Extramural Research
2004 Level I Scientific And Technological Achievement Awards (STAA)
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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 ($5000)-- Total of Six | ||||
Nom. # |
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers |
Eligible Authors* and Nominating Organization |
Recommended Award Level |
Suggested Citation from Nominating Organization |
S4ER 0034 |
a) Isolated Wetlands and Their Functions: An Ecological Perspective. Wetlands, 23(3):517-531 (2003) b) Isolated Wetlands: State-of-the-Science and Future Directions. Wetlands, 23(3):663-684 (2003) |
Dr. Scott G. Leibowitz (70%) Dr. Tracie-Lynn Nadeau (30%) NHEERL, Corvallis, OR |
Level I |
Advancing the Scientific Understanding of Isolated Wetlands Following the U.S. Supreme Court's SWANCC Decision |
S4HE 0060 |
Methylated Trivalent Arsenicals as Candidate Ultimate Genotoxic Forms of Arsenic: Induction of Chromosomal Mutations but not Gene Mutations. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, 42(3):192-205 (2003) |
Dr. David M. DeMarini (10%) Dr. Andrew D. Kligerman (10%) Dr. Carolyn L. Doerr (10%) Dr. Alan H. Tennant (5%) Dr. Karen Harrington-Brock (10%) Dr. James W. Allen (5%) Dr. Ernest Winkfield (10%) Dr. Barbara C. Roop (5%) Dr. Marc J. Mass (5%) NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Level I |
Identifying the Ultimate Genotoxic Forms of Arsenic and the Class of Mutations They Induce |
S4HE 0062 |
Blood Lead Concentration and Delayed Puberty in Girls. New England Journal of Medicine, 348(16):1527-1536 (2003) |
Dr. Sherry G. Selevan (22%) Dr. Deborah C. Rice (17%) Dr. Karen A. Hogan (17%) Dr. Susan Y. Euling (17%) Dr. Andrea Pfahles-Hutchens (17%) NCEA, Washington, DC |
Level I |
Outstanding Research on Association of Blood Lead Concentration with Pubertal Timing in Girls from NHANES III (1988-1994) |
S4R A0119 |
Health Effects of ‘Acanthamoeba’ spp. and Its Potential for Waterborne Transmission. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (Springer-Verlag, New York), 180:93-131 (2004) |
Dr. Nena Nwachuku (80%) |
Level I |
Outstanding Contribution to Public Health Protection in Identifying the Critical Control Point for ‘Acanthamoeba’ Eye Infection in Contact Lens Wearers |
S4RA
0142 |
Source-Sink Balance and Carbon Allocation Below Ground in Plants Exposed to Ozone. New Phytologist, 157:213-228 (2003) |
Dr. Christian P. Andersen (100%) NHEERL, Corvallis, OR |
Level I |
Contributions to Our Understanding of the Effects of Ozone on Below-Ground Ecosystems |
S4TF 0096 |
Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure and Iron Treatment of Brass Environmental Science and Technology, 37(2):367-371 (2003) |
Dr. Douglas S. Kendall (100%) NEIC, Denver, CO |
Level I |
Providing a Sound Scientific Foundation for a New Regulation and for Demonstrating Limitations of Leaching Tests |
Key to Acronyms used in the above Table NCEA National Center for Environmental Assessment NCER National Center for Environmental Research NERL National Exposure Research Laboratory NEIC National Enforcement Investigations Center NHEERL National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory NRMRL National Risk Management Research Laboratory OPPT Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics OTAQ Office of Transportation and Air Quality *Note: The percentages given after name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. |
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