The US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) is inviting nominations of scientific experts from a diverse range of disciplines to be considered for appointment to the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) 2015 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Committee. The US EPA established STAA in 1980 to recognize agency scientists and engineers who published their work in peer-reviewed literature. The STAA Program is an agency-wide competition to promote and recognize scientific and technological achievements by US EPA employees and this program is administered and managed by the US EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD).
The SAB office is seeking nominations of experts to form the SAB 2015 STAA Committee from disciplines related to human health and the environment, including toxicology, toxicokinetics, air pollution exposure, human health effects and risk assessment, human health dosimetry, mechanisms of toxicity and carcinogenicity, and dosimetry and inhalation toxicology. A full list of sought after expertise is included in the Federal Register notice.
SOT members are encouraged to forward a focused statement (no more than two paragraphs) describing his or her qualifications for this nomination, a resume or curriculum vitae, sources of recent grant and/or contract support, and a biographical sketch indicating current position, educational background, research activities, and recent service on other national committees or national professional organizations to Marcia Lawson by Monday, December 15. Candidates credential will be reviewed by SOT Council members of the SOT-US EPA Government Liaison Group for consideration and inclusion on the list of SOT-recommended experts to be provided to the US EPA. The nomination period closes on Friday, December 19, and SOT is encouraging interested individuals also to self nominate directly to the US EPA. SOT-supported nominations will be provided to the US EPA separately.
Thank you for participating in this important process.
Sincerely,
Norbert E. Kaminski
SOT 2014-2015 President