o OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD September 30, 2010 EPA-SAB-11-001 The Honorable Lisa P. Jackson Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20460 Subject: SAB Recommendations for EPA's FY2010 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Dear Administrator Jackson: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) is pleased to transmit the SAB's recommendations for FY 2010 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA). Each year since the program was established in 1980, the SAB has been asked by EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) to review EPA's nominated scientific papers and make recommendations for awards. We are pleased to continue our participation on this important program. This year, ORD submitted a total of 145 nominations comprised of 214 papers in 14 science and technology categories for review by the SAB STAA Committee. Seventeen of these nominations were for a category entitled "EPA Project and Research Reports." ORD requested the STAA Committee to undertake a pilot study this year reviewing EPA Project and Research Reports as part of the traditional STAA review process. ORD instituted this new category as a pilot to determine the feasibility of expanding the number of high-quality EPA publications that are eligible for STAA nomination beyond those published in peer-reviewed journals. After careful deliberation at the June 28-30, 2010 closed meeting, the STAA Committee has elected to not undertake this pilot project. The Committee, however, recommends that the Agency use or establish other mechanisms to recognize the authors of major EPA reports that advance the scientific knowledge critical to EPA's mission. Committee members unanimously believe that it is critical for the excellent science produced within the Agency to be brought to the attention of the scientific community at large, and that the best way to accomplish that is to encourage Agency scientists and engineers to publish their work in the archival peer-reviewed literature. This process is in accord with the purpose of the STAA Committee, which is to evaluate the scientific value of the peer-reviewed literature produced by Agency scientists and engineers and to recommend the most exemplary contributions for Agency recognition. In fact, at least one UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WASHINGTON D.C. 20460 ------- section of EPA's Integrated Science Assessment for Particulate Matter was submitted as a review article to a scientific journal. Further, the Committee is concerned that review of EPA reports that have policy components is generally outside the purview of this SAB committee and could conflict with other SAB review activities associated with these reports. Of the remaining 128 nominations, the SAB recommends 61 nominations for monetary awards and another 33 deserving of honorable mention. Of the nominations recommended for monetary awards, 5 were recommended for Level I, the highest award; 14 for Level II; and 42 for Level III awards. To facilitate the SAB review of future STAA nominations, the SAB also recommends that the Agency: 1) increase efforts to ensure that submissions of nominations adhere to existing STAA program guidelines; 2) properly categorize the nominations; 3) discourage submission of multiple nominations of papers involving the same EPA author(s) on similar topical areas; and 4) discourage submission of nominations published by standards-setting organizations. The SAB applauds the Agency's public recognition of the scientific work of EPA scientists and engineers through publication in the peer-reviewed literature. This promotes the sound science and high quality research that bolsters EPA's mission. Thank you for providing the SAB with the opportunity to assist the Agency with this important program. The SAB looks forward to reviewing the FY 2011 nominations. Sincerely, /Signed/ /Signed/ Dr. Deborah L. Swackhamer, Chair EPA Science Advisory Board Dr. Taylor Eighmy, Chair SAB Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards Committee ii ------- NOTICE This report has been written as part of the activities of the EPA Science Advisory Board, a public advisory group providing extramural scientific information and advice to the Administrator and other officials of the Environmental Protection Agency. The Board is structured to provide balanced, expert assessment of scientific matters related to the problems facing the Agency. This report has not been reviewed for approval by the Agency and, hence, the contents of this report do not necessarily represent the views and policies of the Environmental Protection Agency, nor of other agencies in the Executive Branch of the Federal government, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute a recommendation for use. Reports of the EPA Science Advisory Board are posted on the EPA website at http://www.epa.gov/sab. iii ------- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Committee CHAIR Dr. T. Taylor Eighmy, Vice President for Research, Office of the Vice President for Research, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX MEMBERS Dr. James Bus, Director of External Technology, Toxicology and Environmental Research and Consulting, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI Dr. Peter Chapman, Principal and Senior Environmental Scientist, Golder Associates Ltd., Burnaby, BC, Canada Dr. John P. Giesy, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Environmental Toxicology, Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada; and Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Zoology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Dr. Cynthia M. Harris, Director and Professor, Institute of Public Health, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL Dr. Dale Hattis, Research Professor with the George Perkins Marsh Institute,Clark University, Worcester, MA Dr. Michael T. Kleinman, Professor and Co-Director of the Air Pollution Health Effects Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA Dr. Wayne Landis, Professor and Director, Institute of Environmental Toxicology, Huxley College of the Environment, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA Dr. Desmond F. Lawler, Distinguished Teaching Professor and Bob R. Dorsey Professor of Engineering, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Reid Lifset, Associate Director of the Industrial Environmental Management Program and Resident Fellow in Industrial Ecology, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT Dr. Randy Maddalena, Scientist, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA iv ------- Dr. Paulette Middleton, Creator and President, Panorama Pathways, Boulder, CO Dr. Fred J. Miller, Independent Consultant, Fred J. Miller and Associates LLC, Cary, NC Dr. John R. Smith, Division Manager, Environmental Science and Sustainable Technology, Alcoa Inc., Alcoa Center, PA Dr. Robert Twiss, Professor of Environmental Planning Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Dr. Yousheng Zeng, Air Quality Services Director, Providence Engineering and Environmental Group LLC, Baton Rouge, LA Dr. Barbara Zielinska, Research Professor and Director, Organic Analytical Laboratory, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Desert Research Institute (DRI), Reno, NV SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD STAFF Mr. Edward Hanlon, Designated Federal Officer, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 1400R, Washington, DC, Phone: 202-564-2134, Fax: 202-565-2098 (hanlon.edward@epa.gov) v ------- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board BOARD CHAIR Dr. Deborah L. Swackhamer, Professor and Charles M. Denny, Jr., Chair in Science, Technology and Public Policy and Co-Director of the Water Resources Center, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN SAB MEMBERS Dr. David T. Allen, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX Dr. Claudia Benitez-Nelson, Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences and Marine Science Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Dr. Timothy Buckley, Associate