The Society of Toxicology (SOT) Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award is one of SOT’s highest honors. This award is presented to a member who has made substantial and seminal scientific contributions to our understanding of toxicology. The prime consideration for this award is scientific accomplishments. The recipient will be invited to deliver the Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award lecture at the 2018 Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.
Linda Birnbaum (left) is presented with the SOT 2017 Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award by current Vice President Leigh Ann Burns Naas (right).
If you know a deserving colleague or another scientist to be considered for this award, please nominate him or her by visiting the Awards Section of the SOT Website. Nominations should be made for members who have made significant and influential contributions to, or made strides advancing, our understanding of the science of toxicology. Nominees should be active scientists currently involved in toxicological research. The nomination deadline is October 9, 2017!
As with the majority of SOT Awards, nominations for the Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award should include the nominee’s CV and both a primary and seconding letter of nomination from Full members of the Society. These letters should describe in layman’s terms how the significant contributions to toxicology by the nominee apply to the criteria of the award.
The following are recent Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award recipients:
- 2006 Sten G. Orrenius
- 2007 Stephen H. Safe
- 2008 Toshio Narahashi
- 2009 Lance R. Pohl
- 2010 Harihara M. Mehendale
- 2011 Oliver Hankinson
- 2012 Ernest Hodgson
- 2013 John J. Lemasters
- 2014 Richard E. Peterson
- 2015 Ian Kimber
- 2016 I. Glenn Sipes
- 2017 Linda Birnbaum