Val Vallyathan Senior Award
The Val Vallyathan Award is a Senior Faculty award for applicants with outstanding contributions to basic, and translational science in environmental or occupational respiratory diseases. The award will be presented with a plaque and $2,5000 at the annual EOPH Membership Meeting during the ATS International Conference.
This award is fully supported by the National Emphysema Foundation.
Criteria:
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- Associate or full professor (or equivalent, i.e., 8 or more years in the field)
- Outstanding contributions to basic or translational science in environmental or occupational respiratory diseases
- The relevance of the contribution to preventing and decreasing the morbidity and mortality of respiratory disorders caused by environmental or occupational exposures
- ATS membership is desirable but not required
- Send the nominee’s current curriculum vitae including a list of the nominee’s publications
Past Recipients of the Val Vallyathan Senior Award:
2019 - Kent Pinkerton, PhD
2018 - Jack Harkema, DVM, PhD, ATSF
2017 - Ann Frances Hubbs, DVM, PhD, DaCVP
2016 - Daniel L. Costa, DSc
2015 - William N. Rom, MD, MPH
2014 - Joe L. Mauderly, D.V.M.
2013 - Benoit Nemery de Bellevaux, MD, PhD, MSc
2012 - Vincent Castranova, PhD
2011 - Guenter Oberdorster, DVM, PhD
