2008 Level I Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Awarded Nominations

Level I awards are for those who have accomplished an exceptionally high-quality research or technological effort. The awards recognize the creation or general revision of scientific or technological principle or procedure, or a highly significant improvement in the value of a device, activity, program, or service to the public. Awarded research is of national significance or has high impact on a broad area of science/technology. The research has far reaching consequences and is recognizable as a major scientific/technological achievement within its discipline or field of study.

       

Nominations Recommended for a Level I Award ($10,000) -- Total of Five
Nom. #	Titles and Citations of Submitted Paper	Eligible Authors* and Nominating Organization	Ineligible Authors and Organization	Citation
S08ER0017	Tissue distribution and metabolism of benzo[a]pyrene in embryonic and larval medaka ("Oryzias latipes") Toxicological Sciences, 100(2):393-405 (2007)	Michael W. Hornung John W. Nichols Philip M. Cook Patrick N. Fitzsimmons Douglas W. Kuehl NHEERL, Duluth, MN		Research to Understand the Metabolism and Tissue Distribution of Toxic Chemicals in Fish Early Life Stages
S08ER0021	A Proteomic (SELDI-TOF-MS) Approach to Estrogen Agonist Screening Toxicological Sciences, 95(1):74-81 (2006)	Calvin C. Walker - (currently National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration) Michael J. Hemmer Kimberly A. Salinas Peggy S. Harris Sherry S. Vickery NHEERL, Gulf Breeze, FL	James D. Watts	Pioneering Work Developing and Applying a Rapid Technique to Classify Chemicals by Their Toxic Action
S08HE0037	(1) Effects of perfluorooctanoic acid exposure during pregnancy in the mouse Toxicological Sciences, 90(2):510-518 (2006) (2) Developmental toxicity of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) after cross foster and restricted gestational exposure Toxicological Sciences, 95(2):462-473 (2007) (3) Gene expression profiling in the lung and liver of PFOA-exposed mouse fetuses Toxicology, 239(1-2):15-33 (2007)	Christopher Lau Barbara D. Abbott Mitch Rosen Cynthia J. Wolf Kaberi Das Suzanne E. Fenton NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	X.A. Bryant - Centers for Disease Control A.M. Calafat - Centers for Disease Control R.G. Hanson A.B. Lindstrom M.G. Narotsky J.M. Rogers J.E. Schmid M.J. Strynar J.R. Thibodeaux - University of North Carolina S.S. White C.R. Wood R.D. Zehr Z. Kulenyik - Centers for Disease Control	A Team Contribution to the Understanding of Early-Life Health Effects Following Perinatal Exposure to PFOA in Mice
S08HE0040	(1) Exposures of preschool children to chlorpyrifos and its degradation product 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol in their everyday environments Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 15(4):297-309 (2005) (2) An observational study of 127 preschool children at their homes and daycare centers in Ohio: environmental pathways to cis- and trans-permethrin exposure Environmental Research, 104(2):256-274 (2007) (3) Adult and children's exposure to 2,4-D from multiple sources and pathways Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, : (2007)	Marsha K. Morgan Linda S. Sheldon Carry Croghan Paul A. Jones Kent W. Thomas Peter P. Egeghy Gary L. Roberson NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Nancy K. Wilson - Battelle Jane C. Chuang - Battelle Christopher Lyu - Battelle	Identifying Important Sources, Pathways, and Routes of Children's Exposures to Pesticides in Their Environments
S08IR0136	(1) Mercury Exposure from Domestic and Imported Estuarine and Marine Fish in the U.S. Seafood Market Environmental Health Perspectives, 115(2):235-242 (2007) (2) Human Impacts on Open Ocean Mercury Concentrations Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 21(GB4022): (2007)	Elsie Sunderland OSP, Washington, DC	Robert P. Mason - University of Connecticut	Development of Models Linking Mercury Emission Reductions and Concentrations in Marine Systems to Human Exposure
Key to Acronyms used in the above Table OA Office of the Administrator NERL National Exposure Research Laboratory NHEERL National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory NRMRL National Risk Management Research Laboratory OAQPS Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards OPP Office of Pesticide Programs ORIA Office of Radiation and Indoor Air ORCR Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery OSCP Office of Science Coordination and Policy *Note: The percentages given after name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination.