary M. Williams 1983 .......... David P. Rall* 1984 .......... Tibor Balasz 1985 .......... Frederick Coulston*1986 .......... Gerrit Johannes Van Esch 1987 .......... John P. Frawley*1988 .......... Kundan S. Khera*1989 .......... Richard H. Adamson 1990 .......... Harold C. Grice 1991 .......... Bernard A. Schwetz 1992 .......... Roger O. McClellan 1993 .......... Thomas W. Clarkson 1994 .......... Bruce Ames 1995 .......... Emil A. Pfitzer* 1996 .......... John F. Rosen 1998 .......... Helmut Alfred Greim 2000 .......... Carole A. Kimmel and Janardan K. Reddy 2001 .......... Samuel M. Cohen 2002 .......... Dennis Paustenbach2003 .......... Michael L. Dourson2004 .......... Melvin E. Andersen2005 .......... Rory B. Conolly2006 .......... Kathryn R. Mahaffey*2007 ........... Harvey J. Clewell2008 ........... Vicki Dellarco2009 ........... Michael Bolger2010 ........... Edward V. Ohanian2011 ........... Bette Meek


*Deceased



1998 ........... D. D. Parrish, M. J. Schlosser, J. C. Kapeghian, V. M. Traina

1999 ........... C. A. Franklin, M. J. Inskip, C. L. Baccanale, C. M. Edwards, W. I. Manton, E. Edwards, E. J. O’Flaherty

2000 ........... H. A. Boulares, C. Giardina, C. L. Navarro, E. A. Khairallah*, S. D. Cohen

2001 ........... J. Chen, Y. Li, J. A. Lavigne, M. A. Trush, J. D. Yager 2002 ........... M. J. Bajt, J. A. Lawson, S. L. Vonderfecht, J. S. Gujral,

H. Jaeschke2003 .......... S. Haddad, M. Beliveau, R. Tardif, K. Krishnan2004 .......... A. Nyska, C. Moyer, A. Ledbetter, D. Christiani,

M. Schlasweiler, D. Costa, R. Hauser, U. Kodavanti, 2005 ........... N. V. Soucy, M. A. Ihnat, L. Hess, C. D. Kamat,

A. Barchowsky, M. J. Post, L. R. Klei, C. Clark,2006 ........... H. Sawada, K. Takami, S. Ashai2007 ........... T. Green, R. Lee, S. Lloyd, J. Noakes, T. Pastoor, R. Peffer,

M. Robinson, P. Rose, A. Toghill, F. Waechter, E. Weber2008 ........... S. Snykers, T. Vanhaecke, P. Papelue, A. Luttun, Y. Jiang,

Y. V. Heyden, C. Verfaillie, V. Rogiers2009 ........... Q. Yang, T. Nagano, Y. Shah, C. Cheung, S. Ito,

F. J. Gonzalez2010 ........... R. L. M. Dobson, S. Motlagh, M. Quijano, R. T. Cambron,

T. R. Baker, A. M. Pullen, B.T. Regg, A. S. Bigalow-Kern, T. Vennard, A. Fix, R. Reimschuessel, G. Overmann, Y. Shan, G. P. Daston

2011 ........... K. Lu, L. B. Collins, H. Ru, E. Bermudez, and J. A. Swenberg

Frank R. Blood AwardAward Recipients1974 ........... Y. Alarie1975 ........... D. J. Ecobichon, G. J. Johnstone, O. Hutzinger1976 ........... R. D. Brown1977 ........... J. Dedinas, G. D. DiVincenzo, C. J. Kaplan1978 ........... P. J. Gehring*, E. O. Madrid, G. R. McGowan,

P. G. Watanabe*1979 ........... R. Fradkin, E. J. Ritter, W. J. Scott, J. G. Wilson1980 ........... J. A. Last, P. F. Moore, O. G. Raabe, B. K. Tarkington 1981 ........... Y. Alarie, M. Brady, C. Dixon, M. Karol 1982 .......... M. E. Andersen, M. L. Gargas, L. J. Jenkins, Jr.,

R. A. Jones 1983 .......... H. D. Heck 1984 .......... E. Dybing, S. Nelson, E. Soderlund, C. Von Bahr 1985 ........... N. Imura, M. Inokawa, K. Miura 1986 ........... C. C. Wilhite, M. I. Dawson, K. J. Williams 1987 ........... J. Kao, F. K. Patterson, J. Hall 1988 ........... D. L. Laskin, S. Ji, A. M. Pilaro 1989 ........... R. G. Cuddihy, W. C. Griffith, R. F. Henderson,

J. L. Mauderly, R. O. McClellan, M. D. Snipes, R. K. Wolff 1990 ........... W. P. Beierschmitt, J. T. Brady, J. B. Bartolone, D. S.

Wyand, E. A. Khairallah*, S. D. Cohen 1991 ........... J. B. Silkworth, D. Cutler, L. Antrim, D. Houston,

C. Tumasonis, L. S. Kaminsky 1992 ........... D. A. Fox, S. D. Rubinstein, P. Hsu1993 ........... T. Mably, R. W. Moore, R. W. Goy, R. E. Peterson 1994 ........... S. J. Borghoff, W. H. Lagarde

Best Postdoctoral Publication Awards

The Best Postdoctoral Publication Awards recognize talented postdoctoral researchers who have recently published exceptional papers in the field of toxicology. Applications are reviewed by the Postdoctoral Assembly Board and outside reviewers with appropriate scientific expertise. The research reported in the paper must have been conducted while the applicant was engaged in a postdoctoral research position. The applicant will be the first author on a peer-reviewed paper published on-line or in print, or in press, in the preceding interval of June 1, 2010, and September 30, 2011. The review process follows NIH conflict of interest, confidentiality, and nondisclosure rules.

Award Recipients 2007 ........... Nadine Dragin, Kristen Mitchell, Drobna Zuzana2008 ........... Joshua P. Gray, Christie M. Sayes,

Khristy J. Thompson 2009 ........... Jeffrey W. Card, Kembra Howdeshell

Lewis Zhichang Shi2010 ........... Bret F. Bessac, Manabu Nukaya, Nicholas Radio2011 ........... Dieldrich S. Bermudez, Joshua A. Harrill,

Jordan Ned Smith

Board of Publications Award for the Best Paper in Toxicological Sciences

The Board of Publications Award for the Best Paper in Toxicological Sciences is presented to the author(s) of the best paper published in this official SOT publication during a 12-month period, terminating with the June issue of the calendar year preceding the Annual Meeting at which the award is presented. The author(s) need not be a member of the Society of Toxicology. Submissions should include a one-page summary of the paper’s contribution to the science of toxicology and a copy of the article for which the nomination is being made. Any member of the Society may submit one title for consideration. In addition, the titles of no more than six papers to be considered are submitted by the editor of Toxicological Sciences. All papers submitted will be evaluated by the Board of Publications. This award consists of a plaque and a cash stipend. (This award was formerly known as the Frank R. Blood Award from 1974–1994.)

Best Paper in Toxicological Sciences

Award Recipients 1995 ........... J. L. Larson, D. C. Wolf, B. E. Butterworth 1995 ........... M. I. Luster, C. Portier, D. G. Pait, G. J. Rosenthal,

D. R. Germolec, E. Corsini, B. L. Blaylock, P. Pollock, Y. Kouchi, W. Craig, K. L. White, A. E. Munson, C. E. Comment

1996 ........... B. C. Allen, R. J. Kavlock, C. A. Kimmel, E. M. Faustman

1997 ........... F. L. Fort, H. Ando, T. Suzuki, M. Yamamoto, T. Hamashima, S. Sato, T. Kitazaki, M. C. Matony, G. D. Hodgen




Congressional Science Leadership Award

The Congressional Science Leadership Award provides recognition of a Congressional leader who demonstrates reliance upon sound scientific principles in either 1) public policy or decision-making relating to health and safety or 2) dedicated advancement of legislation for the protection of human, animal, and environmental health. This award consists of a plaque.

Award Recipients2009 ........... Congressman David Wu (D-OR)2010 ........... Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA)

Congressman David Price (D-NC)2011 ........... Congresswoman Judy Biggert (R-IL)

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)

Contributions to Public Awareness of the Importance of Animals in Toxicology Research Award

The Contributions to Public Awareness of the Importance of Animals in Toxicology Research Award is presented annually to an individual (or organization) in recognition of contributions made to the public understanding of the role and importance of experimental animals in toxicological science. This award may be for either a single seminal piece of work or a longer-term contribution to public understanding of the necessity of the use of animals in toxicological research to both ensure and enhance the quality of human and animal health and the environment. This award consists of a plaque and a cash stipend.