Professor and Chair, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Dr. Thomas Burke, Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Dr. Deborah Cory-Slechta, Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY Dr. Terry Daniel, Professor of Psychology and Natural Resources, Department of Psychology, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Dr. George Daston, Victor Mills Society Research Fellow, Product Safety and Regulatory Affairs, Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH Dr. Costel Denson, Managing Member, Costech Technologies, LLC, Newark, DE Dr. Otto C. Doering III, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN Dr. David A. Dzombak, Walter J. Blenko Sr. Professor of Environmental Engineering , Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA Dr. T. Taylor Eighmy, Vice President for Research, Office of the Vice President for Research, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX Dr. Elaine Faustman, Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA vi ------- Dr. John P. Giesy, Professor and Canada Research Chair, Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Dr. Jeffrey Griffiths, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA Dr. James K. Hammitt, Professor, Center for Risk Analysis, Harvard University, Boston, MA Dr. Rogene Henderson, Senior Scientist Emeritus, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM Dr. Bernd Kahn, Professor Emeritus and Associate Director, Environmental Radiation Center, School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Dr. Agnes Kane, Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI Dr. Nancy K. Kim, Senior Executive, Health Research, Inc., Troy, NY Dr. Catherine Kling, Professor, Department of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA Dr. Kai Lee, Program Officer, Conservation and Science Program, David & Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos, CA (Organizational affiliation provided for identification purposes only) Dr. Cecil Lue-Hing, President, Cecil Lue-Hing & Assoc. Inc., Burr Ridge, IL Dr. Floyd Malveaux, Executive Director, Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc., Washington, DC Dr. Lee D. McMullen, Water Resources Practice Leader, Snyder & Associates, Inc., Ankeny, IA Dr. Judith L. Meyer, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Lopez Island, WA Dr. Jana Milford, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO Dr. Christine Moe, Eugene J. Gangarosa Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA Dr. Eileen Murphy, Manager, Division of Water Supply, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton, NJ Dr. Duncan Patten, Research Professor, Hydroecology Research Program , Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT Dr. Stephen Polasky, Fesler-Lampert Professor of Ecological/Environmental Economics, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN vii ------- Dr. Stephen M. Roberts, Professor, Department of Physiological Sciences, Director, Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Dr. Amanda Rodewald, Associate Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Dr. Joan B. Rose, Professor and Homer Nowlin Chair for Water Research, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Dr. Jonathan M. Samet, Professor and Flora L. Thornton Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Dr. James Sanders, Director and Professor, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah, GA Dr. Jerald Schnoor, Allen S. Henry Chair Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Co-Director, Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Dr. Kathleen Segerson, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Dr. V. Kerry Smith, W.P. Carey Professor of Economics , Department of Economics , W.P Carey School of Business , Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Dr. Herman Taylor, Director, Principal Investigator, Jackson Heart Study, Jackson, MS Dr. Barton H. (Buzz) Thompson, Jr., Robert E. Paradise Professor of Natural Resources Law at the Stanford Law School and Perry L. McCarty Director, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA Dr. Paige Tolbert, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA Dr. Thomas S. Wallsten, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD Dr. Robert Watts, Professor of Mechanical Engineering Emeritus, Tulane University, Annapolis, MD SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD STAFF Dr. Angela Nugent, Designated Federal Officer, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 1400F, Washington, DC, Phone: 202-564-2218, Fax: 202-565-2098 (nugent.angela@epa.gov) viii ------- 1. BACKGROUND EPA's Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) was established in 1980 to recognize Agency's scientists and engineers who published their technical work in peer- reviewed literature. The STAA program is administered and managed by EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD). Each year, the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) has been asked to review EPA's nominated scientific papers and make recommendations for awards. In November 2009, ORD's Acting Assistant Administrator Mr. Lek Kadeli announced the call for EPA nominations for the 2010 STAA program (Attachment 1). In April 2010, ORD submitted 145 nominations for 2010 STAA awards to the SAB Staff Office. ORD grouped the nominations into fourteen science and technology categories and screened them for conformance with EPA's STAA Nomination Procedures and Guidelines, which describes the award levels, eligibility criteria, and the criteria the SAB should use to evaluate the nominations for awards. The topical categories for nominations were: Control Systems & Technology, Ecological Research, Energy and the Environment, Environmental Policy and Decisionmaking Studies, Health Effects Research and Human Health Risk Assessment, Homeland Security, Industry and the Environment, Integrated Risk Assessment, Monitoring & Measurement Methods, Other Environmental Research, Review Articles, Risk Management and Ecosystem Restoration, Transport and Fate, and U.S. EPA Project and Research Reports. The number of 2010 STAA nominations sorted by topic category submitted by ORD were as follows: Topic Number of Nominations Control Systems and Technology 8 Ecological Research 22 Energy and the Environment 2 Environmental Policy and Decisionmaking Studies 1 Health Effects Research and Human Health Risk Assessment 32 Homeland Security 3 Industry and the Environment 3 Integrated Risk Assessment 5 Monitoring and Measurement Methods 10 Other Environmental Research 7 Review Articles 13 Risk Management and Ecosystem Restoration 4 Transport and Fate 18 U.S. EPA Project and Research Reports 17 Of the 145 nominations, 17 nominations fall under the category entitled "EPA Project and Research Reports." ORD's National Center for Environmental Research (NCER) Director Dr. William Sanders requested of the STAA Committee Chair that the Committee undertake a pilot study this year reviewing EPA Project and Research Reports as part of the traditional STAA review process (Attachment 2). ORD instituted this new category as a pilot to determine the feasibility of expanding the number of high-quality EPA publications that are eligible for STAA nomination. 1 ------- EPA's criteria for STAA Program awards are as follows: 1) Level I awards - are for nominees who have accomplished an exceptionally high- quality research or technological effort. The nomination should recognize the creation or general revision of a scientific or technological principle or procedure, or a highly significant improvement in the value of a device, activity, program, or service to the public. It must be at least of national significance or have high impact on a broad area of science/technology. The nomination must be of far reaching consequences and recognizable as a major scientific/technological achievement within its discipline or field of study. 2) Level II awards - are for nominees 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. It must have timely consequences and contribute as an important scientific/technological achievement within its discipline or field of study. 