Extramural Research
2013 Level II Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Awarded Nominations
2013 STAA Awards
The 2013 STAA Awards are Now Available:
Level I | Level II | Level III | Honorable Mentions
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 -- Total of Eight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nom. ID | Publication Title & Full Citation | Eligible/Ineligible Authors | Lab/Office/Institution | Citation | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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S13EP0007 | Global Air Quality and Health Co-Benefits of Mitigating Near-Term Climate Change through Methane and Black Carbon Emission Controls Environmental Health Perspectives, 120(6):831-839 (2012) |
Susan Anenberg Joel Schwartz (Non-EPA) Drew Shindell (Non-EPA) Markus Amann (Non-EPA) Greg Faluvegi (Non-EPA) Zbigniew Klimont (Non-EPA) Greet Maenhout (Non-EPA) Luca Pozzoli (Non-EPA) Rita van Dingenen (Non-EPA) Elisabetta Vignati (Non-EPA) Lisa Emberson (Non-EPA) Nicholas Muller (Non-EPA) Jason West (Non-EPA) Martin Williams (Non-EPA) Volodymyr Demkine (Non-EPA) Kevin Hicks (Non-EPA) Johan Kuylenstierna (Non-EPA) Frank Raes (Non-EPA) Veerabhadran Ramanathan (Non-EPA) |
OAR, Washington, DC | Air Quality and Health Benefits of Controlling Short-Lived Climate Pollutants | |||||||||||||||||||||||
S13ER0010 | (1) Effects of Copper, Cadmium, Lead, and Arsenic in a Live Diet on Juvenile Fish Growth Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 67(11):1816-1826 (2010) (2) The Relative Importance of Waterborne and Dietborne Arsenic Exposures on Survival and Growth of Juvenile Rainbow Trout Aquatic Toxicology, 104(1-2):108-115 (2011) |
Russell J. Erikson David R. Mount Terry L. Highland James R. Hockett Correne T. Jenson Vincent R. Mattson Edward N. Leonard Timothy D. Dawson (Non-EPA) Kevin G. Lott (Non-EPA) |
NHEERL, Duluth, MN | Demonstrating the Importance of Addressing Dietary Exposure in Aquatic Risk Assessments for Arsenic | |||||||||||||||||||||||
S13ER0111 | An Approach to Developing Numeric Water Quality Criteria for Using the SeaWiFS Satellite Data Record
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Dr. Schaeffer, Blake A. (45%) Dr. Hagy, III, James D. (40%) Dr. Conmy, Robyn N. (5%) Dr. Lehrter, John C. (5%) Dr. Stumpf, Richard P. (5% Non-EPA) |
NHEERL | An Approach to Developing Numeric Water-Quality Criteria Using Satellite Remote Sensing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
S13HE0022 | Controlled Exposure of Healthy Young Volunteers to Ozone Causes Cardiovascular Effects Circulation, 126(1):104-111 (2012) |
Robert B. Devlin David Diaz-Sanchez Michael T. Schmitt Ana G. Rappold Kelly Duncan (Non-EPA) Melanie Jardim (Non-EPA) |
NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC | Demonstrating Cardiovascular Effects in Human Volunteers Exposed to Ozone | |||||||||||||||||||||||
S13HE0030 | (1) TRPA1 and Sympathetic Activation Contribute to Increased Risk of Triggered Cardiac Arrhythmias in Hypertensive Rats Exposed to Diesel Exhaust Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(7):951-957 (2011) (2) Divergent Electrocardiographic Responses to Whole and Particle-free Diesel Exhaust Inhalation in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats Toxicological Sciences, 125(2):558-568 (2012) (3) Whole and Particle-free Diesel Exhausts Differentially Affect Cardiac Electrophysiology, Blood Pressure, and Autonomic Balance in Heart Failure-prone Rats Toxicological Sciences, 128(2):490-499 (2012) |
Mehdi S. Hazari Aimen K. Farraj Najwa Haykal-Coates Darrell W. Winsett Q. Todd Krantz Charly King Daniel L. Costa, Sc.D. Wayne E. Cascio Alex P. Carll (Non-EPA) Christina M. Perez (Lamb) (Non-EPA) |
NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC | Assessing the Differential Effects of Whole vs. Particle-Free Diesel Exhaust towards Understanding Component Toxicity | |||||||||||||||||||||||