Award Recipients 2000 .......... Allegheny-Erie Regional Chapter 2001 .......... Massachusetts Society for Medical Research 2002 .......... George Nethercutt2003 .......... Michael Derelanko2004 .......... North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research

(NCABR), Americans for Medical Progress (AMP)2005 .......... Orrin G. Hatch, Foundation for Biomedical Research

(FBR)2006 .......... Jayne Mackta

Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award

The Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award is presented to a member of SOT who has made substantial and seminal scientific contributions to our understanding of the science of toxicology. Nominees should be active scientists involved in toxicological research. The prime consideration for this award is scientific accomplishments. This award consists of a plaque and a cash stipend. The recipient delivers the Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award Lecture at the SOT Annual Meeting. (This award was presented in 2001 as the Scientific Achievement Award.)

Award Recipients 2001 .......... James E. Troska2003 .......... Henry C. Pitot2004 .......... Gerald N. Wogan2005 .......... Daniel Nebert2006 .......... Sten G. Orrenius2007 ........... Stephen H. Safe2008 ........... Toshio Narahashi2009 ........... Lance R. Pohl2010 ........... Harihara M. Mehendale2011 ........... Oliver Hankinson

Education Award

The Education Award is presented to an individual who is distinguished by the teaching and training of toxicologists and who has made significant contributions to education in the broad field of toxicology. This award consists of a plaque and a cash stipend.

Award Recipients 1975 .......... Harold C. Hodge* 1976 .......... Ted A. Loomis 1977 .......... Robert B. Forney* 1979 .......... Sheldon D. Murphy* 1980 .......... Herbert H. Cornish* 1981 .......... Frederick Sperling* 1982 .......... Lloyd W. Hazleton* 1983 .......... Julius M. Coon* 1984 .......... Frank Guthrie, Ernest Hodgson 1985 .......... William B. Buck 1986 .......... Robert I. Krieger 1987 .......... Gabriel L. Plaa* 1988 .......... John Autian 1989 .......... Tom S. Miya 1990 .......... Charles H. Hine 1991 .......... Hanspeter R. Witschi 1992 .......... Dean E. Carter* 1993 .......... Curtis D. Klaassen 1994 .......... Robert A. Neal* 1995 .......... William Carlton 1996 .......... Robert Snyder 1997 .......... Albert E. Munson 1998 .......... David J. Holbrook



Graduate Student Travel Support

Graduate Student Travel Support defrays expenses for doctoral students presenting platform talks or posters at the SOT Annual Meeting. To be eligible, the student must be an SOT member (or have submitted a membership application) who has not previously received SOT Graduate Student Travel Support. Funding priority is based on seniority in graduate school. A full listing of recipients can be found under the Graduate Travel Support section on page 318.

Leading Edge in Basic Science Award

The Leading Edge in Basic Science Award is presented to a scientist who, based on his/her research, has made a recent (within the last 5 years), seminal basic scientific contribution to understanding fundamental mechanisms of toxicity. The recipient may be a respected basic scientist, member or non-member, including toxicologists as well as other scientists who may not identify themselves with the discipline of toxicology but whose research findings are likely to have a pervasive impact on the field of toxicology. The recipient delivers the Leading Edge in Basic Science Award Lecture at the SOT Annual Meeting. This award consists of a plaque and a cash stipend.

Award Recipients2009 ........... John Katzenellenbogen 2010 ........... Richard S. Paules2011 ........... Masayuki Yamamoto

1999 .......... Jules Brodeur 2000 .......... Gary Carlson 2001 .......... Harihara Mehendale 2002 .......... Joseph Borzelleca2003 .......... Frederick W. Oehme2004 .......... A. Jay Gandolfi2005 .......... Nobuyuki Ito2006 .......... Robert A. Schatz2007 ........... Torbjörn Malmfors2008 ........... Steven Cohen2009 ........... Janice E. Chambers, Serrine S. Lau2010 ........... Tetsuo Satoh2011 ........... Michael Gallo

Enhancement of Animal Welfare Award

The Enhancement of Animal Welfare Award is presented annually to a member of the Society in recognition of a contribution made to the advancement of toxicological science through the development and application of methods that replace, refine, or reduce the need for experimental animals. The achievement recognized may be either a seminal piece of work or a long-term contribution to toxicological science and animal welfare. This award consists of a plaque and a cash stipend.

Award Recipients 2000 .......... Yves Alarie 2001 .......... Alan Goldberg 2002 .......... Gary Williams2003 .......... G. Frank Gerberick2003 .......... Ian Kimber2005 .......... Daniel Acosta2006 .......... William S. Stokes2007 ........... Thomas Hartung2009 ........... Sally Robinson2010 ........... Leonard M. Schechtman

ENDOWMENTInvesting in the Future ... Founders Award

The SOT Founders Award is presented to a Full, Emeritus Full, or Retired Full member of the Society of Toxicology who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in fostering the role of toxicological sciences in safety decision-making through the development and/or application of state-of-the-art approaches that elucidate, with a high degree of confidence, the distinctions for humans between safe and unsafe levels of exposures to chemical and physical agents. This award consists of a plaque and a cash stipend.

Award Recipients2008 .......... John Doull 2009 ........... Roger O. McClellan2010 ........... James S. Bus2011 ........... Joseph F. Borzelleca


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Merit Award

The Merit Award is presented to a member of the Society of Toxicology in recognition of distinguished contributions to toxicology throughout an entire career in areas such as research, teaching, regulatory activities, consulting, and service to the Society. This award consists of a plaque and a cash stipend. The recipient delivers the Merit Awardee Lecture at the SOT Annual Meeting.

Award Recipients1966 .......... Henry F. Smyth, Jr.*1967 .......... Arnold J. Lehman*1968 .......... R. T. Williams*1969 .......... Harold C. Hodge*1970 .......... Don D. Irish1971 .......... Kenneth P. DuBois*1972 .......... O. Garth Fitzhugh*1973 .......... Herbert E. Stokinger*1974 .......... William B. Deichmann*1975 .......... Frederick Coulston*1976 .......... Verald K. Rowe*1977 .......... Harry W. Hays*1978 .......... Julius M. Coon*1979 .......... David W. Fassett*1980 .......... Bernard L. Oser*1981 .......... John H. Weisburger1982 .......... Harold M. Peck*1983 .......... Perry J. Gehring*1984 .......... Tom S. Miya1985 .......... Carrol S. Weil*1986 .......... Ted A. Loomis 1987 .......... Bo Holmstedt1988 .......... Seymour L. Friess*1989 .......... Wayland J. Hayes, Jr.*1990 .......... Sheldon D. Murphy*1991 .......... Toshio Narahashi1992 .......... W. Norman Aldridge1993 .......... John Doull1994 .......... Ernest Hodgson1995 .......... Robert A. Scala1996 .......... Gabriel L. Plaa*1997 .......... Mary O. Amdur*1998 .......... John A. Thomas1999 .......... Thomas Clarkson2000 .......... Philippe Shubik*2001 .......... Donald Reed2002 .......... Bernard Schwetz2003 .......... M. W. Anders2004 .......... Robert Goyer2005 .......... Roger O. McClellan2006 .......... A. Wallace Hayes2007 ........... James A. Swenberg2008 ........... Hanspeter Witschi2009 ........... Gary M. Williams2010 ........... Marion F. Ehrich2011 ........... Michael Aschner

Minority Undergraduate Student and Advisor Awards

The Minority Undergraduate Student and Advisor Awards provide support for awardees to participate in the Undergraduate Education Program at the SOT Annual Meeting. This program is an introduction to the discipline of toxicology for undergraduate science majors and includes an orientation, a special poster session with scientists, and activities with an SOT mentor. The travel awards are for those from races and ethnic groups underrepresented in the sciences (African American, American Indian, or Hispanic American) and for their advisors. The advisors are eligible regardless of racial or ethnic background. Meeting registration and support for travel, lodging, and meals are provided for students and advisors who are not local to the meeting site. Students and advisors from local institutions receive meeting and program registration and meals. In the past, the program has been supported in part by NIH-MARC, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Covance, and other supporters. The recipient list is available on the Web site.

Outstanding Graduate Student Leadership Awards

The Outstanding Graduate Student Leadership Award is presented by the SOT Student Advisory Council in recognition of graduate student representatives who have contributed to the Society in a significant manner beyond the routine duties of a representative of a Regional Chapter, Specialty Section, or Special Interest Group.

Award Recipients2009 ........... Enrique Fuentes-Mattei, Sheppard A. Martin2010 ........... Haitian Lu, Erica N. Rogers, Hariharan Saminathan2011 ........... Heather Bolstad, Michael Borland

ENDOWMENTInvesting in the Future ... Perry J. Gehring

Diversity Student Travel Award

The Perry J. Gehring Diversity Student Travel Award recognizes a student who was selected to participate in a previous SOT Undergraduate Program, is from an ethnic group underrepresented in toxicology (African American, Hispanic, Native American or Pacific Islander), and is presenting a paper at the upcoming SOT meeting. The award recipient is selected by the Committee on Diversity Initiatives.

