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

Level II awards - are for those who have accomplished a notably excellent research or technological effort that has qualities and values similar to, but to a lesser degree, than those described under Level I. Awarded research has timely consequences and contributes as an important scientific/technological achievement within its discipline or field of study.

     

Nominations Recommended for a Level II Award ($5,000) -- Total of Eighteen
Nom. #	Titles and Citations of Submitted Paper	Eligible Authors* and Nominating Organization	Ineligible Authors and Organization	Citation
S08ER0013	(1) Progress towards development of an amphibian-based thyroid screening assay using "Xenopus laevis": Organismal and thyroidal responses to the model compounds 6-propylthiouracil, methimazole, and thyroxine Toxicological Sciences, 87:353-364 (2005) (2) Metamorphic inhibition of "Xenopus laevis" by sodium perchlorate: Effects on development and thyroid histology Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 24:926-933 (2005)	Sigmund Degitz Joseph Tietge Gary Holcombe Patricia Kosian Kevin Flynn Joseph Korte Douglas Wolf Leroy Anderson NHEERL, Duluth, MN		Development of an Amphibian-Based Thyroid Screening Assay
S08ER0016	Evaluating effects of low quality habitats on regional population growth in "Peromyscus leucopus": Insights from field-parameterized spatial matrix models Landscape Ecology, 22:45-60 (2007)	Jason Grear NHEERL, Narragansett, RI	Catherine E. Burns - University of Maine	Research into Methods of Assessing Localized Stressor Effects on Larger Scale Persistence of Wildlife Populations
S08ER0022	(1) Sources of bias in weighted average inferences of environmental conditions Journal of Paleolimnology, 34:245-255 (2005) (2) Using biological assemblage composition to infer the values of covarying environmental factors Freshwater Biology, 52:1159-1175 (2007) (3) Effects of measurement error inferences of environmental conditions Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 26(1):152-163 (2007)	Lester L. Yuan NCEA, Washington, DC		Developing New Analytical Methods That Identify the Causes of Impairment in Streams from Biological Assemblage Characteristics
S08HE0029	Identification of Estrogenic Compounds Emitted from the Combustion of Computer Printed Circuit Boards in Electronic Waste Environmental Science and Technology, 41(24):8506-8511 (2007)	Vickie S. Wilson Clyde V. Owens Christy Lambright Kathy Bobseine Brian K. Gullett L. Earl Gray, Jr. NRMRL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Bryce Ryan	Exceptional Research Demonstrating the Importance of Investigating Estrogens from Computer Printed Circuit Boards
S08HE0032	Transcriptional responses in thyroid tissues from rats treated with a tumorigenic and a non-tumorigenic triazole conazole fungicide Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 233: (2007)	Susan D. Hester Stephen C. Nesnow NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC		An Exceptional Contribution That Applied Novel Bioinformatic Tools to Identify a Mode of Action for a Thyroid Tumorigenic Conazole Fungicide
S08HE0041	Chronic Arsenic Exposure and Cardiac Repolarization Abnormalities with QT Interval Prolongation in a Population-based Study Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), 115(5):690-694 (2007)	Judy Mumford NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	William E. Sanders - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Kegong Wu - Inner Mongolia Center for Endemic Disease Control and Research Richard Kwok - RTI International Yajuan Xia - Inner Mongolia Center for Endemic Disease Conrtol and Research Zhihui Yang - Ba Men Anti-Epidemic Station James Foster - Wake Heart Associates	Linking Chronic Arsenic Exposure and Cardiac Effects on Electrical Signals in Humans
S08HE0045	Identification of interspecies concordance of mechanisms of arsenic-induced bladder cancer Toxicology In Vitro, 21(8):1513-1529 (2007)	Banalata Sen Susan D. Hester Douglas C. Wolf NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Banalata Sen Yaron Turpaz - Affymetrix Andrej Bugrim - GeneGo, Inc. Jacques Retief - Illumina	In Vitro-In Vivo and Interspecies Concordance of Mechanisms of Arsenic-Induced Bladder Cancer
S08HE0132	(1) Quantitative comparisons of the acute neurotoxicity of toluene in rats and humans Toxicological Sciences, 100:146-155 (2007) (2) A dosimetric analysis of the acute behavioral effects of inhaled toluene in rats Toxicological Sciences, 99:181-189 (2007) (3) Acute toluene exposure alters rat visual function in proportion to momentary brain concentration Toxicological Sciences, 99:572-581 (2007)	Philip J. Bushnell Vernon A. Benignus William K. Boyes Wendy M. Oshiro Elaina M. Kenyon Timothy J. Shafer Tracey E. Samsam Q. Todd Krantz Mark Bercegeay Ambuja Bale NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC		Research Quantifying Animal-to-Human Extrapolation in Risk Assessment, Using Toluene as a Case Study
S08MM0060	A General Indication of the Contemporary Background Levels of PCDDs, PCDFs, and Coplanar PCBs in the Ambient Air over Rural and Remote Areas of the United States Environmental Science and Technology, 41(5):1537-1544 (2007)	David H. Cleverly Joseph Ferrario Christian Byrne NCEA, Washington, DC	Karen Riggs - Battelle Memorial Institute Darrell Joseph - Battelle Memorial Institute Pamela Hartford - Battelle Memorial Institute	The High-Quality Scientific Achievement of Successfully Measuring Dioxins and PCBs in Rural and Remote Areas of the U.S.
