The Leading Edge in Basic Science Award is presented to a Society of Toxicology (SOT) member or non-member scientist who, through research, has made a significant contribution to the areas of basic science that can lead to furthering our understanding of fundamental mechanisms of toxicity. These contributions or findings should have occurred within the last five years.
The recipient of this award will be invited to deliver the Leading Edge in Basic Science Award Lecture at the 2019 Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. Nominations for this award are accepted online via the SOT Awards website through October 9, 2018.
Past SOT Councilor John Wisler (left) presents the 2016 Leading Edge in Basic Science Award to Cheryl Lyn Walker (right).
Nominations for the Leading Edge in Basic Science Award should include the nominee’s abbreviated CV and both a primary and seconding letter of nomination from Full members of the Society that include documentation and description of the significant contributions to toxicology by the nominee. These letters should describe in layman’s terms an analysis of the nominee's significant contributions to toxicology and how they apply to the criteria of the award. Please note: The Awards Committee will only review the two letters required to complete the nomination, no additional letters will be taken into consideration.
If you know of a deserving colleague or scientist, please take time to honor them with a nomination for this award. Nominations may be made for scientists both inside and outside the toxicological world, as long as their research findings are likely to have a strong impact on the field of toxicology.
Previous Leading Edge in Basic Science Award Recipients 
- 2009 John Katzenellenbogen
- 2010 Richard S. Paules
- 2011 Masayuki Yamamoto
- 2012 Myung-Haing Cho
- 2013 Donald E. Ingber
- 2014 Vishal S. Vaidya
- 2016 Cheryl Lyn Walker