The Gehring Student Travel Award is provided through the Society of Toxicology Endowment Fund. This award recognizes Dr. Perry J. Gehring, who served as SOT President in 1980–1981 and made important scientific contributions, especially in biological modeling and evidence-based assessment. Dr. Gehring had a strong interest in encouraging individuals from ethnic groups underrepresented in the sciences to enter biomedical sciences and toxicology.


Award Recipients2009 ........... Vanessa De La Rosa2010 ........... Nygerma L. Dangleben2011 ........... Eva A. Amouzougan

Public Communications Award

The Public Communications Award is presented by the Society of Toxicology to an individual who has made a major contribution to broadening the awareness of the general public on toxicological issues through any aspect of public communications. The award should reflect accomplishments made over a significant period of time. Examples of qualifying media in which the nominated communication may appear are as follows: books, brochures, continuing education courses, databases, extension bulletins, magazines, newspapers (local or national), outreach, public presentations, public forums, radio and television scripts, and workshops. This award consists of a plaque and a cash stipend.

Award Recipients 1994 .......... Michael A. Kamrin1995 .......... Philip Abelson*1996 .......... Bruce N. Ames1997 .......... Audrey Gotsch1999 .......... Ann de Peyster2001 .......... Anna Shvedova2002 .......... Sam Kacew2003 .......... Charlene A. McQueen2004 .......... Kenneth Olden2005 .......... Robert Kreiger2007 ........... Linda S. Birnbaum2010 ........... Philip Wexler

SOT/AstraZeneca/IUTOX Travel Fellowships

AstraZeneca and SOT sponsor travel fellowship awards annually, which are administered by IUTOX. Awards are available to senior scientists from a country where toxicology is underrepresented to assist with travel to attend the Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting.

Award Recipients 2002 .......... Christophor Dishovsky (Bulgaria)

Zoltan Gregus (Hungary) Maritza Rojas Martini (Venezuela) Choon-Nam Ong (Singapore) W. Wasowicz (Poland) Ping-kun Zhou (China)

2003 .......... Jian-Hui Liang (China) Eman A. Seif (Egypt) Marjan G. Vracko (Slovenia)

2004 .......... Cristina Bolaton (Phillipines) P. K. Gupta (India)

Salmaan Inayat-Hussain (Malaysia) Xianping Ying (China)

2005 .......... Diana B. Apostolova (Bulgaria) Marite Arija Bake (Latvia) Teresa I. Fortuoul (Mexico) Mary Gulumian (South Africa) He Jiliang (China) Khalidya Khamidulina (Russia) L. Orish Orisakwe (Nigeria) Songsak Srianujata (Thailand) Sinan Suzen (Turkey)

2006 .......... Olanike Adeyemo (Nigeria) Deepak Argwal (India) Carlos Colangelo (Argentina) Sandra Demichelis (Argentina) Mumtaz Iscan (Turkey) Karolina Lyubomirova (Bulgaria) Osman Aly Osman (Egypt) Shuang-Qing Peng (China) Julia Radenkova-Saeva (Bulgaria)

2007 ........... Hatem Ahmed (Egypt) Jiri Bajgar (Czech Republic) Ismet Çok (Turkey) Carlos Gàrcia (Peru) Wenceslao Kiat (Philippines) Calivarathan Latchoumycandane (Singapore) Fateheya Metwally (Egypt) Hilmi Orhan (Turkey) Nwoha Umunna (Nigeria)

2008 ........... Gafe Rageh Ahmed (Egypt) Sayed Bakry (Egypt) Phillip Burcham (Australia) Kemal Buyukguzel (Turkey) Jin-Ho Chung (Korea) Hande Gurer-Orhan (Turkey) Lyndy McGaw (South Africa) Zdravko Paskalev (Bulgaria)

2009 ........... Sema Burgaz (Turkey) Estefania G. Moreira (Brazil) Kolawole V. Olorunshola (Nigeria) Kelly P. K. Olympio (Brazil) Betzabet Quintanilla-Vega (Mexico) Jalila Ben Salah (Tunisia) Suleeporn Sangrajang (Thailand)

2010 .......... Asongalem Emmanuel Acha (Cameroon) Ayse Basak Engin (Turkey) Ronnie A. D. Frazer-Williams (Sierra Leone) Yan Li (China) Jesus T. Olivero-Verbel (Colombia) Suresh V. S. Rana (India) Ganna Shayakhmetova (Ukraine) Vanessa Steenkamp (South Africa) Marcelo J. Wolansky (Argentina) Motao Zhu (China)

2011 ........... Sonali Das (India) Rawiwan Maniratanachote (Thailand) Anoka A. Njan (Nigeria) Osman S. Shaik (India) Songsak Srianujata (Thailand) Qinli Zhang (China) Bin Zhao (China)




SOT Endowment International Fund/IUTOX Travel Fellowships

IUTOX and SOT sponsor travel fellowship awards annually, which are administered by IUTOX. Awards are available to senior scientists from a country where toxicology is underrepresented to assist with travel to attend the Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting.

Award Recipients 2011 .......... Daam Settachan (Thailand) ..................... Omoniyi Kayode Yemitan (Nigeria)

SOT Regional Chapter Awards

Most SOT Regional Chapters provide awards to recognize outstanding students, postdoctoral fellows, or scientists throughout their career. Application requirements and deadlines vary. For more details refer to the Award descriptions on the SOT Web site at www.toxicology.org, under Regional Chapters or the Awards and Fellowships section.

SOT Special Interest Group Awards

SOT Special Interest Groups provide awards to recognize outstanding students, postdoctoral fellows, or scientists throughout their career. Application requirements and deadlines vary. For more details refer to the Award descriptions on the SOT Web site at www.toxicology.org, under Special Interest Groups or the Awards and Fellowships section.

SOT Specialty Section Awards

Most SOT Specialty Sections provide awards at the SOT Annual Meeting to recognize outstanding students, postdoctoral fellows, or scientists throughout their career. Application requirements and deadlines vary. For more details refer to the Award descriptions on the SOT Web site at www.toxicology.org, under Specialty Sections or the Awards and Fellowships section.

Translational Impact Award

The Translational Impact Award is presented to a scientist whose recent (in the last 10 years) outstanding clinical, environmental health, or translational research has improved human and/or public health in an area of toxicological concern. Scientists who are leaders in multidisciplinary team efforts who have contributed to alleviating toxicity-related health problems


are particularly attractive candidates. The nominee may be a member or non-member from any background (toxicologists, clinicians, basic scientists, epidemiologists, engineers, etc.). This award consists of a plaque and a cash stipend. The recipient delivers the Translational Impact Award Lecture at the SOT Annual Meeting.

Award Recipients2009 .......... Thomas W. Kensler2010 ........... Kenneth E. McMartin2011 ........... Weida Tong

Translational/Bridging Travel Award

Two awards will be given annually to assist with travel to the SOT Annual Meeting. The SOT Awards Committee will confer two awards annually to either a mid- or senior-level scientist or clinician, with at least ten years postdoctoral research or clinical practice experience and who has an active research program, or currently is active either in the practice of clinical toxicology, medical toxicology, disease prevention, or in the application of transitional toxicology. This award consists of a cash stipend and a complimentary registration for the SOT Annual Meeting.

ENDOWMENTInvesting in the Future ... Undergraduate

Educator AwardThe Undergraduate Educator Award, sponsored by the Endowment Fund and is presented to an SOT member who is distinguished by outstanding contributions to the teaching of undergraduate students in toxicology and toxicology-related areas, and whose efforts support SOT’s strategic efforts to “Build for the Future of Toxicology.” Members of the Society of Toxicology who have made significant contributions to undergraduate education in toxicology may be nominated and should have a faculty appointment with primary responsibilities in the teaching of undergraduates and demonstrate a distinguished undergraduate teaching record. This award consists of a plaque and a cash stipend.

Award Recipient2011 ........... Joan B. Tarloff

Undergraduate Toxicology Education Awards

The Undergraduate Toxicology Education Awards provide support for awardees to participate in the Undergraduate Education Program at the SOT Annual Meeting. This program is an introduction to the discipline of toxicology for undergraduate science majors and includes an orientation, a special poster session with scientists, and activities with an

SOT mentor. The travel awards are for those from institutions that receive a limited amount of Federal funding in science and technology (list is available on the Web site). Preference in selection will be students who are first generation college


Sponsored Award Descriptions and History

attendees (that is, neither parent graduated from a four-year academic institution).

Meeting registration and support for travel, lodging, and meals are provided for students who are not local to the meeting site. Students from local institutions receive registration, meeting materials, and an expense stipend. The recipient list is available on the Web site.