S08MM0062	(1) Metabolomic evaluation of rat liver and testis to characterize the toxicity of triazole fungicides Metabolomics, 2(2):63-73 (2006) (2) Raman spectroscopy-based metabolomics for differentiating exposures to triazole fungicides using rat urine Analytical Chemistry, 79(19):7324-7332 (2007) (3) NMR analysis of male fathead minnow urinary metabolites: A potential approach for studying impacts of chemical exposures Aquatic Toxicology, 85(2):104-112 (2007)	Drew R. Ekman Timothy W. Collette Quincy Teng David J. Dix Gerald T. Ankley Dan L. Villeneuve Kathleen M. Jensen John C. Rockett NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Daniel P. Cherney - ExxonMobil Chemical Company Hector C. Keun - Imperial College of Scinece, Technology and Medicine Dalma Martinovic Charles D. Eads - The Proctor and Gamble Company Carrie M. Furnish - The Proctor and Gamble Company Rachel N. Murrell - North Carolina State University	Establishing an Internationally Recognized Program in Environmental Metabolomics to Assess Chemical Exposure Risk
S08MM0067	(1) Mercury concentration in fish from streams and rivers throughout the western United States Environmental Science & Technology, 41(1):58-65 (2007) (2) Mercury concentration in frozen whole-fish homogenates is insensitive to holding time Arch Environ Contam Toxicol, 53:411-417 (2007)	Spencer A. Peterson John Van Sickle David V. Peck NHEERL, Corvallis, OR	Alan T. Herlihy - Oregon State University Robert M. Hughes - Oregon State University	Improvement of Methods to Assess Regional Fish Tissue Mercury Contamination
S08MM0068	(1) Competitive Metagenomic DNA Hybridization Identifies Host-Specific Microbial Genetic Markers in Cow Fecal Samples Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72(6):4054-4060 (2006) (2) Identification of Bacterial DNA Markers for the Detection of Human Fecal Pollution in Water Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73(8):2416-2422 (2007)	Orin C. Shanks Jorge W. Santo Domingo Catherine A. Kelty NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH	James E. Graham - University of Louisville School of Medicine Jingrang Lu Regina Lamendella	Scientific and Technical Achievement in the Field of Water Quality Monitoring and Indicators of Fecal Pollution
S08OR0080	(1) Characterizing residue transfer efficiencies using a fluorescent imaging technique Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology now the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidem, 15(3):261-270 (2005) (2) Measuring potential dermal transfer of a pesticide to children in a daycare center Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(2):264-269 (2006) (3) Comparing surface residue transfer efficiencies to hands using polar and non-polar fluorescent tracers Environmental Science & Technology, : (2007)	Elaine A. Cohen Hubal Peter P. Egeghy Jack C. Suggs Kelly W. Leovic NCCT, Research Triangle Park, NC	Marcia G. Nishioka - Battelle Memorial Institute Gerald G. Akland William A. Ivancic - Battelle Memorial Institute M. Morara - Battelle Memorial Institute	Research That Improves Our Understanding of Children's Exposure to Pesticides in the Residential Environment
S08RA0087	The importance of the Montreal Protocol in protecting climate Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(12):4814-4819 (2007)	Stephen O. Andersen OAR, Washington, DC	Guus J.M. Velders - Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency John S. Daniel - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration David W. Fahey - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Mack McFarland - DuPont Fluoroproducts	Synthesis and Communication of Stratospheric Ozone and Climate Science
S08RA0092 Linked with S08RA0100	Drowning in disinfection byproducts? Assessing swimming pool water Environmental Science & Technology, 41(2):363-372 (2007)	Susan D. Richardson David M. DeMarini NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Christian Zwiener - Engler-Bunte-Institute Tamara Grummt - Federal Environmental Agency Thomas Glauner - Engler-Bunte-Institute Fritz H. Frimmel - Engler-Bunte-Institute	Summarizing the Water Chemistry and Health Effects Associated with Disinfection By-Product Exposure Via Swimming
S08RA0097	The Effectiveness of Voluntary Environmental Programs--A Policy at a Crossroads? Policy Studies Journal, 35(4):689-722 (2007)	Dinah Koehler NCER, Washington, DC		Greatly Increasing the Agency's Understanding of the Effectiveness of Voluntary Environmental Programs
S08RA0100 Linked with S08RA0092	Occurrence, genotoxicity, and carcinogenicity of regulated and emerging disinfection by-products in drinking water: A review and roadmap for research Mutation Research--Reviews, 636(1-3):178-242 (2007)	Susan D. Richardson David M. DeMarini Rita Schoeny NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Elizabeth D. Wagner - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Michael J. Plewa - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Creating a Roadmap for Research on Regulated, and Emerging, Unregulated, Disinfection By-Products in Drinking Water
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.