3) Level III awards - are for nominees who have accomplished an unusually notable research or technological effort. The nomination can be for a substantial revision or modification of a scientific/technological principle or procedure, or an important improvement to the value of a device, activity, program, or service to the public. It must relate to a mission or organizational component of the EPA, or significantly affect a relevant area of science/technology. 4) Honorable Mention - The Agency has also added a fourth non-cash level award for nominations which are noteworthy but which do not warrant a Level I, II or III award. Honorable Mention applies to nominations that: (1) may not quite reach the level described for a Level III award; (2) show a promising area of research that the Committee wants to encourage; or (3) show an area of research that the Committee believes is too preliminary to warrant an award recommendation at this time. 2 ------- 2. SAB REVIEW PROCEDURE In response to ORD's request, the SAB Staff Office augmented the 2009-2011 SAB STAA Committee with additional experts to review the FY2010 STAA nominations. The augmented Committee was formed in accordance with the SAB process as described in the SAB 2002 publication, Panel Formation process: Immediate Steps to Improve Policies and Procedures (EPA-SAB-EC-COM-02-003). Where conflicts or potential conflicts of interest existed, Committee members recused themselves from the review and discussion process for certain nominations as appropriate. The SAB review consisted of a two-step process: an initial review of each nomination, followed by a Committee discussion of all nominations at a closed meeting on June 28-30, 2010 in Washington, DC. The meeting was closed to the public to protect the personal privacy of the authors. Committee members reviewed 128 nominations. Seventeen pilot project nominations in the category of "U.S. EPA Project and Research Reports" were deferred for discussion at the June meeting. The initial review was conducted by 2 to 4 members. Prior to the meeting, Committee members provided their individual initial ratings of the nominations based on EPA's award criteria as described under Section 1. At the June meeting, the Committee first discussed the appropriateness for SAB review of the 17 pilot project nominations. The Committee then discussed each of the 128 nominations and reached consensus on the evaluations and recommendations for awards. The Committee combined 14 nominations into 7 nominations due to topic similarities. In addition, the Committee also discussed administrative recommendations for improving the 2010 STAA nomination process. The external draft report (August 2010, without Appendix) was submitted to the chartered SAB for discussion at the September 21, 2010 public meeting. The draft was unanimously approved by the Board. 3 ------- 3. AWARD RECOMMENDATIONS After careful deliberation at the June 28-30, 2010 closed meeting, the STAA Committee has elected to not undertake the pilot project to review the 17 EPA Project and Research Reports as part of the traditional STAA review process. The Committee, however, recommends that the Agency use or establish other mechanisms to recognize the authors of major EPA reports that advance the scientific knowledge critical to EPA's mission. Committee members unanimously believe that the best means for EPA to promote good science produced within the Agency with the scientific community at large is to encourage Agency scientists and engineers to publish their work in the archival peer-reviewed literature. This process is in accord with the purpose of the STAA Committee, which is to evaluate the scientific value of the peer-reviewed literature produced by Agency scientists and engineers and provide the highest level of review for Agency recognition. Further, the Committee is concerned that review of EPA reports that have policy components is generally outside the purview of this SAB committee and could conflict with other SAB review activities associated with these reports. The Table below summarizes the awards by year since 2000, including the recommendations for 2010. The Committee recommended 61 nominations for 2010 STAA monetary awards and another 33 for honorable mention. Of the works recommended for monetary awards, 5 were recommended for Level I, 14 for Level II, and 42 for Level III. Appendix A lists the recommended monetary awards and nominations that deserve an Honorable Mention. The final rankings were agreed to at the meeting by Committee consensus. Comparison of Award Recommendations over Time Award Level FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010* Nominations Reviewed 102 126 140 136 146 110 90 140 130 109 121* Level I 0 2 4 7 6 3 5 5 5 3 5 Level II 5 11 7 18 13 6 11 13 16 22 14 Level III 36 29 26 29 32 30 29 37 30 31 42 Honorable Mention 20 21 39 33 37 31 26 45 43 25 33 Not Recommended 41 63 64 49 58 40 19 40 36 28 27 Not Eligible 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2** * In 2010, the SAB STAA combined fourteen nominations into seven nominations due to topic similarities. ** Duplicate nominations. 4 ------- 4. ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS The Committee appreciates EPA's efforts to satisfactorily implement recommendations from last year's report to the Administrator. In particular, the Committee identified significant improvements in the justifications for awards provided within the nominations regarding the breadth and importance of submitted papers and value and relevance of the work to the Agency's mission. During the June 28-30, 2010 meeting, the Committee identified four aspects of the nomination process that might be improved in future years: 1) increase efforts to ensure that submissions of nominations adhere to existing STAA program guidelines; 2) properly categorize the nominations; 3) discourage submission of multiple nominations of papers involving the same EPA author(s) on similar topical areas; and 4) discourage submission of nominations from standards-setting organizations. These observations are offered with the hope that the nomination process can continue to ensure STAA's fidelity towards recognizing outstanding science. Increase efforts to ensure that submissions of nominations adhere to existing STAA program guidelines The 2010 STAA Committee has noted many examples where greater attention to nomination guidelines would be beneficial to the review process. For example, there were: (a) Duplication of nominations; (b) Resubmission of previous year's nominations; and (c) Omission of information on prior STAA awards. In addition, the Committee Members had concerns about the need for the nominator(s) to verify the authorship of nominations. For example, nominations were authored by former employees. In other cases, the authors were not EPA employees when the work was conducted. Properly categorize the nominations, and discourage submission of multiple nominations of papers involving the same EPA author(s) on similar topical areas The Committee strongly believes that some papers are grouped and submitted under different subject categories in an attempt to maximize opportunities for cash awards. It is increasingly common to receive a number of nominations of papers that have similar justifications, address themes and/or methods that are essentially the same, have the same or similar groups of authors, and support closely related conclusions. The current nomination form restricts each nomination to a maximum of 3 papers per nomination, and requires that the nomination be categorized within a specific topic. Some prolific researchers had several nominations containing 3 papers each, and all papers within these nominations were topically similar. However, these nominations were inappropriately categorized into different topic areas. It was often difficult for the Committee to discern significant differences in intellectual and scientific contributions between these nominations, and confusing for the Committee to find such papers spread among many categories. It was also