AstraZeneca Traveling Lectureship AwardThe AstraZeneca Traveling Lectureship Award is presented through the Society of Toxicology to recognize excellence in research and service in toxicology. AstraZeneca provides one award annually in the amount of $9,000 to promote greater collaboration between European and North American toxicologists and to enable North American toxicologists to undertake a three-four week lecture tour of Europe. The award is intended to familiarize recipients with research and regulatory issues in Europe and to bring a North American perspective to these issues. Candidates for the award should be established, mid-career North American scientists who are members of the Society and who demonstrate the ability to develop collaborative relationships with European colleagues.

Award Recipients 1990 .......... Robert I. Krieger, Joseph R. Landolph1991 .......... Sam Kacew1992 .......... Charles V. Smith, Jerold A. Last1993 .......... Terrence James Monks, Harihara H. Mehendale1995 .......... David L. Eaton, Hanspeter R. Witschi1996 .......... Rick G. Schnellmann, James P. Kehrer1997 .......... Lucio G. Costa, Durisala Desaiah1998 .......... Syed F. Ali, Curtis J. Omiecinski1999 .......... Alvaro Puga2000 .......... Kenneth Ramos, Garold Yost2001 .......... Ronald Hines, Richard Seegal2003 .......... William D. Atchison2004 .......... Charlene A. McQueen2005 .......... Kevin M. Crofton2006 .......... Robert A. Roth2007 ........... Michael S. Denison2008 ........... José E. Manautou2009 ........... Kim Boekelheide2010 ........... J. Chris Corton2011 ........... Saber Hussain

Colgate-Palmolive Awards for Student Research Training in Alternative MethodsThe purpose of the Colgate-Palmolive Awards for Student Research Training in Alternative Methods is to enhance student research training using in vitro methods or alternative techniques to reduce, replace or refine use of animals in toxicological research. The Awards Committee will present the awards to graduate students. Two or more awards, up to $3,750 each, are available annually. Awards will defray travel, per diem, and training expenses.

The award is for expenses for training consistent with the goal of this award program. The training may include, but is not limited to, use of in vitro and ex vivo procedures, use of non-mammalian animal models, computer modeling, and structure-activity relationships. Graduate students may propose to develop expertise in relevant methodologies at 1) a laboratory away from their home institution; 2) a laboratory at their home institution that would not be available to them otherwise; or 3) approved workshops, symposia, or continuing education programs where hands-on training will be received. The training should help toxicology graduate students enhance their thesis or dissertation research.

Award Recipients2000 .......... Jason Gross 2001 .......... Jason Biggs, Victoria Richards 2002 .......... Kartik Shankar, Chad M. Vezina, Ryan L. Williams2003 .......... Sachin Devi, Midhun Korrapati, Pallavi Limaye2004 .......... Jaya Chilakapati, Marc A. Nascarella2005 .......... Vishaka Bhave, Ankur Dnyanmote, Jonathan Maher2006 .......... Mary Hassani, Prajakta Palkar2007 ........... Renee Gardner, Prajakta Palkar, Rohit Singhal,

René Vinas2008 ........... Kimberly A. Hays, Haitian Lu2009 ........... Jennifer Cole, Katie Beth Paul, Samuel Peterson2010 ........... Maxwell C. K. Leung, David T. Szabo,

Natalia M. VanDuyn2011 ........... Vijay More

Colgate-Palmolive Grants for Alternative ResearchThe Colgate-Palmolive Grants for Alternative Research will identify and support efforts that promote, develop, refine, or validate scientifically acceptable animal alternative methods to facilitate the safety assessment of new chemicals and formulations. Scientists at any stage of career progression may submit a proposal.

High priority will be given to projects that use in vitro or non-animal models, reproductive and developmental toxicology, neurotoxicology, systemic toxicology, sensitization, and acute toxicity.

The maximum award is $40,000, made as a single lump payment. Awardees can re-apply for funding in subsequent years.

Award Recipients2006 ........... Rola Barhoumi, Abby Benninghoff, Jodie Flaws,

Courtney Sulentic, Xiaouzhong Yu2007 ........... Rita L. Caruso, Daniel R. Cerven,

Anne R. Greenlee, Glenn M. Walker2008 ........... Daniel R. Ceven, Duncan C. Ferguson,

Shashi K. Ramiah2009 ........... Qin M. Chen, Timothy J. Shafer, Mehmet Uzumcu2010 ........... Patrick Allard, Duncan C. Ferguson,

Mehmet Uzumcu2011 ........... Patrick Allard, Hao Zhu




Colgate-Palmolive Postdoctoral Fellowship Award in In Vitro ToxicologyThe Colgate-Palmolive Company sponsors the Colgate-Palmolive Postdoctoral Fellowship Award in In Vitro Toxicology through the Society of Toxicology to advance the development of alternatives to animal testing in toxicological research. The award is given annually and includes stipend and research-related costs up to $44,000 for one year (including funding to attend the SOT Annual Meeting to present this research). The award is available to postdoctoral trainees employed by academic institutions, federal/national laboratories, or research institutes worldwide. Preference will be given to applicants in their first year of postdoctoral study.

Award Recipients1988 ........... Ernest Bloom 1989 ........... Gin Hsieh 1990 .......... Dennis E. Chapman 1991 ........... Anne Walsh 1992 ........... Qin Chen 1993 ........... Erika Cretton 1994 ........... William Chan 1995 ........... Bob Van de Water 1997 ........... Alan Parrish1999 ........... Russell Thomas2001 ........... Kevin Kerzee, Christopher Reilly2002 ........... Kevin Kerzee2003 ........... Kimberly Miller2004 ........... Kimberly Miller2005 ........... Francis Tukov2007 ........... Aaron Rowland2008 ........... Aaron Rowland2009 ........... Ankur Dnyanmote2010 ........... Ankur Dnyanmote2011 ........... Cassandra Deering-Rice

Colgate-Palmolive Traveling Lectureship in Alternative Methods in Toxicology AwardOffered 1996–2008Award Recipients1996 ........... University of Mississippi Medical Center

Visiting Professor: Tetsuo Satoh 1996 ........... University of Illinois at Urbana

Visiting Professor: Julio Davila 1996 ........... Mississippi State University

Visiting Professor: Michael Holsapple 1996 ........... Washington State University

Visiting Professor: Daniel Acosta 1997 ........... Indiana University School of Medicine

Visiting Professor: A. Jay Gandolfi 1997 ........... University of Arizona Health Science Center

Visiting Professor: Kevin E. Driscoll 1997 ........... University of New Mexico Health

Sciences Center Visiting Professor: Sam Kacew

1997 ........... University of Illinois Visiting Professor: Michael Denison

1998 ........... University of Washington Visiting Professor: Bruce Fowler

1998 ........... San Diego State University Visiting Professor: Leigh Ann Burns-Naas

1999 ........... San Diego State University Visiting Professor: Robert Chapin

2000 ........... Yale University, School of Medicine Visiting Professor: Narendre Singh

2001 ........... Medical College of Wisconsin Visiting Professor: Garold Yost

2003 ........... Washington State University Visiting Professor: Marc W. Fariss

2004 ........... University of Louisiana at Monroe Visiting Professor: Snorri S. Thorgeirsson

2008 ........... University of Louisiana at Monroe Visiting Professor: George Michalopoulos


*Deceased



Graduate Student Fellowship— Novartis Award The Graduate Student Fellowship—Novartis Award is available for student members of the SOT engaged in full-time graduate study towards a Ph.D. in toxicology. The major professor must be an SOT member. The evaluation is based primarily on originality of the dissertation research, research productivity, relevance to toxicology, scholastic achievement, and letters of recommendation. Finalists are interviewed at the Annual Meeting and receive travel support.

Award Recipients1989 .......... Timothy Zacharewski1990 .......... Mary Suzanne Stefaniak1991 .......... Donald Bjerke1992 .......... Lhanoo Gunawardhana1993 .......... Christopher Martenson1994 .......... Nyla Harper1995 .......... Heather E. Kleiner1996 .......... Russell Thomas1997 .......... Melva Rios-Blancos1998 .......... Kent Carlson1999 .......... Mark Hickman2000 .......... Jeffrey Moran2001 .......... Vishal Vaidya2002 .......... Kartik Shankar2003 .......... Sachin Devi2004 .......... James Luyendyk2005 .......... Andrea W. Wong2006 .......... Sheung P. Ng2007 ........... Atrayee Banerjee2008 ........... Helen J. Badham2009 ........... Yue Cui2010 ........... Eric N. Liberda2011 ........... Alexandria Lau

(Recipients of Graduate Student Fellowship Awards no longer offered may be found on the SOT Web site at www.toxicology.org.)

