2009 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 Three
Nom. #	Publication Title & Full Citation	Eligible Authors	Ineligible Authors	Lab/Office/Institution	Citation
S09HE0028	Monograph titled Integrated Disinfection Byproducts Mixtures Research (the 4Lab Study): Toxicological and Chemical Evaluation of Alternative Disinfection Treatment Scenarios Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health A, 71(17):1125-1234 (2008)	Jane Ellen Simmons Susan D. Richardson Richard J. Miltner Thomas Speth Kathleen Schenck Michael G. Narotsky Linda K. Teuschler Glenn Rice Sarah H. Warren E. Sidney Hunter Larry D. Claxton Anthony B. DeAngelo Deborah S. Best Rex A. Pegram William Ward Ellen H. Rogers Anthony McDonald A. D. Thruston Tanya M. Moore Yusupha M. Sey	Stuart Krasner Howard Weinberg Lynn M. Crosby A. B. McKague Chris Gennings Kevin T. Morgan	NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	New Approaches to Integrated Multi-Disciplinary Research on Complex Mixtures of Disinfection Byproducts
S09HE0031	(1) Gene Expression Profiles in the Cerebellum and Hippocampus Following Exposure to a Neurotoxicant, Aroclor 1254: Developmental Effects Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 231:165-178 (2008) (2) Gene Expression Profiles Following Exposure to a Developmental Neurotoxicant, Aroclor 1254: Pathway analysis for possible mode(s) of action Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 231:179-196 (2008)	Joyce E. Royland Prasada Rao S. Kodavanti	Jinfang Wu Nassar H. Zawia	NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Highlighting the Use of Genomics in Understanding Mode of Action in Developmental Neurotoxicity
S09TF0100	Review of the Governing Equations, Computational Algorithms, and Other Components of the Models-3 Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System Applied Mechanics Reviews, 59:51-77 (2006)	Kenneth L. Schere	Daewon Byun	NERL, Durham, NC	Developing a Model Serving as the Primary Tool for EPA and Others to Use for Air Quality Management and Forecasting
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.