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 and the awardee will be invited to present an Award Lecture at the SOT Annual Meeting.
SOT Vice President Ronald Hines (right) presents Maureen Gwinn (left) with the 2018 Public Communications Award.
As with the majority of SOT Awards, nominations for the Public Communications Award should include the nominee’s abbreviated CV and both a primary and seconding letter of nomination from Full members of the Society, no more than two letters will be reviewed. The letters should 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. Nominations are accepted online on the SOT Awards website through October 9, 2018.
Nominations for this award can be made for a member or non-member individual 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.
Previous Public Communications Award Recipients
- 2007 Linda S. Birnbaum
- 2010 Philip Wexler
- 2012 Martin A. Philbert
- 2013 Marti Lindsey
- 2014 David L. Eaton
- 2015 Andrew Maynard
- 2016 Steven Gilbert, Gary Ginsberg
- 2017 Bernard D. Goldstein
- 2018 Maureen R. Gwinn