Pfizer Undergraduate Student Travel AwardPfizer Undergraduate Student Travel Awards are presented through the Society of Toxicology to foster an interest in graduate studies in the field of toxicology by bringing promising undergraduate students to the SOT Annual Meetings. Pfizer, Inc., will provide up to five awards per year to undergraduate students presenting research at the Annual Meeting. Awardees will be selected by the Education Committee based on the quality of the submitted abstract and the advisor’s supporting recommendation. Those selected will receive travel assistance for the meeting, a plaque presented at the annual Awards Ceremony, and recognition at a special Pfizer function. Awardees will be matched with a graduate student and a Pfizer scientist to mentor them during the Annual Meeting, and will have the opportunity to attend the Society of Toxicology Undergraduate Education Program on the Sunday of the Annual Meeting.

Award Recipients 2006 .......... Shawntay Chaney, Theresa M. Eagle,

Natalie Malek, Adeliada Segarra, Ryan Vaughan2007 ........... Kay Gonsalves, Lisa Koselke, Basharat Sanni,

Sonia Talathi, Anna Zimmerman2008 ........... Amy DeMicco, Tharu Fernando, Yamel Perdomo,

Amy Yi Hsan Saik, Kelly Sullivan2009 ........... Sherine Crawford, Trish T. Hoang, Kelly Krcmarik,

Cory M. Mathias, P. Sean McGrath2010 ........... Annie L. Carlton, Alisha Chitrakar, Megan E. Culbreth,

Chang Woo Lee, Sharon Ochs2011 ........... Brandon Haghverdian, Jessica H. Hartman,

Camila Odio, Viviana Vidal Anaya, Phillip Alan Wages

Syngenta Fellowship Award in Human Health Applications of New TechnologiesThe Syngenta Fellowship Award in Human Health Applications of New Technologies is presented to either a third year (or later) graduate student or a postdoctoral trainee. Funding in the amount of $15,000 is to support mode-of-action research aimed at characterizing dose-dependent effects of xenobiotics on mammalian systems in such a way that the causal sequence of key events underlying toxicity is elucidated. The work should permit a quantitative basis for extrapolation of the results from animal bioassays or animal models (in silico, in vitro) to humans at relevant human doses. The awardee will receive funding to travel to the SOT Annual Meeting to accept the award and for travel to a Syngenta facility to present the results.

Award Recipients2010 ........... Haitian Lu2011 ........... Michelle C. DeSimone



2011 Honor and Award Recipients

Honorary Membership

William C. Hays

William (Bill) C. Hays Esq., has represented the Society of Toxicology as Councilor for five decades and has been central to all the activities of the Society. As a Counsellor-at-Law with offices in Boston, Massachusetts, he has extensive experience in all aspects of estate planning, the administration of trusts, and in the settlement of estates. His practice, Hays & Skerry, also extends into the fields of real estate and general business law. Bill acts as trustee on many family trusts and also serves on the

boards of numerous charitable and civic organizations. As Counsellor for the Society, he has studiously reviewed all changes to the Constitution and By-Laws of the Society, making key recommendations and providing judicious guidance and astute advice in all matters, from the development of new Membership classes to the shaping of the strategic vision of the Society to create a safer and healthier world by advancing the science of toxicology. Bill’s influence can be traced to the very forming and foundations of the Society and no doubt will extend to the future well being of the Society.

Mr. Hays has lectured extensively in eastern Massachusetts on estate planning and affordable housing. He is a past chairman of the Regional Planning Subcommittee and the Land-Use Committee of the Boston Bar Association. He is a 1955 graduate of Bowdoin College and earned his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1960. The Martindale Hubbell National Law Directory has awarded Mr. Hays an AV rating, the highest rating for legal ability and professional ethics.

Frances Oldham Kelsey, Ph.D., M.D., is a pharmacologist who is famous for her diligence in evaluating the drug Thalidomide while a physician at the U.S. FDA. The U.S. FDA withheld approval of the drug based on her recommendations and the drug was later found to cause birth defects.

Born on Vancouver Island in British Columbia on June 24, 1914, she graduated from high school at 15 and enrolled at McGill University,

Montreal, Canada, where she would receive both a Bachelors (1934) and Masters (1935) of Science in pharmacology. In 1938, she earned her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Chicago where she later taught from 1938 to 1950. During this period Dr. Frances Oldham married Dr. Fremont Ellis Kelsey, a faculty member at the University of Chicago, (becoming Dr. Frances Kelsey) and had two daughters. Also, it was during this time that Dr. Frances attended the University of Chicago’s Medical School and received her M.D. (1950). She interned at Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, South Dakota, and from 1954 to 1957 was an associate professor of pharmacology at the University of South Dakota. In 1955 she became a nationalized citizen. From 1957 to 1960 she ran a private practice in South Dakota.

During her first month at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey took a bold stance against inadequate testing and corporate pressure when she refused to approve release of thalidomide in the United States. For this she was awarded the highest honor given to a civilian in the United States, the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service, by President John F. Kennedy. She went on to help shape and enforce amendments to U.S. FDA drug regulation laws to institutionalize protection of the patient in drug investigations. These regulations required that drugs be shown to be both safe and effective, that informed consent be obtained from patients when used in clinical trials, and that adverse reactions be reported to the U.S. FDA.

In 2005, Dr. Kelsey retired from the U.S. FDA at the age of 90. She was recently honored by the U.S. FDA by presenting her with the first annual “Dr. Frances O. Kelsey Award for Excellence and Courage in Protecting the Public Health.”

Honorary Membership

Frances Oldham Kelsey



Achievement Award

Nathan Cherrington

Nathan Cherrington, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, and Associate Professor, Community Environment and Policy Division, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, is the recipient of the SOT 2011 Achievement Award for his significant early career contributions to toxicology.

Dr. Cherrington’s research focuses primarily on the role of disease

states such as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in the inter-individual variability in drug metabolism and disposition. He has also extended his interest to examine the critical role that transporters play in the blood-testis barrier. Dr. Cherrington’s acclaim as an expert in transporter research has resulted in his inclusion as a member of various NIH Study Sections (NIDDK, NCCAM, XNDA, HBPP). For his studies, he has garnered support from NIH (NIDDK, NIAID, NICHD, NIEHS) and the Arizona State Disease Control Commission, as well as industrial support from AstraZeneca. The value of his research studies are further demonstrated in the competitive awards that his students have received via pre-doctoral NIH Awards and in student poster sessions at regional and national SOT meetings, including both Mechanisms and Drug Discovery Toxicology Specialty Sections.

Dr. Cherrington is an active member of SOT, serving on the Committee on Diversity Initiatives as well as having Regional Chapter assignments. He also serves on the Editorial Boards of Toxicological Sciences and other prominent journals in the field. He is an outstanding teacher and a prodigious author with numerous articles and a book chapter to his credit.

Dr. Cherrington earned his B.S. from Brigham Young University (1993), a Ph.D. in Toxicology from North Carolina State University (1997) with Ernst Hodgson, and completed a successful postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Kansas Medical Center (2002) with Curtis Klaassen. He was recruited to the University of Arizona as an Assistant Professor in 2002 where, in addition to his current responsibilities as Associate Professor, he serves as the Director of the Pharmacology-Toxicology Graduate Program and as a Council member of the University’s Graduate College. For the significant contributions to toxicology that he has made in the early stages of his career, the Society of Toxicology is pleased to present the SOT 2011 Achievement Award to Dr. Nathan Cherrington.

Arnold J. Lehman Award

Bette Meek

Bette Meek, Ph.D., is recognized as the 2011 Arnold J. Lehman Award recipient for her contributions to risk assessment and regulation of chemical agents.

Dr. Meek is Associate Director, Chemical Risk Assessment, McLaughlin Centre for Population Health, University of Ottawa, having recently completed an Interchange from Health Canada, where she continues to develop opportunities for mutually beneficial interactions among the regulatory

and academic communities and agencies such as the World Health Organization regarding health risk assessment, risk management, and risk communication.

Widely recognized as a major driving force for the development and application of new technologies and approaches for improving the practice of human health risk assessment, Dr. Meek is especially distinguished as one of the key individuals who have consistently led international efforts to move human health risk assessment forward scientifically. A prime example of her leadership has been her role in fostering the use of science-based methods including weight of evidence frameworks for incorporation of mode of action information and pharmacokinetic data and physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling for determining the relationship between external exposure and internal (target tissue) exposure.

A tireless, motivated, and committed contributor and leader, Dr. Meek has clearly demonstrated sustained and outstanding contributions to the knowledge and practice of hazard characterization, dose response assessment, exposure assessment and risk characterization. Her efforts have led to major progress in the use of new methodologies in the health assessments conducted by Health Canada, and, through her work for national and international agencies, around the world. Among other attributes Bette is articulate, erudite, humorous, forward thinking, tenacious, and steely, making her a savvy opponent in any argument using well thought out, logical, and consistent thinking with the latest science or the appropriate application of the newer methods.

