The Society of Toxicology (SOT) Leading Edge in Basic Science 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 understanding of fundamental mechanisms of toxicity. These contributions or findings should have occurred within the last five years.
The recipient of this award will be invited to deliver the Leading Edge in Basic Science Award Lecture during the 2017 Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. Nominations for this award are accepted online via the SOT Awards website through October 9, 2016.
SOT 2013–2016 Councilor John Wisler (left) presents the 2016 Leading Edge in Basic Science Award to Cheryl Lyn Walker (right).
Similar to many other SOT Awards, nominations for the Leading Edge in Basic Science Award should include the nominee’s abbreviated 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 and how these achievements apply to the award criteria.
If you know of a deserving colleague or other scientist who is an appropriate candidate for this award, please take time to honor him or her with a nomination for the Leading Edge in Basic Science Award. Nominations may 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.
Recipients of the Leading Edge in Basic Science Award include the following individuals.
- 2009 John Katzenellenbogen
- 2010 Richard S. Paules
- 2011 Masayuki Yamamoto
- 2012 Myung-Haing Cho
- 2013 Donald E. Ingber
- 2014 Vishal S. Vaidya
- 2016 Cheryl Lyn Walker