difficult for the Committee members to 5 ------- identify similar papers that were nominated in previous years since an index of previous nominations and awards was not available to the Committee. The Committee strongly discourages the practice of grouping similar papers and submitting groups to different categories. The Committee bases its recommendations for STAA Program awards on merit and does not base recommendations on the allocation or distribution of awards by subject category. The Committee uses these categories solely to assign nominations for review and to consider workload of STAA Committee members relative to STAA Committee composition. As noted previously, in both the Committee's 2008 and 2009 reports to the Administrator, the Agency should discourage the practice of submission of multiple nominations of papers involving the same EPA author(s) on similar topical areas. The Agency should also develop an index of STAA papers that have been nominated during the previous 5 years. The index should be updated annually and provided to the SAB Staff Office with the nominated papers. In addition, the Committee recommends that the Agency annually develop a table that alphabetically lists all researchers nominated more than once for that year's awards, and provide the table to the SAB Staff Office with the index. The table should identify all nominations and paper titles that researcher helped to author. Discourage submission of nominations from standards-setting organizations Nominations of methods papers published by standards-setting organizations are commendable but difficult to ascertain authorship contribution. The Committee recommends that the nomination guidelines be updated to discourage nomination of methods papers published by standards-setting organizations. 6 ------- Attachment 1 November 2009 Memoranda from ORD's Acting Assistant Administrator Mr. Lek Kadeli announced the call for EPA nominations for the 2010 STAA program November 18, 2009 MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: The 2010 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Program FROM: Lek Kadeli /signed/ Assistant Administrator (8101R) TO: Assistant Administrators Associate Administrators Regional Administrators ORD Center/Laboratory Directors It is a pleasure to announce this year's call for nominations for the 2010 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) program. STAA is an Agency-wide competition, judged by the Science Advisory Board (SAB), which recognizes outstanding published scientific and technical papers by the Agency's staff. This year's nominations will be accepted via electronic submission to Nomination.STAA@EPA.gov. I am also pleased to announce that, in an effort to encourage greater participation from across the Agency, the 2010 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) program will expand the types of eligible publications on a pilot basis. Research and Project Reports from across EPA will be eligible for STAA submission in 2010. Other aspects of the STAA program, such as the evaluation criteria, are not expected to significantly change. Attached are (1) nomination procedures and guidelines, (2) program schedule, and (3) nomination forms. Official 2010 nomination forms are available for your convenience in MS Word and screen fillable Portable Document Format (PDF) at http://es.epa.gov/ncer/staa/. All nominations must be received no later than midnight ET Thursday, January 14, 2010. Instructions for completion and electronic submission of nomination packages are attached. Should questions arise, please contact Dr. Thomas O'Farrell at (202) 343-9639 or O'Farrell.Thomas@epa.gov. cc: EPA Science Advisory Board EPA Program Offices EPA Regional Offices 7 ------- November 18, 2009 EPA SEEKING APPLICATIONS FOR 2010 STAA AWARDS MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: The 2010 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Program FROM: Lek Kadeli /signed/ Assistant Administrator TO: All EPA Employees I am pleased to issue this year's call for nominations for the EPA's prestigious 2010 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA). Each year, EPA recognizes outstanding papers written by the Agency's staff and published in scientific and technical journals. STAA is open to all EPA employees, judged by the EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB), and managed by the Office of Research and Development. I am also pleased to announce that, in an effort to encourage greater participation from across the Agency, the 2010 STAA program will expand the types of eligible publications on a pilot basis. Research and Project Reports from across EPA will be eligible for STAA submission in 2010. Other aspects of the STAA program, such as the evaluation criteria, will not significantly change. Nominations can be submitted in the following categories: - Control Systems and Technology - Ecological Research - Health Effects Research and Human Health Risk Assessment - Monitoring and Measurement Methods - Transport and Fate - Review Articles - Risk Management and Ecosystem Restoration - Integrated Risk Assessment - Environmental Policy and Decision-Making Studies - Homeland Security - Industry and the Environment - Energy and the Environment - Other Environmental Research -U.S. EPA Project and Research Reports STAA winners are eligible for monetary awards. In addition, winners are recognized each summer at the ORD Awards Ceremony. 8 ------- This year's nominations will be accepted via electronic submission to Nominations.STAA@epa.gov. You can find the nomination forms and guidelines at www.epa.gov/ncer/staa/forms.html. Nominations will be accepted until midnight ET on Thursday, January 14, 2010. Additional information about the STAA program can be found at www.epa.gov/ncer/staa. Should questions arise, please contact Thomas O'Farrell at (202) 343- 9639 or O'Farrell.Thomas@EPA.gov. 9 ------- Attachment 2 May 2009 Letter from National Center for Environmental Research (NCER) Director Dr. William Sanders to STAA Committee Chair on Pilot Project May 28. 2010 Dr. T. Taylor Eighmy Vice President for Research Office of the Vice President for Research Texas Tech University Box 41075 Lubbock, TX 79409-1075 Dear Dr. Eighmy: EPA would like to request your help in making the Science and Technology Achievement Awards (STAA) program an even more effective way to acknowledge the excellence of EPA science. For many years, government agencies, academics, the public and the broader scientific community have recognized EPA for its outstanding environmental research. We believe that by identifying and recognizing EPA's science achievements, we can attract, keep, and motivate our scientific workforce and ensure that we emphasize scientific quality and relevance. The STAA program is an important component of EPA's efforts to achieve its science goals and reward our scientists for their work. In recent years, it has become apparent that research reports are some of the most important science documents produced by Agency scientists and, at this point, these reports are ineligible for consideration in the STAA competition. We know that research reports play a significant role in moving our science efforts forward. For this reason EPA feels that research reports should be eligible for the 2001 STAA competition. Because including research reports in the STAA competition is a new idea, we want to make this part of a one year pilot program. Continuing beyond 2010, will be largely based on the findings and results of the 2010 effort. As part of the pilot, EPA will include a disclaimer that reserves our right to discontinue or modify the program, primarily to ensure that any modifications deemed essential to the pilot's success can be introduced at any time. To continue to ensure that no materials submitted are resubmissions, research reports are ineligible for STAA nomination if a portion of the report has been separately published and submitted to a prior STAA competition. Alternatively, no publication that has derived from a STAA nominated research report may be submitted to a future STAA competition. Furthermore, nominated publications in this research category must undergo both internal and external-to-EPA peer reviews. Other aspects of the STAA program, such as the evaluation criteria, will not significantly change. No additional or targeted funds will be made available to fund research report awards. We greatly appreciate the efforts of the SAB in helping EPA with this important effort and we 10 ------- look forward to hearing your thoughts on the effectiveness of this pilot effort. Thank you again for your help in improving the excellence of the STAA program. cc: Vanessa Vu Sherry Sterling Thomas O'Farrell Sincerely Yours, /signed/ William H. Sanders, III, Dr. P H. Director 11 ------- Appendix A - Nominations Recommended for Awards Nominations Recommended for a Level I Award ~ Total of 5 Nom. Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers Authors* and Nominating Organization S10CS0 008 A Bayesian method for calculating real-time quantitative PCR calibration curves using absolute plasmid DNA standards Dr. Sivaganesan, Mano (35%) Dr. Shanks, Orin C. (20%) Dr. Varma, Manju (15%) Mr. Siefring, Shawn (15%) Dr. Haugland, Richard A. (15%) Linked With S10M M0087 (1) Quantitative PCR for Detection and Enumeration of Genetic Markers of Bovine Fecal Pollution (2) Quantitative PCR for Genetic Markers of Human Fecal Pollution Dr. Shanks, Orin C. (35%) Mrs. Kelty, Catherine A. (15%) Dr. Haugland, Richard A. (15%) Dr. Varma, Manju (8%) Mrs. Siefring, Shawn (7%) Dr. Domingo, Jorge Santo (1%) Dr. Sivaganesan, Mano) Dr. Lu, Jingrang (1% Non-EPA) Dr. Noble, Rachel T. (1% Non-EPA) Ms. Blackwood, A. Denene (1% Non-EPA) Ms. Atikovic, Emina (1% Non-EPA) NRMRL S10ER 0033 (1) Geographic, anthropogenic, and habitat influences on Great Lakes coastal wetland fish assemblages (2) Patterns in habitat and fish assemblages within Great Lakes coastal wetlands and implications for sampling design Dr. Trebitz, Anett S. (50%) Dr. Brazner, John C. (15%) Mr. Pearson, Mark S. (5%) Mr. Tanner, Danny K. (5%) Mr. Peterson, Gregory S. (5%) Ms. Taylor, Debra L. (5%) Mr. West, Corlis W. (5%) Dr. Danz, Nicholas P. (5% Non-EPA) Mr. Hollenhorst, Tom (5% Non-EPA) NHFFRI *Note: The percentages given after each name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. 12 ------- Nominations Recommended for a Level I Award ~ Total of 5 Nom. Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers Authors* and Nominating Organization SIOOR 0091 (1) Terminology of developmental abnormalities in common laboratory mammals (Version 2) (Published in Birth Defects Research) (2) Terminology of developmental abnormalities in common laboratory mammals (Version 2) (Published in Reproductive Toxicology) (3) Terminology of developmental abnormalities in common laboratory mammals (Version 2) (Published in Congenital Anomalies) Makris, Susan (52%) Dr. Solomon, Howard (5% Non-EPA) Dr. Clark, Ruth (5% Non-EPA) Dr. Shiota, Kohei (5% Non-EPA) Dr. Barbellion, Stephane (3% Non-EPA) Dr. Wise, L. David (3% Non-EPA) Dr. Ema, Makoto (3% Non-EPA) Dr. Fujiwara, Michio (3% Non-EPA) Dr. Grote, Konstanze (3% Non-EPA) Dr. Hazelden, Keith P. (3% Non-EPA) Dr. Hew, Kok-Wah (3% Non-EPA) Dr. Horimoto, Masao (3% Non-EPA) Dr. Ooshima, Yojiri (3% Non-EPA) Dr. Parkinson, Meg (3% Non-EPA) Dr. Buschmann, Jochen (3% Non-EPA) NCEA SIOOR 0093 (1) A meta-analysis of children's hand-to-mouth frequency data for estimating nondietary ingestion exposure (Published in Risk Analysis) (2) A meta-analysis of children's object-to-mouth frequency data for estimating non-dietary ingestion exposure (Published in Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology) Dr. Xue, Jianping (30%) Dr. Zartarian, Valerie (25%) Ms. Moya, Jacqueline (10%) Dr. Tulve, Nicolle (10%) Ms. Freeman, Natalie (5% Non-EPA) Ms. Beamer, Paloma (5% Non-EPA) Ms. Black, Kathy (5% Non-EPA) Ms. AuYeung, Willa (5% Non-EPA) Mr. Shalat, Stuart (5% Non-EPA) NERL S10TF0 133 (1) Estimates of the contributions of biogenic and anthropogenic hydrocarbons to secondary organic aerosol at a southeastern US location (2) B-Caryophyllinic acid: An atmospheric tracer for B-caryophyllene secondary organic aerosol (3) Composition of PM2.5 during the summer of 2003 in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Dr. Edney, Edward O. (30%) Dr. Kleindienst, Tadeusz E. (14%) Dr. Lewandowski, Michael (14%) Dr. Offenberg, John H. (14%) Dr. Jaoui, Mohammed (14% Non-EPA) Dr. Bhave, Prakash V. (14% Non-EPA) NERL *Note: The percentages given after each name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. 13 ------- Nominations Recommended for a Level II Award ~ Total of 14 Nom. Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers Authors* and Nominating Organization S10ER 0014 Mucus: a new tissue fraction for rapid determination of fish diet switching using stable isotope analysis Dr. Church, Marshall Robbins (50%) Dr. Ebersole, Joe (20%) Mr. Rensmeyer, Kirk M. (10% Non-EPA) Mr. Couture, Ryan B. (10% Non-EPA) Dr. Barrows, Frederc T. (5% Non-EPA) Dr. Noakes, David L.G. (5% Non-EPA) NHFFRI S10ER 0016 (1) Physical indicators of hydrologic permanence in forested headwater streams (2) Larval salamanders and channel geomorphology are indicators of hydrologic permanence in forested headwater streams (3) Can bryophytes be used to characterize hydrologic permanence in forested headwater streams Dr. Fritz, Ken M. (40%) Dr. Johnson, Brent R. (30%) Dr. Walters, David M. (10%) Ms. Blocksom, Karen A. (10%) Dr. Greenwood, Jennifer L. (2%) Dr. Glime, Janice M. (5% Non-EPA) Mr. Hribljan, John (3% Non-EPA) NERL S10HE 0041 (1) Exposure to Concentrated Coarse Air Pollution Particles Causes Mild Cardiopulmonary Effects in Healthy Young Adults (2) Concentrated Ambient Ultrafine Particle Exposure Induces Cardiac changes in Young Healthy Volunteers Dr. Graff, Don (26%) Dr. Devlin, Robert (19%) Dr. Samet, James (18%) Dr. Rappold, Ana (14%) Dr. Huang, Yuh-Chin (4%) Ms. Bassett, Mary Ann (2%) Ms. Montilla, Tracey (2%) Dr. Cascio, Wayne (5% Non-EPA) Dr. Zhou, Haibo (4% Non-EPA) Dr. Bromberg, Philip (2% Non-EPA) Mr. Berntsen, Jon (2% Non-EPA) Dr. Hazucha, Milan (1% Non-EPA) Ms. Herbst, Margaret (1% Non-EPA) NHFFRI S10HE 0044 Differential Potentiation of Allergic Lung Disease in Mice Exposed to Chemically Distinct Diesel Samples Dr. Stevens, Tina (45%) Dr. Gilmour, M. Ian (35%) Dr. Linak, William P. (15%) Dr. Cho, Seung-Hyun (5% Non-EPA) NHFFRI *Note: The percentages given after each name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. 14 ------- Nominations Recommended for a Level II Award ~ Total of 14 Nom. Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers Authors* and Nominating Organization S10HE 0054 (1) Profiling Chemicals Based on Chronic Toxicity Results from the U.S. EPA ToxRef Database (2) Profiling the Reproductive Toxicity of Chemicals from Multigeneration Studies in the Toxicity Reference Database (3) Profiling the activity of environmental chemicals in prenatal developmental toxicity studies using the U.S. EPA's ToxRefDB Mr. Martin, Matthew T. (25%) Dr. Dix, David J. (15%) Dr. Knudsen, Thomas B. (15%) Dr. Judson, Richard S. (10%) Dr. Kavlock, Robert J. (10%) Dr. Reif, David M. (5%) Dr. Mendez, Elizabeth (5%) Mr. Coram, Daniel (5% Non-EPA) Mr. Rotroff, Daniel (5% Non-EPA) Mr. Singh, Amar V. (5% Non-EPA) NCCT S10HE 0062 (1) Systemic translocation of °Zinc: Kinetics following intratracheal instillation in rats (2) Systemic Translocation of Particulate Matter- Associated Metals Following a Single Intratracheal Instillation in Rats Dr. Kodavanti, Urmila P. (30%) Mr. McGee, JohnK. (15%) Mr. Kovalcik, Kasey D. (10%) Mr. Ledbetter, Allen D. (5%) Ms. Schladweiler, Mette C. (5%) Dr. Landis, Matthew (5%) Dr. Wallenborn, J. Grace (30% Non-EPA) NHFFRI S10IR0 076 (1) Use of habitat-contamination spatial correlation to determine when to perform a spatially explicit ecological risk assessment (2) SADA: Ecological Risk Based Decision Support System for Selective Remediation Dr. Puracker, Steven Thomas (65%) Dr. Welsh, Christopher J.E. (15% Non-EPA) Mr. Stewart, Robert N. (15% Non-EPA) Dr. Starzec, Peter (5% Non-EPA) (Deceased) NERL S10IR0 077 (1) Global transcriptomic response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to chlorhexidine diacetate (2) Toxicogenomic response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to ortho-phenylphenol (3) Microarray analysis of Mycobacterium bovis BCG revealed induction of iron acquisition related genes in response to hydrogen peroxide Dr. Toghrol, Freshteh (50%) Dr. Nde, Chantal (20% Non-EPA) Dr. Jang, Hyeung-Jin (20% Non-EPA) Dr. Bentley, William E. (10% Non-EPA) OCSPP S10M M0082 The Development and Inter-laboratory Verification of LC-MS Libraries for Organic Chemicals of Environmental Concern Ms. Rosal, Charlita (37%) Dr. Zintek, Lawrence (32%) Dr. Betowski, LeonD. (20%) Mr. Wesolowski, Dennis (3%) Mr. Neukom, Joshua (5% Non-EPA) Mr. Romano, Joseph (3% Non-EPA) NERL *Note: The percentages given after each name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. 