Dr. Meek has moved the field of regulatory toxicology and risk assessment significantly forward though innovative thinking and principled risk assessment practice. In recognition of her achievements, the SOT Awards Committee is pleased to announce Dr. Bette Meek as the recipient of the 2011 Arnold J. Lehman Award.

Society of Toxicology Sponsored Awards




Best Postdoctoral Publication Award

The Postdoctoral Assembly recognizes these three recipients of their 2011 awards:

Dieldrich S. Bermudez

Dieldrich S. Bermudez, Ph.D., U.S. EPA/NCSU, Raleigh, NC

Bermudez, D.S., Gray, L.E., and Wilson, V.S.

Modeling the Interaction of Binary and Ternary Mixtures of Estradiol with Bisphenol A and Bisphenol AF in an In vitro Estrogen-Mediated Transcriptional Activation Assay (T47D-KBluc)

Toxicological Sciences 2010, 116 (2): 477–487

Joshua A. Harrill

Joshua A. Harrill, Ph.D., U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC

Harrill, J.A., Freudenrich, T.M., Machacek, D.W., Stice, S.L., and Mundy, W.R.

Quantitative Assessment of Neurite Outgrowth in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Derived hN2 Cells Using Automated High-Content Image Analysis

Neurotoxicology 2010, 31(3):277–90

Jordan Ned Smith

Jordan Ned Smith, Ph.D., Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA

Smith, J. N., Wang, J., Lin, Y., and Timchalk, C.

Pharmacokinetics of the Chlorpyrifos Metabolite 3,5,6-Trichloro-2-Pyridinol (TCPy) in Rat Saliva

Toxicological Sciences 2010, 113(12):315–325

Board of Publications Award for the Best Paper in Toxicological Sciences

The Board of Publications has selected the paper entitled “Distribution of DNA Adducts Caused by Inhaled Formaldehyde Is Consistent with Induction of Nasal Carcinoma but Not Leukemia” as the best paper published in Toxicological Sciences in the past year (Toxicol. Sci. 2010, 116: 441–451). The authors of the paper are Kun Lu, Leonard B. Collins, Hongyu Ru, Edilberto Bermudez, and James A.

Swenberg.

In this paper, the authors used high performance liquid chromatographic-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry methods with selective ion monitoring (LC-ESI-MS/MS-SRM) to quantify formaldehyde-DNA adducts in various tissues. Furthermore, by exposing rats to [13CD2]-formaldehyde, they distinguished endogenous formaldehyde-DNA adducts from those resulting from inhalation exposure. With this approach, the authors determined that DNA adducts in the respiratory nasal epithelium resulting from exogenous exposure to formaldehyde (10 ppm; 5 days at 6 hr/day) were similar in abundance to those formed via endogenous formation of formaldehyde. The relative abundance of the exogenous and endogenously-formed adducts is notable new information as no previous research differentiated the precise source of DNA damage in the nose, and confirmation of DNA adducts from [13CD2]-formaldehyde support a causal role for genotoxicity in nasal carcinoma. In addition, whereas adducts from the inhaled stable-labeled formaldehyde were detected in the nasal epithelium, no adducts attributed to exogenous exposure to formaldehyde were detected in other tissues, including bone marrow. These observations offer important perspective on whether DNA adducts can be associated with the potential risk of formaldehyde-induced leukemia.

The paper is being recognized because it provides important new data that is both timely and salient to enhancing the mechanistic understanding of the carcinogenic mode of action of inhaled formaldehyde in respiratory nasal epithelium. The results are also directly applicable to improving the scientific basis of human health risk assessment.



Congressional Science Leadership Award

Judy Biggert

United States Representative Judy Biggert (13th District—Illinois) is recognized as recipient of the 2011 Congressional Science Leadership Award. Since 2009, SOT’s Congressional Task Force and SOT Council have worked hard to select those Congressional leaders who have consistently pursued public policy that is based on sound scientific principles and who have supported those legislative initiatives that have advanced protection of human, animal, and environmental

health. Those who have been selected have received the Society’s Congressional Science Leadership Award.

This year, the Society is pleased to honor Congresswoman Biggert for her longstanding support for science and health research and for clean and alternative forms of energy as well as her strong opposition to club drugs and genetic discrimination. She is a champion of scientific integrity and a valued leader in providing federal support for research and development in our agencies and universities. Based on her leadership and service to science, the SOT recognizes Judy Biggert with the 2011 SOT Congressional Science Leadership Award.

Amy Klobuchar

We are pleased to honor United States Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota with the Congressional Science Leadership Award. Senator Klobuchar became the first woman elected to represent the State of Minnesota in the United States in 2006. She has had a long history of bipartisan support for science and health research, and for advancing clean and alternative forms of energy. She is commended for her strong positions on consumer product safety and on breast cancer education. She is

the author of the EARLY Act legislation, which is designed to provide increased support and awareness to young women about the risks of breast cancer. She is a champion of scientific integrity, and a valued leader in directing federal support for research and development to our agencies and universities.

Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award

Oliver Hankinson

Oliver Hankinson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Director, Interdepart-mental Doctoral Program in Molecular Toxicology, at the University of California, Los Angeles, is the recipient of the 2011 Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award.

For over thirty years, Dr. Hankinson has had a record of making seminal contributions to research in Toxicology. One of his most outstanding contributions being

the identification, cloning and functional characterization of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator (ARNT) protein, which presaged a transformational explosion in our understanding of the mechanisms of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (dioxin) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon carcinogenesis and toxicity, and the organism’s response to hypoxia.

Dr. Hankinson is the founding and current Director of the UCLA Molecular Toxicology interdepartmental Ph.D. program (IDP). In 2000 he secured a training grant for the Molecular Toxicology program from the University of California Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program (UC TSR&TP). This grant was considered seed funding, and expired in June, 2008, when he was awarded a training grant in Molecular Toxicology from the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) in July, 2008. The NIEHS grant supports 4 pre-docs and 2 postdocs. This was the only new training grant awarded by the NIEHS in 2008.

The research of Dr. Hankinson’s laboratory has provided, and continues to provide, fundamental insights into the mechanisms whereby mammals respond to chemical carcinogens and hypoxia. For example, his recent research has documented roles for coactivator proteins and for chromatin modification during the activation of gene transcription by dioxin and hypoxia. The observations his group has made are highly relevant to diseases responsible for a major proportion of human mortality in the U.S.A, including cancer, heart attack, stroke, asthma and chronic lung disease. Furthermore, his laboratory has been an important source of reagents for other research groups.

In recognition of his substantial and seminal scientific contributions to our understanding of the science of toxicology, Dr. Hankinson is presented the 2011 SOT Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award.




Education Award

Michael Gallo

Michael Gallo, Ph.D., ATS, DABT, Professor, Environmental and Occupational Medicine; Adjunct Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Member of the Graduate Faculty, Rutgers College of Pharmacy, is the recipient of the SOT 2011 Education Award. Professor Gallo continues to enjoy a long and distinguished career in Toxicology. His predoctoral and postdoctoral training were conducted at the Albany Medical School of Union University, Albany, New York, under the

tutelage of Professor Fred Coulston, a Founding member and Past President of the SOT.

Having begun his career in 1972 as a toxicologist in the drug industry, he was appointed Director of the Toxicology Division in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the Rutgers (now Robert Wood Johnson) Medical School of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), New Brunswick, NJ, in 1980. Most of his research career has focused on dioxin, its receptor, and its biological activities and he has authored more than 90 research articles. Among his most significant contributions to toxicology are as a mentor and role model to graduate students. Among his many accomplishments, he was instrumental in the inception, development, and success of the Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology sponsored by Rutgers the State University of New Jersey and the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School of UMDNJ, which has successfully graduated more than 100 Ph.D. candidates in toxicology.

Professor Gallo’s educational activities go beyond the university. He has been very active in resurrecting the the Gordon Conference on Toxicology, one of the most important educational opportunities available to the toxicological community. He has also served on numerous national committees, including NAS/NRC Committees, the U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board, and the National Toxicology Program Board of Scientific Counselors, among others. He brings his experiences on these panels directly to the students to insure that they have an appreciation of the part that their own research may play in deciding upon national policies relating to chemicals.

As he truly represents the best and most important aspects of the toxicology educator, the Society is pleased to name Dr. Michael Gallo the recipient of the SOT 2011 Education Award.

50th Anniversary Undergraduate Educator Award

Joan B. Tarloff

Joan B. Tarloff, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, is the recipient of the 2011 SOT Endowment Fund 50th Anniversary Undergraduate Educator Award.