S13HE0120 | Rapidly Measured Indicators of Recreational Water Quality and Swimming-associated Illness at Marine Beaches: a Prospective Cohort Study
Estuaries and Coasts (Springer Publishing), 34(6):1278-1292 (2011) |
Dr. Wade, Timothy J. (12%) Ms. Sams, Elizabeth (10%) Dr. Brenner, Kristen P. (10%) Dr. Haugland, Richard A. (10%) Dr. Wymer, Larry J. (10%) Dr. Dufour, Alfred P. (10%) Dr. Rankin, Clifford (7%) Dr. Beach, Michael J. (7% Non-EPA) Mr. Li, Quanlin (7% Non-EPA) Dr. Chern, Eunice (7% Non-EPA) Dr. Love, David (5% Non-EPA) Dr. Noble, Rachel (5% Non-EPA) |
NHEERL | Fecal Contamination and Swimming-Associated Illness: Development of Exposure Response Relationships at Marine Beaches | |||||||||||||||||||||||
S13MM0057 | (1) Inter-laboratory Comparison of Real-time PCR Methods for Quantification of General Fecal Indicator Bacteria Environmental Science and Technology, 46:945-953 (2011) (2) MPN Estimation of QPCR Target Sequence Recoveries from Whole Cell Calibrator Samples Journal of Microbiological Methods, 87:3343-349 (2011) (3) Comparison of Enterococcus qPCR Analysis Results from Fresh and Marine Waters on Two Real-time Instruments Analytical Biochemistry, 430:68-74 (2012) |
Mano Sivaganesan Richard A. Haugland Manju Varma Orin C. Shanks Shawn Siefring Kevin H. Oshima Catherine A. Kelty Lindsay Peed Rachel T. Noble (Non-EPA) Angelia Denene Blackwood (Non-EPA) Monica R. Greene (Non-EPA) Rebecca N. Bushon (Non-EPA) Erin A. Stelzer (Non-EPA) Julie Kinzelman (Non-EPA) Tamara Anan'eva (Non-EPA) Christopher Sinigalliano (Non-EPA) David Wanless (Non-EPA) John Griffith (Non-EPA) Yiping Cao (Non-EPA) Stephen Weisberg (Non-EPA) Valerie J. Harwood (Non-EPA) Christopher Staley (Non-EPA) |
NERL, Cincinnati, OH | Scientific and Technical Achievement Supporting Implementation of EPA Method 1611 for Rapid Recreational Water Testing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
S13OR0064 | (1) Temporal Patterns and Sources of Atmospherically Deposited Pesticides in Alpine Lakes of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA Environmental Science & Technology, 44:4609-4614 (2010) (2) Spatial Patterns of Atmospherically Deposited Organic Contaminants at High-Elevation in the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains, California Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 29:1056-1066 (2010) (3) Pesticide Distributions and Population Declines of California, USA, Alpine Frogs, Rana muscosa and Rana sierra Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 30:682-691 (2011) |
David F. Bradford Edward M. Heithmar Maliha S. Nash Nita G. Tallent-Halsell Georges-Marie Momplaisir Charlita G. Rosal Lee A. Riddick Katrina A. Varner Kerri A. Stanley (Non-EPA) Roland A. Knapp (Non-EPA) Laura L. McConnell (Non-EPA) Stacy L. Massey Simonich (Non-EPA) Donald W. Sparling (Non-EPA) |
NERL, Las Vegas, NV | Evaluation of Airborne Pesticides as a Cause for Amphibian Population Declines in the Sierra Nevada, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||
S13RA0083 | Location Decisions of U.S. Polluting Plants: Theory, Empirical Evidence, and Consequences International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, 4(1):1-49 (2010) |
Ann Wolverton Ronald Shadbegian |
NCEE, Washington, DC | Synthesis of Research on the Effects of Environmental Regulation and Demographics on the Location of Polluting Sources | |||||||||||||||||||||||
S13SI0087 | Estuarine Biotope Mosaics and Habitat Management Goals: An Application in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA Estuaries and Coasts (Springer Publishing), 34(6):1278-1292 (2011) |
Giancarlo Cicchetti Holly Greening (Non-EPA) |
NHEERL, Narrangansett, RI | Development, Demonstration and Transfer of a Tool for Large-Scale Estuarine Management as Applied in Tampa Bay | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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