Science Awards 2007

In 2007, ECETOC was pleased to be able to issue three types of Science Award:

Health sciences related research

On the occasion of the 2007 EUROTOX (Federation of European Toxicologists and Societies of Toxicology) Annual Congress 7-10 October in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, ECETOC was pleased to present its Young Scientist Awards to two researchers who had worked together on their posters entitled ‘Aging influences segment-specific toxicity of the proximal tubule caused by chemicals.I. Histopathological and biochemical findings' by Rossella Defazio et al., and ‘II. Gene expression in kidney tissue' by Arianna Chiusolo et al., both from GlaxoSmithKline, Verona, and the Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, University of Padova, Italy.

Environmental science related research

Within the framework of its commitment to encourage promising scientists, ECETOC supported the Young Scientist Best Platform Award at the 2007 SETAC (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) Europe Annual Meeting, last 20-24 May in Porto, Portugal. ECETOC was pleased to present this award to Mr. Thijs van Boxtel of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for his platform presentation: ‘Mechanisms of toxicity of polybrominated phenoxyphenols and anisols of natural and anthropogenic origin in the zebra fish.'

Epidemiology related research

For the first time in 2007, ECETOC sponsored a young scientist award for epidemiology related science in association with the International Commission on Occupational Health's Scientific Committee on Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPICOH). On the occasion of their Annual Congress (Banf, Canada, 9-12 October 2007) this was awarded to Jennifer Cavallari, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School for Public Health, for her poster titled ‘Circadian variation of heart rate variability following metal-rich fine particle exposures in boiler maker construction workers.'

The winners of all three awards have been encouraged to use the awarded prizes for the advancement of their careers.