The Society of Toxicology (SOT) presents the Public Communications Award to an individual who has made a major contribution to increasing the general public’s awareness of toxicological issues. This contribution can be made through any aspect of public communications and should have occurred over a significant period of time. This award will be presented at the SOT Awards Ceremony that will be held at the 2015 SOT Annual Meeting in San Diego, California. Pictured is 2012–2015 SOT Councilor Lorrene Buckley (left) presenting the 2014 SOT Public Communications Award to David L. Eaton (right).
Similar to many SOT Awards, nominations for the SOT Public Communications Award require 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 as well as the nominee’s current abbreviated curriculum vitae (CV). 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 a deserving colleague, please begin the nomination process today by visiting the Awards and Fellowships section of the SOT website! While nominations are accepted through October 9, 2014, you will need to take the time to put together the nomination materials. Nominations for this award can be made for an SOT member or nonmember who has made contributions to increase public awareness of toxicology in any of the following qualifying media: books, brochures, continuing education courses, databases, extension bulletins, magazines, newspapers (local or national), public presentations, public forums, radio and television scripts, and workshops.
SOT Public Communications Award Recipients
•1994 Michael A. Kamrin
•1995 Philip Abelson
•1996 Bruce N. Ames
•1997 Audrey Gotsch
•1999 Ann de Peyster
•2001 Anna Shvedova
•2002 Sam Kacew
•2003 Charlene A. McQueen
•2004 Kenneth Olden
•2005 Robert Kreiger
•2007 Linda S. Birnbaum
•2010 Philip Wexler
•2012 Martin A. Philbert
•2013 Marti Lindsey
•2014 David L. Eaton