Scientists from the US Environmental Protection Agency, Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences, and Bruce Allen Consulting are being honored for publishing the best paper in Toxicological Sciences. The 2015 SOT Board of Publications Award for the Best Paper in Toxicological Sciences is being bestowed by the Society of Toxicology (SOT) on a paper published in the July 2013 issue (Volume 134, No. 1) of the journal, titled “Temporal Concordance Between Apical and Transcriptional Points of Departure for Chemical Risk Assessment.” (Thomas RS, Wesselkamper SC, Wang NCY, Zhao QJ, Petersen DD, Lambert JC, Cote I, Yang L, Healy E, Black MB, Clewell HJ, Allen BC, Andersen ME. Toxicol Sci. 2013 Jul; 134(1): 180–194. doi:10.1093/toxsci/kft094)
“Every month, our peer-reviewed journal Toxicological Sciences publishes some of the most notable work in the field of toxicology, so to be selected as the best of the best is a true honor that we are proud to bestow upon Dr. Russell S. Thomas and his colleagues,” says Norbert E. Kaminski, SOT President 2014–2015. “Their paper advances our discipline, as it begins to addresses the complex issues surrounding the use of quantitative data in chemical risk assessment.”
The authors of the honored paper are Russell S. Thomas, Scott C. Wesselkamper, Nina Ching Y. Wang, Q. Jay Zhao, Dan D. Petersen, Jason C. Lambert, Ila Cote, Longlong Yang, Eric Healy, Michael B. Black, Harvey J. Clewell III, Bruce C. Allen, and Melvin E. Andersen.
Each year, the SOT Postdoctoral Assembly recognizes three early career members who are authors of papers featuring research accomplished during a mentored postdoctoral experience. The recipients of the 2015 Best Postdoctoral Publication Awards are as follows:
- John Clarke, PhD, University of Arizona, for a paper in the Journal of Hepatology titled “Synergistic Interaction Between Genetics and Disease on Pravastatin Disposition.” (Clarke JD, Hardwick RN, Lake AD, Lickleig AJ, Goedken MJ, Klaassen CD, Cherrington NJ. Journal of Hepatology. 2014 Jul; 61(1): 139–47. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2014.02.021)
- Yong Ho Kim, PhD, US Environmental Protection Agency, for a paper in Particle and Fibre Toxicology titled “Cardiopulmonary Toxicity of Peat Wildfire Particulate Matter and the Predictive Utility of Precision Cut Lung Slices.” (Kim YH, Tong H, Daniels M, Boykin E, Krantz QT, McGee J, Hays M, Kovalcik K, Dye JA, Gilmour MI. Part Fibre Toxicol. 2014 June; 11: 29. doi:10.1186/1743-8977-11-29)
- Christina Powers, PhD, US Environmental Protection Agency, for a paper in Toxicological Sciences titled “Sparking Connections: Toward Better Linkages Between Research and Human Health Policy—An Example with Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes.” (Powers CM, Gift J, Lehmann GM. Toxicol Sci. 2014 Sept; 141(1): 6–17. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfu117)
The field of toxicology and toxicologists are responsible for aiding human, animal, and environmental health and safety through the study of the adverse effects of chemicals and other biological agents.
All 2015 SOT Award recipients will be honored at the Society’s 54th Annual Meeting & ToxExpo in San Diego, California, from March 22–26, 2015.
Previously announced 2015 SOT Awards recipients are:
- 2015 SOT Achievement Award: Vishal S. Vaidya, PhD, Harvard Medical School.
- 2015 SOT Arnold J. Lehman Award: Richard A. Becker, PhD, DABT, American Chemistry Council.
- 2015 SOT Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award: Ian Kimber, OBE, PhD, FSB, FBTS, ATS, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
- 2015 SOT Education Award: Theodore Slotkin, PhD, Duke University Medical Center.
- 2015 SOT Enhancement of Animal Welfare Award: Marcel Leist, PhD, University of Konstanz, Germany.
- 2015 SOT Merit Award: Günter Oberdörster, DVM, PhD, University of Rochester Medical Center.
- 2015 SOT Public Communications Award: Andrew D. Maynard, PhD, University of Michigan Department of Environmental Health Sciences.
- 2015 SOT Translational Impact Award: Jeff Burgess, MD, University of Arizona.
- 2015 SOT Undergraduate Educator Award: Mindy F. Reynolds, PhD, Washington College.
- 2015 SOT Colgate-Palmolive Grant for Alternative Research: Alfredo Miranda de Goes, PhD, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, and Lei Li Kerr, Miami University.
- 2015 SOT Colgate-Palmolive Postdoctoral Fellowship Award in In Vitro Toxicology: Fabian A. Grimm, PhD, Texas A&M University.
- 2015 SOT Colgate-Palmolive Award for Student Research Training in Alternative Methods: Prajakta Shimpi, MS, University of Rhode Island.
- 2015 SOT Syngenta Fellowship Award in Human Health Applications of New Technologies: Alok Ranjan, BS, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.