The Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award is one of the preeminent honors conferred by the Society of Toxicology (SOT). It is presented to a member of SOT who has made substantial and seminal scientific contributions to the understanding of toxicology. The recipient of this award is invited to deliver the Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award lecture, which will be presented during the 2017 SOT Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland.
If you know a scientist deserving of this level of recognition, 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, the understanding of the science of toxicology. Nominees should be active scientists currently involved in toxicological research. Nomination deadline is October 9, 2016!
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 of the nominee to toxicology apply to the award criteria.
I. Glenn Sipes (left), is presented with the SOT 2016 Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award by SOT 2016–2017 Vice President-Elect, Leigh Ann Burns Naas (right).
Recent Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award recipients include the following:
- 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