Throughout her career, Dr. Tarloff has exemplified the philosophy that in order to build for the future of toxicology, one must first excite the students at the undergraduate level. As one of the

few programs offering a B.S. level program in toxicology, the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP) has provided many opportunities for Dr. Tarloff to influence undergraduates. She has been active in shaping this program, especially the core coursework in Biochemical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Research Techniques in Pharmacology and Toxicology and Biomethods in Pharmacology and Toxicology, and has served as Program Director from 1988 to 1996.

Dr. Tarloff traditionally has carried a heavy teaching load for several course classes at USP. She is the course coordinator and a lecturer for Pharmacology I and II, and is an integral lecturer in Physiology, with approximately 20 contact hours teaching in renal physiology. In addition, Dr. Tarloff is a course coordinator and lecturer for Principles of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology.

Dr. Tarloff is consistently accessible and works with the students to solidify concepts that are critical to their success as pharmacists and scientists. For those students in the Pharm/Tox program, Dr. Tarloff invests additional time mentoring them, preparing them for careers and encouraging them to pursue graduate degrees. Dr. Tarloff also has an active research program and has received NIH grant support. She inspires people, and this is evident in the quality of her former students that have completed graduate school.

Dr. Tarloff has also been active in the Society of Toxicology, serving in the Mechanisms Specialty Section, and the Communications Committee. In appreciation and recognition of her achievements, the Society is pleased to present Dr. Joan Tarloff with the 2011 SOT Endowment Fund 50th Anniversary Undergraduate Educator Award.

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Investing in the Future ... Founders Award

Joseph Borzelleca

Joseph Borzelleca, Ph.D., is presented the SOT 2011 Founders Award in recognition of his outstanding leadership in fostering the role of toxicological sciences in safety decision-making through the development and application of state- of-the-art approaches that elucidate, with a high degree of confidence, the distinctions for humans between safe and unsafe levels of exposures to chemical and physical agents.

One of the early leaders in the Society and an enthusiastic participant in all of its affairs, Dr. Borzelleca has served as a Councilor, Secretary, and President (1973–1974) of the Society.

As an effective and persuasive spokesman for our discipline, he has represented SOT and our discipline in various governmental agencies—including the Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, National Cancer Institute, Occupational Safety and Health Administration and National Institute for Mental Health—and has been a vigorous proponent for good science and toxicology in several prominent roles in the National Academy of Sciences, the World Health Organization and a variety of other national and international organizations.

He has served as the editor of Food and Chemical Toxicology since 1992 and is on the editorial board of nine other journals. His contributions to food safety are especially noteworthy. A review of his many publications in the peer-reviewed literature reveals many that deal with food additives or contaminants. His work did not stop with the publication of the results of well-designed and conducted studies. He regularly took the next step and championed the use of the science in safety evaluations. He personally contributed to evaluations of the health aspects of over 100 compounds used as food ingredients or having the potential to contaminant foods.

A passionate and dedicated teacher of graduate and medical students and an advocate for toxicology in all of his many scientific activities, Dr. Borzelleca is recognized both nationally and internationally as a distinguished expert in food toxicology. He is a mentor to his fellow toxicologists, an example to follow for his students and a joy for all who know and work with him.

For his extraordinary achievements and contributions to ensuring the safety of food, the Society recognizes Joseph F. Borzelleca as the 2011 Founders Award recipient. His career epitomizes the use of toxicological science to create a healthier world.

Leading Edge in Basic Science Award

Masayuki Yamamoto

Masayuki Yamamoto, M.D., Ph.D., is awarded the 2011 SOT Leading Edge in Basic Science Award for his discovery and characterization of the Keap1-Nrf2 signaling pathway, a seminal scientific advance that is having a profound and pervasive impact on the field of toxicology. Currently Vice President, Tohoku University, and Dean of the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, he is an incredibly productive scientist, publishing regularly in high impact

journals.

Over the past decade, the transcription factor Nrf2 has become recognized as a master regulator of adaptive responses to oxidative and electrophilic stresses. Expression levels, polymorphisms and mutations in the pathway all affect susceptibility of mammals to a wide range of toxicants. Dr. Yamamoto has been at the forefront of defining both the molecular details of signal transduction via Nrf2 and the mechanisms underlying cell survival via this pathway. He and his colleagues have recently used the tools of molecular biology, mouse genetics and structural biology to describe the intricate details of how chemical signals are transduced through Keap1 to allow Nrf2 to accumulate in the nucleus and activate or repress its target genes.

Dr. Yamamoto has identified and characterized to a remarkable level of depth in a short period a signaling pathway that influences the toxicological responses of a wide range of agents. The importance of this pathway in human disease, especially that with underlying environmental etiologies, is only beginning to emerge, but will be a topic of intense investigation over the next few years.

Dr. Yamamoto has clearly shown his dedication to basic toxicological research throughout his scientific career. He has published more than 400 research articles, including 199 Nrf2 papers, in which 113 are toxicology related. He continues to make seminal and significant contributions to the Nrf2 field, having published 124 papers (71 with toxicology topics) in the past five years alone.

In recognition of his accomplishments and impact on the field of toxicology, the Society of Toxicology recognizes Dr. Masayuki Yamamoto with the SOT 2011 Leading Edge in Basic Science Award.





Merit Award

Michael Aschner

Michael Aschner, Ph.D., ATS, is the recipient of the 2011 SOT Merit Award in recognition of his distinguished contributions to toxicology throughout his career. He is currently the Gray E. B. Stahlman Chair of Neuroscience and Full Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he also directs the Division of Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology and serves as a Senior Scientist in the Kennedy Center for Research on Human

Development.

Dr. Aschner is a worldwide authority in the field of metal neurotoxicity, particularly with regard to methylmercury and manganese. Over the years, he has characterized the molecular mechanisms of methylmercury neurotoxicity, particularly in glial cells. His pioneer work has allowed shifting the “neuronocentric” theory of neurotoxicity to the understanding of the important roles that glial cells play in modulating the neurotoxicity of this organometal and of other compounds. His research in this area has been supported continuously by NIEHS for the past twenty years, and his major R01 grant on this topic was recently renewed for another five years.

In addition to another NIEHS grant that has supported his research on manganese over the years, Dr. Aschner has also served as the Principal Investigator of a major Department of Defense Research Program (Manganese Health Research Program) which has funded his research as well as that of several other laboratories under his guidance and administration. He has also made many other innovative contributions in related fields, showing his ability to identify new trends and needs in neurotoxicology. His early recognition of the potential of “omics” technologies in neurotoxicology has led to important and thought-provoking commentaries on this topic. An extremely productive scientist, he has authored almost 300 peer-reviewed publications, dozens of book chapters, and several books, among other publications.

Dr. Aschner’s contributions to toxicology go beyond his successful research and mentoring of students and younger colleagues; his service to the profession, and organizations involved in toxicology and risk assessment, including the Society of Toxicology, have been highly remarkable. It is a distinct pleasure to honor and recognize Dr. Michael Aschner with the 2011 SOT Merit Award.

Outstanding Graduate Student Leadership Award

Heather M. Bolstad University of California, Davis, Davis, CA

Michael G. Borland Penn State University, University Park, PA


Perry J. Gehring Diversity Student Travel Award

Eva A. Amouzougan Boise State University, Boise, ID

Abstract Title: Regulation of Carbonyl Reductase Activity by Ah Receptor Ligands

SOT/AstraZeneca/IUTOX Travel Fellowships

Sonali Das (India)

Rawiwan Maniratanachote (Thailand)

Anoka A. Njan (Nigeria)

Osman S. Shaik (India)

Songsak Srianujata (Thailand)

Qinli Zhang (China)

Bin Zhao (China)




SOT Endowment International Fund/IUTOX Travel Fellowships

Daam Settachan (Thailand)

Omoniyi Kayode Yemitan (Nigeria)

Translational Impact Award

Weida Tong

Weida Tong, Ph.D., Director, Center for Bioinformatics, Division of Systems Biology, National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), Food and Drug Administration, is the 2011 Translational Impact Award recipient. Dr. Tong is internationally recognized for his leadership in the area of computer modeling and bioinformatics which are areas critical to the development of

“omic” biomarkers. These evolving classes of biomarkers generate large quantities of data which must be digested and translated into useful information for risk assessment purposes. One clear example of his leadership in this area as the Director of the Center for Bioinformatics in the Division of Systems Biology, NCTR, has been the development of the Array-TrackTM system for managing genomic data sets which has gained acceptance and been adopted by a number of Federal agencies, universities, and the private sector. With this software, FDA has been able to analyze animal and clinical genomic data submitted as part of the Voluntary Genomic Data Submissions (VGDS) process and in regulatory filings. This system, developed under his leadership, has hence had a major public health impact as a translational tool for genomic data sets.

