The Leading Edge in Basic Science Award is one of the Society of Toxicology (SOT) newer and more notable awards. This award is presented to a 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 the fundamental mechanisms of Toxicity. These contributions or findings should have occurred within the last five years. Nominations for this award are accepted online on the SOT Awards and Fellowship portion of the SOT website through October 9, 2014. Pictured at the right are SOT 2013–2016 Councilor Myrtle A. Davis (left) presenting the 2014 Leading Edge in Basic Science Award to Vishal S. Vaidya (right).
Similar to many other SOT Awards, nominations for the Leading Edge in Basic Science Award should include the nominee’s curriculum vitae (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. Please note that letters simply listing accomplishments found in the CV are not sufficient without analysis and discussion of the important contributions and how the nominee meets the award criteria.
If you know of a deserving colleague or scientist, please take time to honor them with a nomination for this award. Nominations can 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. The winner of this award will be invited to deliver the Leading Edge in Basic Science Award Lecture at the 2015 SOT Annual Meeting in San Diego, California.
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