Dr. Tong has been involved in many cross-agency and intra-FDA center efforts. His ability to work between the realm of molecular biology and computational methods has been critical to the ongoing success of interagency/ interdisciplinary collaborative projects involving scientists from U.S. FDA, ATSDR, U.S. EPA, and NIH/NCGC.

Dr. Tong has a long history of successfully organizing large groups of individuals from different backgrounds to address areas of common concern relevant to the use of genomic data in translational medicine. He is well-known and respected within the genomics community and has been invited to present at many national and international meetings. Based on his exemplary leadership and accomplishments and considerable contributions, the Society recognizes Dr. Weida Tong as the recipient of the 2011 SOT Translational Impact Award.

2011 Annual Meeting Award Lecturers

Michael Aschner Merit Award

Lecture: Neurotoxicology Goes Global: Scientific Collaboration and Mentorship

Weida Tong Translational Impact Award

Lecture: Integration of Bioinformatics into Regulatory Decision Making

Masayuki Yamamoto Leading Edge in Basic Science Award

Lecture: Roles of Keapl-Nrf2 in Environmental Response

Oliver Hankinson Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award

Lecture: Cloning and Functional Analysis of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Nuclear Translocator (ARNT)



2011 Sponsored Award Recipients

AstraZeneca Traveling Lectureship Award

Saber Hussain

Saber Hussain, Ph.D., ATS, is the 2011 AstraZeneca Traveling Lectureship Award recipient. The award recognizes excellence in research and service in toxicology and enables a lecture tour of Europe to promote collaborations between European and North American toxicologists.

Dr. Hussain is Group Leader for the Nanotoxicology Section at the Air Force Research Laboratory wherehe leads a team of fifteen members in conducting

in vitro toxicity evaluation of nanomaterials. His current research assesses toxicity of engineered nanomaterials in unique in vitro co-culture models representative of potential target organs using a spectrum of toxicity end points.

Since 1999, Dr. Hussain has been an adjunct faculty member at the Wright State University (WSU), University of Dayton (UD) and Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) where he has been involved in teaching toxicology courses and presenting training courses. He is a recognized mentor at the Wright State University and University of Dayton where he is affiliated as faculty, and in the Wright Scholar program, NRC, and DAGSI.

Dr. Hussain’s lecture itinerary will serve to familiarize research related to nanotoxicity at both industrial and academic institutions in Europe with the objective to establish productive relationships and collaborations between American and European Scientists. His goal is to gain a better understanding of the European view points on nanotoxicity testing using in vitro models, risk assessment and policy of nanomaterials in particular; strengthen collaboration with European colleagues; and provide great opportunities to leverage cutting-edge technology that benefits the U.S. The Society recognizes Dr. Saber Hussain with the 2011 AstraZeneca Traveling Lectureship Award.

Colgate-Palmolive Award for Student Research Training in Alternative Methods

Vijay More, University of Rhode Island

Project Title: Modeling Diabetes, Obesity, and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Mouse Hepatocytes to Aid in Prediction of Drug-Induced Liver InjuryHost Institution: Vanderbilt University

Colgate-Palmolive Grants for Alternative Research

Patrick Allard, Harvard School of Public Health

Project Title: Design of a High-Throughput Screen for Chemicals That Cause Meiotic Aneuploidy

Hao Zhu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Project Title: Predictive Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship (QSAR) Modeling of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity Using Integrated Chemical and Biological (HTS Profiles) Descriptors of Molecules

Graduate Student Fellowship —Novartis Award

Alexandria Lau, University of Arizona


2011 Sponsored Award Recipients

Pfizer Undergraduate Student Travel Award

Brandon Haghverdian University of California Irvine

Jessica Hartman University of Arkansas Little Rock

Camila Odio Kenyon College

Viviana Vidal Anaya University of Puerto Rico Cayey

Phillip A. Wages Ashland University

Syngenta Fellowship Award in Human Health Applications of New Technologies

Michelle C. DeSimone University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Award Sponsors

AstraZeneca• AstraZeneca Traveling

Lectureship Award• SOT/AstraZeneca/IUTOX

Travel Fellowships

Colgate-Palmolive• Colgate-Palmolive Awards

for Student Research Training in Alternative Methods

• Colgate-Palmolive Grants for Alternative Research

• Colgate-Palmolive Postdoctoral Fellowship Award in In Vitro Toxicology

Novartis• Graduate Student

Fellowship—Novartis Award

Syngenta• Syngenta Fellowship

Award in Human Health Applications of New Technologies

Travel Support Sponsors

Amgen, Inc.• Graduate Student Travel

Support

Battelle Foundation• Graduate Student Travel

Support

Burroughs Wellcome Fund• Graduate Student Travel

Support

Pfizer• Pfizer Undergraduate

Student Travel Award

SOT Endowment Fund•Education Support•Graduate Student Travel

Support•SOT Endowment

International Fund/IUTOX Travel Fellowships

•Undergraduate Educator Award

SOT Thanks Our Sponsors!



Society of Toxicology Graduate Student Travel SupportDavid Aguilar, The University of ArizonaJoshua Allen, University of Rochester Medical CenterIssa Amara, University of AlbertaMichelle Angrish, Michigan State UniversityKelly Bakulski, University of MichiganNivedita Banerjee, Texas A&M UniversityMallikarjuna Basavarajappa, University of Illinois Urbana-

ChampaignJenna Benson, University of MontanaJason Berninger, Baylor UniversityAlicia Bolt, University of ArizonaChase Bourke, Emory UniversitySarah Campbell, Center for Human ToxicologyChristopher Carosino, University of California DavisJacquelyn Cearfoss, University of ToledoWeimin Chen, Michigan State UniversityKristin Connors, Baylor UniversityHunter Coombes, Mississippi State UniversityAzita Cuevas, New York UniversityJenna Currier, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBasma Damiri, Clemson UniversityAndrea DeSantis, Rutgers UniversityAna Cristina Dragomir, Rutgers UniversityIngrid Druwe, University of ArizonaMohamed El Gendy, Faculty of Pharmacy and

Pharmaceutical SciencesCorie Ellison, SUNY University at BuffaloPriscilla Encarnacao, University of ConnecticutXiefan Fang, University of MississippiBrian Ferslew, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillJason Fritz, University of Colorado DenverAaron Fullerton, Michigan State UniversityChristopher Gibson, Rutgers UniversityPaulina Gomez Rubio, University of ArizonaNeal Gould, University of Colorado Health Sciences CenterRhiannon Hardwick, University of ArizonaLP Madhubhani Hemachandra, University of Illinois at ChicagoGia-Ming Hong, Clemson UniversityJing Hu, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBo-Wen Huang, North Carolina State UniversityJong Sung Kim, University of IowaOwen Kinsky, University of ArizonaGabriel Knudsen, University of ArizonaWeixi Kong, University of Arizona

Cassandra Korte, University of MichiganChristopher Kuhlman, University of ArizonaSupriya Kulkarni, University of Rhode IslandShuang Li, Medical College of GeorgiaHelen Lydon, University of Birmingham, School of BiosciencesJessica Lyon, New York University School of MedicineJason Magby, UMDNJ/Rutgers UniversityTracy Marion, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillNicholas Mastrandrea, Southwest Environmental Health

Sciences CenterMitchell McGill, University of Kansas Medical CenterCourtney McGinnis, University of ConnecticutSougat Misra, University of SaskachewanVijay More, University of Rhode IslandNtube Ngalame, University of LouisvilleIris Po, Rutgers UniversityRaju Prasad, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillSonia Pravasi, Long Island UniversityAlfonso Rios-Perez, CINVESTAV IPNMeghan Samberg, North Carolina State UniversityPablo Sanchez Soria, University of ArizonaSonali Shaligram, Western University of Health SciencesSarah Skolness, University of MinnesotaSamantha Snow, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillMaureen Soh, University of North DakotaDaniel Spade, University of FloridaErica Sparkenbaugh, Michigan State UniversityKelly Speiran, University of South CarolinaSandeep Sreevalsan, Texas A&M UniversitySong Tang, Texas Tech UniversityRachel Tanos, Pennsylvania State UniversityAshley Terrell, University of MinnesotaLauren Tetz, University of MichiganJose Torres, Texas Southern UniversityBriana Trout, Colorado State UniversityCrystal Usenko, Baylor UniversityGregory Weber, Purdue UniversityRoxana Weil, University of FloridaShawn Wnek, University of ArizonaChao Yan, University of Colorado DenverBei Zhang, University of KentuckyRuijin Zheng, Rutgers University

2011 Graduate Student Travel Support Recipients

Awards in the amount of $1,000 each were provided to graduate students in toxicology to support travel to the SOT 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

2011 Graduate Student Travel Support Sponsors: Amgen, Inc., Battelle Foundation, Burroughs Welcome Fund, and SOT Endowment Fund.

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