15 ------- Nominations Recommended for a Level II Award ~ Total of 14 Nom. Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers Authors* and Nominating Organization SI OR A 0103 An Evaluation of the Mode of Action Framework for Mutagenic Carcinogens Case Study II: Chromium Cr(VI) Ms. McCarroll, Nancy (50%) Dr. Keshava, Nagalakshmi (31%) Dr. Chen, Jonathan (6%) Dr. Akerman, Gregory (6%) Dr. Kilgerman, Andrew (6%) Dr. Rinde, Esther (6%) OPP SI OR A 0104 Continuous and Semicontinuous Monitoring Techniques for Particulate Matter Mass and Chemical Components: A Synthesis of Findings from EPA's Particulate Matter Supersites Program and Related Studies Dr. Solomon, Paul A. (90%) Dr. Sioutas, Constantinos (10% Non-EPA) NERL S10TF0 122 Examination of Arsenic Speciation in Sulfidic Solutions Using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Dr. Beak, Douglas G. (45%) Dr. Wilkin, Richard T. (35%) Dr. Ford, Robert G. (15%) Dr. Kelly, Shelly D. (5% Non-EPA) NRMRL S10TF0 125 Application of Ecosystem-Scale Fate and Bioaccumulation Models to Predict Fish Mercury Response Times to Changes in Atmospheric Deposition Dr. Knightes, Christopher D. (40%) Dr. Sunderland, Elynor M. (30%) Dr. Barber, M. Craig (10%) Dr. Johnston, John M. (10%) Mr. Ambrose, Jr., Robert B. (10%) Linked With NERL S10TF0 134 (1) Development and test application of a screening - level mercury fate model and tool for evaluating wildlife exposure risk for surface waters with mercury-contaminated sediments (SERAFM) (2) Evaluating Regional Predictive Capacity of a Process-Based Mercury Exposure Model, Regional - Mercury Cycling Model, Applied to 91 Vermont and New Hampshire Lakes and Ponds, USA Dr. Knightes, Christopher D. (90%) Mr. Ambrose, Jr., Robert B. (10%) NERL *Note: The percentages given after each name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. 16 ------- Nominations Recommended for a Level II Award ~ Total of 14 Nom. Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers Authors* and Nominating Organization S10TF0 132 (1) Modeling the impacts of traffic emissions on air toxics concentrations near roadways (2) Analysis of air quality data near roadways using a dispersion model (3) A wind tunnel study of the effect of roadway configurations on the dispersion of traffic-related pollution Dr. Isakov, Vlad (20%) Dr. Baldauf, Richard (15%) Dr. Heist, David (15%) Dr. Perry, Steven (15%) Dr. Thoma, Eben (5%) Dr. Venkatram, Akula (20% Non-EPA) Dr. Seila, Robert (5% Non-EPA) Dr. Brixey, Laurie (5% Non-EPA) OAR *Note: The percentages given after each name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. 17 ------- Nominations Recommended for a Level III Award Total of 42 Nom. Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers Authors* and Nominating Organization S10CS0 005 (1) Demonstration of Advanced Emission Controls for Nonroad SI Class II Engines (2) New Exhaust Catalyst Emission Control Systems for Nonroad SI Class I Engines Mr. McDonald, Joseph F. (42%) Mr. Olson, Brian A. (42%) Mr. Murawski, Marc (16% Non-EPA) OTAQ S10EE0 010 Hydrophobic zeolite-silicone rubber mixed matrix membranes for ethanol-water separation: Effect of zeolite and silicone component selection on pervaporation performance Dr. Vane, Leland M. (48%) Dr. Namboodiri, Vasudevan V. (32%) Dr. Bowen, Travis C. (20%) NRMRL Linked With SI OR A 0107 Separation technologies for the recovery and dehydration of alcohols from fermentation broths Dr. Vane, Leland M. (100%) NRMRL S10EP0 011 Technical challenges involved in Implementation of VOC reactivity-based control of ozone Ms. Luecken, Deborah (75%) Dr. Mebust, Michelle (25% Non-EPA) NERL S10ER 0012 (1) Multispatial-scale variation inbenthic and snag- surface macroinvertebrate assemblages in mid- continent US great rivers (2) Multmetric macroinvertebrate indices for mid- continent US great rivers Dr. Angradi, Theodore (Ted) R. (50%) Dr. Bolgrien, David W. (10%) Ms. Jicha, Terri M. (10%) Mr. Pearson, Mark S. (10%) Ms. Taylor, Debra L. (10%) Dr. Hill, Brian H. (10%) NHFFRI *Note: The percentages given after each name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. 18 ------- Nominations Recommended for a Level III Award Total of 42 Nom. Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers Authors* and Nominating Organization S10ER 0013 Endocrine disrupting chemicals in fish: developing exposure indicators and predictive models of effects based on mechanism of action Dr. Ankley, Gerald (15%) Dr. Bencic, David (5%) Dr. Breen, Michael (5%) Dr. Collette, Timothy (5%) Dr. Conolly, Rory (5%) Dr. Edwards, Stephen (5%) Dr. Ekman, Drew (5%) Ms. Jensen, Kathleen (5%) Dr. Lazorchak, James (5%) Dr. Miller, David (5%) Dr. Villeneuve, Daniel (5%) Dr. Wang, Rong-Lin (5%) Dr. Denslow, Nancy (5% Non-EPA) Dr. Garcia-Reyero, Natalia (5% Non-EPA) Dr. Martinovic, Dalma (5% Non-EPA) Dr. Perkins, Edward (5% Non-EPA) Dr. Orlando, Edward (5% Non-EPA) Dr. Watanabe, Karen (5% Non-EPA) Linked With S10ER 0034 (1) Direct effects, compensation, and recovery in female fathead minnows exposed to a model aromatase inhibitor (2) Dynamic nature of alterations in the endocrine system of fathead minnows exposed to the fungicide prochloraz NHFFRI Dr. Villeneuve, Daniel (30%) Dr. Ankley, Gerald (30%) Ms. Jensen, Kathleen (5%) Mr. Kahl, Michael D. (5%) Ms. Makynen, Elizabeth A. (5%) Dr. Bencic, David (5%) Ms. Durhan, Elizabeth J. (3%) Ms. Cavallin, Jenna E. (5% Non-EPA) Dr. Martinovic, Dalma (5% Non-EPA) Mr. Mueller, Nathanial D. (5% Non-EPA) Ms. Wehmas, Leah C. (2% Non-EPA) NHEERL S10ER 0018 Multiple regression models for hindcasting and forecasting midsummer hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico Dr. Greene, Richard M. (50%) Dr. Lehrter, John C. (25%) Dr. Hagy, III, James D. (25%) Linked With NHFFRI S10ER 0025 Interactions between freshwater input, light, and phytoplankton dynamics on the Louisiana continental shelf Dr. Lehrter, John C. (50%) Dr. Murrell, Michael C. (25%) Dr. Kurtz, Janis C. (25%) NHFFRI *Note: The percentages given after each name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. 19 ------- Nominations Recommended for a Level III Award Total of 42 Nom. Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers Authors* and Nominating Organization S10ER 0023 Cumulative effects of coastal habitat alterations on fishery resources: toward prediction at regional scales Dr. Jordan, Stephen J. (50%) Ms. Smith, Lisa M. (30%) Dr. Nestlerode, Janet A. (20%) NHFFRI S10ER 0024 (1) Mechanistic Approach to Understanding the Toxicity of the Azole Fungicide Triadimefon to a Nontarget Aquatic Insect and Implications for Exposure Assessment (2) Integration of Metabolomics and In vitro Metabolism Assays for Investigating the Steroselective Transformation of Triadimefon in Rainbow Trout Dr. Kenneke, John F. (28%) Mr. Mazur, Christopher S. (23%) Dr. Garrison, A. Wayne (10%) Dr. Ekman, Drew R. (10%) Dr. Overmyer, Jay P. (7% Non-EPA) Ms. Kellock, Kristen A. (7% Non-EPA) Mr. Konwick, Brad (7% Non-EPA) Mr. Avants, Jimmy K. (5% Non-EPA) Dr. Fisk, Aaron (3% Non-EPA) NERL S10ER 0030 Downstream effects of mountaintop coal mining: comparing biological condition using family-and genus-level macroinvertebrate bioassessment tools Mr. Pond, Gregory J. (30%) Ms. Passmore, Margaret E. (30%) Dr. Borsuk, Frank A. (15%) Mr. Reynolds, Lou (15%) Ms. Rose, Carole J. (10%) Region 3 S10HE 0035 Hazard to the developing male reproductive system from cumulative exposure to phthalate esters-dibutyl phthalate, diisobutyl phthalate, butylbenzyl phthalate, diethylhexyl phthalate, dipentyl phthalate, and diisononyl phthalate Dr. Benson, Robert W. (100%) Region 8 S10HE 0036 (1) Development and use of PBPK modeling and the Impact of metabolism on variability in dose metrics for the risk assessment of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) (2) Evaluation of Evidence for infection as a Mode of Action for induction of Rat Lymphoma Dr. Caldwell, Jane C. (51%) Dr. Blancato, Jerry N. (15%) Dr. Evans, Marina V. (15%) Ms. Jinot, Jennifer (7%) Dr. Gift, JeffS. (5%) Dr. DeVoney, Danielle (5%) Dr. Powers, Fred W. (2%) (Deceased) NCEA S10HE 0037 (1) Characterizing uncertainty and population variability in the toxicokinetics of trichloroethylene and metabolites in mice, rats, and humans using an updated database, physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model, and Bayesian approach (2) Development of an updated PBPK model for trichloroethylene and metabolites in mice, and its application to discern the role of oxidative metabolism in TCE-induced hepatomegaly Dr. Chiu, Weihsueh A. (49%) Dr. Evans, Marina V. (28%) Dr. Caldwell, Jane C. (15%) Dr. Okino, Miles S. (8%) NCEA *Note: The percentages given after each name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. 20 ------- Nominations Recommended for a Level III Award Total of 42 Nom. Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers Authors* and Nominating Organization S10HE 0042 (1) Fine Oil Combustion Particle Bioavailable Constituents Induce Molecular Profiles of Oxidative Stress, Altered Function and Cellular Injury in Cardiomyocytes (2) Fine Ambient Air Particulate Matter Exposure Induces Molecular Alterations Associated With Vascular Disease Progression Within Plaques of Atherosclerotic Susceptible Mice Dr. Dreher, Kevin L. (30%) Dr. Floyd, Heather S. (25%) Ms. Vallanat, Beena (10%) Dr. Knuckles, Travis (25% Non-EPA) Dr. Chen, Lung-Chi (10% Non-EPA) NHFFRI S10HE 0043 Protein carbonyl formation in response to propiconazole-induced oxidative stress Dr. Ge, Yue (45%) Ms. Bruno, Maribel (35%) Dr. Nesnow, Stephen (15%) Ms. Moore, Tanya (5%) NHFFRI S10HE 0046 A Reexamination of the PPAR-a Activation Mode of Action as a Basis for Assessing Human Cancer Risks of Environmental Contaminants Dr. Guyton, Kathryn Z. (40%) Dr. Chiu, Weihsueh A. (12%) Ms. Jinot, Jennifer (12%) Dr. Bateson, Thomas F. (8%) Dr. Caldwell, Jane C. (12%) Ms. Scott, Cheryl Siegel (9%) Ms. Brown, Rebecca C. (7% Non-EPA) NCEA S10HE 0048 (1) Concentrations of Phthalate Metabolites in Milk, Urine, Saliva, and Serum of Lactating North Carolina Women (2) Polyfluoroalkyl Chemicals in the Serum and Milk of Breastfeeding Women (3) Assays for Endogenous Components of Human Milk: Comparison of Fresh and Frozen Samples and Corresponding Analytes in Serum Dr. Hines, Erin (40%) Dr. Fenton, Suzanne (39%) Dr. Mendola, Pauline (10%) Ms. Schmid, Judy (1%) Mr. Barbee, Randy (1%) Dr. Calafat, Antonia (1% Non-EPA) Dr. Kato, Kayoko (1% Non-EPA) Dr. Kuklenyik, K. (1% Non-EPA) Ms. Moreland, Rae Ann (1% Non-EPA) Dr. Rayner, Jennifer (1% Non-EPA) Dr. Reidy, Jack (1% Non-EPA) Dr. Silva, Manori J. (1% Non-EPA) Dr. Valcour, Andre (1% Non-EPA) Dr. Ehrenstein, Ondine von (1% Non-EPA) NCEA *Note: The percentages given after each name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. 21 ------- Nominations Recommended for a Level III Award Total of 42 Nom. Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers Authors* and Nominating Organization S10HE 0050 (1) Modeling Single and Repeated Dose Pharmacokinetics of PFOA in Mice (2) Pharmacokinetic modeling of perfluorooctanoic acid during gestation and lactation in the mouse (3) Comparing models for perfluorooctanoic acid pharmacokinetics using Bayesian analysis Dr. Rodriguez, Chester E. (25%) Dr. Wambaugh, John F. (25%) Dr. Barton, Hugh A. (10%) Dr. Setzer, R. Woodrow (10%) Dr. Lau, Christopher S. (5%) Dr. Lindstrom, Andrew B. (5%) Dr. Zehr, R. Dan (5%) Dr. Strynar, Mark J. (5%) Dr. Lou, Inchio (5% Non-EPA) Dr. Hanson, Roger G. (5% Non-EPA) NCCT S10HE 0055 Disruption of microRNA expression in human airway epithelial cells by diesel exhaust particles is linked to tumorigenesis-associated pathways Dr. Jardim, Melanie (32.5%) Dr. Diaz-Sanchez, David (32.5%) Ms. Dailey, Lisa (15%) Dr. Fry, Rebecca (15% Non-EPA) Dr. Jaspers, Ilona (5% Non-EPA) NHFFRI S10HE 0056 Sampling household surfaces for pesticide residues: Comparison between a Press Sampler and solvent- moistened wipes Dr. Melnyk, Lisa Jo (50%) Dr. Bernard, Craig E. (35%) Mr. Wymer, Larry J. (10%) Dr. Berry, Maurice R. (5%) NERL S10HE 0061 (1) ACToR - Aggregated Computational Toxicology Resource (2) The Toxicity Data Landscape for Environmental Chemicals (3) ACToR Online Dr. Judson, Richard S. (12%) Mr. Martin, Matthew T. (8%) Dr. Richard, Ann M. (5%) Dr. Dix, David J. (3%) Dr. Houck, Keith A. (3%) Dr. Dellarco, Vicki (3%) Dr. Sayre, Philip G. (3%) Dr. Tan, Shirlee (3%) Dr. Smith, Edwin (3%) Dr. Holderman, Todd S. (3%) Dr. Carpenter, Thomas (3%) Dr. Henry, Tala (3%) Dr. Kavlock, Robert J. (1%) Mr. Cathey, Tommy (9% Non-EPA) Dr. Transue, Thomas R. (8% Non-EPA) Dr. Wolf, Maritja (8% Non-EPA) Dr. Vail, James (8% Non-EPA) Ms. Smith, Doris (8% Non-EPA) Mr. Spencer, Richard M. (3% Non-EPA) Dr. Elloumi, Fathi (3% Non-EPA) NCCT *Note: The percentages given after each name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. 22 ------- Nominations Recommended for a Level III Award Total of 42 Nom. Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers Authors* and Nominating Organization S10HE 0065 High Sensitivity of Children to Swimming- Associated Gastrointestinal Illness: Results Using a Rapid Assay of Recreational Water Quality Mr. Wade, Timothy J. (22%) Ms. Calderon, Rebecca L. (12%) (Deceased) Ms. Brenner, Kristin P. (12%) Ms. Sams, Elizabeth (12%) Mr. Dufour, Alfred P. (12%) Mr. Haugland, Rich (10%) Mr. Wymer, Larry (10%) Dr. Beach, Michael (10% Non-EPA) NERL S10HE 0140 One-Month Diesel Exhaust Inhalation Produces Hypertensive Gene Expression Pattern in Healthy Rats Dr. Kodavanti, Urmila P. (25%) Ms. Schladweiler, Mette C. (18%) Mr. Ledbetter, Allen D. (6%) Mr. Krantz, Todd (6%) Ms. Richards, Judy E. (3%) Dr. Linak, William P. (2%) Mr. Jaskot, Richard H. (2%) Dr. Gottipolu, Reddy R. (13% Non-EPA) Dr. Karoly, Edward D. (8% Non-EPA) Dr. Nyska, Abraham (5% Non-EPA) Ms. Johnson, Jo Anne (5% Non-EPA) Dr. Wallenborn, J. Grace (4% Non-EPA) Dr. Thomas, Ronald (3% Non-EPA) NHFFRI S10IR0 073 Contrasting Influence of NADPH and a NADPH- Regenerating System on the Metabolism of Carbonyl-Containing Compounds in Hepatic Microsomes Mr. Mazur, Christopher S. (40%) Dr. Kenneke, John F. (35%) Dr. Goldsmith, Michael-Rock (20%) Ms. Brown, Cather (5% Non-EPA) NERL S10M M0079 Development and evaluation of a generic tag array to detect and genotype noroviruses in water Ms. Brinkman, Nichole (90%) Dr. Fout, G. Shay (10%) NERL *Note: The percentages given after each name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. 23 ------- Nominations Recommended for a Level III Award Total of 42 Nom. Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers Authors* and Nominating Organization S10M M0080 (1) Profiling Lipid Metabolites Yields Unique Information on Sex- and Time-dependent Responses of Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas) Exposed to 17a-Ethynylestradiol (2) A Direct Cell Quenching Method for Cell- Culture Based Metabolomics (3) Spectral Relative Standard Deviation: A Practical Benchmark in Metabolomics Dr. Ekman, Drew R. (16%) Dr. Teng, Quincy (16%) Dr. Collette, Timothy W. (15%) Dr. Ankley, Gerald T. (4%) Dr. Villeneuve, Daniel L. (4%) Dr. Jensen, Kathleen M. (3%) Dr. Kahl, Michael D. (3%) Dr. Durhan, Elizabeth J. (3%) Dr. Parsons, Helen M. (12% Non-EPA) Dr. Viant, Mark R. (12% Non-EPA) Dr. Huang, Wenlin (7% Non-EPA) Dr. Tan, Chalet (5% Non-EPA) NERL S10M M0083 (1) Phylogenetic diversity and molecular detection of bacteria in gull feces (2) Microbial Diversity and Host-Specific Sequences of Canada Goose Feces Dr. Santo Domingo, Jorge W. (55%) Dr. Lu, Jingrang (35% Non-EPA) Dr. Edge, Thomas (4% Non-EPA) Mr. Hill, Stephen (4% Non-EPA) Dr. Lamendella, Regina (2% Non-EPA) NRMRL S10M M0084 Streambed Gravel Collection and Frequency Base Conversion: a Solution to Data set Sharing Dr. Shirazi, Mostafa (70%) Dr. Kaufmann, Philip R. (10%) Dr. Faustini, John M. (20% Non-EPA) NHFFRI SI OR A 0095 Biologically-Relevant Exposure Science for 21st Century Toxicity Testing Dr. Cohen Hubal, Elaine A. (100%) NCCT SI OR A 0096 Role of PPAR alpha in mediating the effects of trichloroethylene and metabolites Dr. Corton, Chris (100%) NHFFRI SI OR A 0099 Developments in direct thermal extraction gas chromatography-mass spectrometry of fine aerosols Dr. Hays, Michael D. (75%) Dr. Lavrich, Richard J. (25%) NRMRL SI OR A 0100 Nanotechnology and in Situ Remediation: A Review of the Benefits and Potential Risks Dr. Karn, Barbara (33%) Ms. Otto, Martha (33%) Dr. Kuiken, Todd (34% Non-EPA) NCER SI OR A 0105 The endocrine effects of mercury in humans and wildlife Dr. Tan, Shirlee (50%) Dr. Meiller, Jesse (40%) Dr. Mahaffey, Kathryn (10%) (Deceased) OPPTS *Note: The percentages given after each name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. 24 ------- Nominations Recommended for a Level III Award Total of 42 Nom. Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers Authors* and Nominating Organization S10RM 0108 (1) Adsorption and simultaneous dechlorination of PCBs by GAC impregnated with ZVI/Pd bimetallic particles: Mechanistic aspects and reactive capping barrier concept (2) Effects of ageing and oxidation of palladized iron embedded in activated carbon on the dechlorination of 2-chlorobiphenyl (3) Catalytic role of palladium and relative reactivity of substituted chlorines during adsorption and treatment of PCBs on reactive activated carbon Dr. Al-Abed, Souhail (50%) Dr. Choi, Hyeok (40% Non-EPA) Dr. Agarwal, Shirish (10% Non-EPA) NRMRL S10RM 0110 Speciation, Characterization, and Mobility of As, Se, and Hg in Flue Gas Desulphurization Residues Dr. Al-Abed, Souhail (40%) Dr. Scheckel, Kirk (20%) Dr. Tolaymat, Thabet (10%) Dr. Jegadeesan, Gautham (30% Non-EPA) NRMRL S10RM 0112 The Watershed Deposition Tool: A tool for incorporating atmospheric deposition in water- quality analyses Ms. Schwede, Donna (60%) Dr. Dennis, Robin (35%) Ms. Bitz, Mary Ann (5% Non-EPA) NERL S10TF0 123 (1) Formation of Aqueous Suspensions of Fullerenes (2) Colloidal Properties of Aqueous Fullerenes: Isoelectric Points and Aggregation Kinetics of C60 and C60 Derivatives Dr. Bouchard, Dermont (49%) Dr. Ma, Xin (49%) Dr. Isaacson, Carl (2% Non-EPA) NERL S10TF0 124 (1) The North American Mercury Model Intercomparison Study (NAMMIS): Study description and model-to-model comparisons (2) An Analysis of Simulated Wet Depositon of Mercury from the North American Mercury Model Intercomparison Study (NAMMIS) Mr. Bullock, Jr., O. Russell (30%) Dr. Atkinson, R. Dwight (12%) Mr. Braverman, Thomas N. (8%) Dr. Civerolo, Kevin (12% Non-EPA) Dr. Dastoor, Ashu (4% Non-EPA) Dr. Davignon, Didier (4% Non-EPA) Ms. Lohman, Kristen (4% Non-EPA) Dr. Myers, Thomas C. (4% Non-EPA) Dr. Selin, Noelle E. (4% Non-EPA) Dr. Park, Rokjin J. (4% Non-EPA) Dr. Seigneur, Christian (4% Non-EPA) Mr. Vijayaraghavan, Krish (4% Non-EPA) Dr. Ku, Jia-Yeong (3% Non-EPA) Dr. Sistla, Gopal (3% Non-EPA) NERL *Note: The percentages given after each name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. 25 ------- Nominations Recommended for a Level III Award Total of 42 Nom. Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers Authors* and Nominating Organization S10TF0 127 (1) Analysis of Fluorotelomer Alcohols Soils: Optimization of Extraction and Chromatography (2) Analysis of Perfhiorinated Chemicals in Sludge: Method Development and Initial Results Dr. Washington, John W. (48%) Dr. Ellington, J. Jackson (26%) Mr. Neill, Michael P. (3%) Dr. Libelo, E. Laurence (3%) Dr. Yoo, Hoon (15% Non-EPA) Dr. Jenkins, Thomas M. (3% Non-EPA) Dr. Evans, John J. (1% Non-EPA) (Deceased) Ms. Hafner, Sarah C. (1% Non-EPA) NERL Linked With S10TF0 137 (1) Degradability of an Acrylate-Linked Fluorotelomer Polymer in Soil (2) Response to Comments on "Degradability of an Acrylate-Linked Fluorotelomer Polymer in Soil Dr. Washington, John W. (70%) Dr. Ellington, J. Jackson (23%) Dr. Jenkins, Thomas M. (2% Non-EPA) Dr. Evans, John J. (2% Non-EPA) Ms. Hafner, Sarah C. (2% Non-EPA) Dr. Yoo, Hoon (1% Non-EPA) NERL S10TF0 129 Carbonaceous aerosol over a Pinus taeda forest in Central North Carolina, USA Mr. Geron, Chris (100%) NRMRL S10TF0 130 Characterization and aerosol mass balance of PM2.5 and PM10 collected in Conakry, Guinea during the 2004 Harmattan period Mr. Hedges, Scott R. (51%) Mr. Weinstein, Jason P. (40%) Ms. Kimbrough, Sue (9%) OAR S10TF0 135 Estimating the Impact of the 2004 Alaskan Forest Fires on episodic Particulate Matter Pollution over the Eastern United States through Assimilation of Satellite-Derived Aerosol Optical Depths in a Regional Air Quality Model Dr. Mathur, Rohit (100%) NERL S10TF0 138 Light-Initiated Transformations of Fullerenol in Aqueous Media Dr. Zepp, Richard G. (50%) Dr. Kong, Lingjun (30% Non-EPA) Mr. Tedrow, O'Niell (10% Non-EPA) Mr. Chan, Yau Fong(Kyle) (10% Non-EPA) NERL *Note: The percentages given after each name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. 26 ------- Nominations Recommended for Honorable Mention (No Monetary Award) Total of 33 Nom. Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers Authors* and Nominating Organization S10CS0 002 (1) Fenton-driven regeneration of MTBE-spent granular activated carbon-Effects of particle size and iron amendment procedures (2) Effects of temperature and acidic pre-treatment on Fenton-driven oxidation of MTBE-spent granular activated carbon Dr. Huling, Scott G. (70%) Dr. Kan, Eunsung (25% Non-EPA) Mr. Wingo, Caleb (5% Non-EPA) NRMRL S10CS0 004 Assessment of PCDD/F and PBDD/F emissions from coal-fired power plants during injection of brominated activated carbon for mercury control Dr. Hutson, Nick D. (34%) Dr. Ryan, Shawn P. (33%) Dr. Touati, Abderrahmane (33% Non-EPA) NRMRL S10CS0 007 Estimating chloramine Ct for the synergistic inactivation of Cryptosporidium with ozone followed by chloramine Dr. Sivaganesan, Mano (100%) NRMRL S10EE0 009 Solid Fuel Household Cook Stoves: Characterization of Performance and Emissions Mr. Jetter, James J. (60%) Mr. Kariher, Peter (40% Non-EPA) NRMRL S10ER 0015 (1) Modeling Stream Network-Scale Variation in Coho Salmon Overwinter Survival and Smolt Size (2) Hierarchical Modeling of Late-Summer Weight and Summer Abundance of Juvenile Coho Salmon across a Stream Network Dr. Ebersole, Joseph L. (40%) Dr. Wigington, Jr., Parker J. (10%) Dr. Leibowitz, Scott G. (5%) Dr. Baker, Joan P. (5%) Dr. Church, M. Robbins (4%) Dr. Compton, Jana E. (4%) Mr. Cairns, Michael A. (2%) Mr. Colvin, Michael E. (25% Non-EPA) Mr. Miller, Bruce A. (2% Non-EPA) Mr. LaVigne, Henry R. (2% Non-EPA) Mr. Hansen, Bruce P. (1% Non-EPA) NHFFRI S10ER 0017 Bias in population growth rate estimation: sparse data, partial life cycle analysis and Jensen's inequality Dr. Grear, Jason S. (50%) Dr. Elderd, Bret (50% Non-EPA) NHFFRI S10ER 0020 (1) Predicting Estuarine Sediment Metal Concentrations and Inferred Ecological Conditions: An Information Theoretic Approach (2) Effects of Spatial Extent on Landscape Structure and Sediment Metal Concentration Relationships in Small Estuarine Systems of the United States Mid- Atlantic Coast Dr. Hollister, JeffW. (75%) Dr. Paul, John F. (10%) Dr. Walker, Henry A. (5%) Dr. August, Peter V. (10% Non-EPA) NHFFRI *Note: The percentages given after each name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. 27 ------- Nominations Recommended for Honorable Mention (No Monetary Award) Total of 33 Nom. Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers Authors* and Nominating Organization S10ER 0027 Effects of irradiance on benthic and water column processes in a Gulf of Mexico estuary: Pensacola Bay, Florida, USA Dr. Murrell, Michael C. (50%) Mr. Campbell, Jed D. (20%) Dr. Hagy, III, James D. (20%) Dr. Caffrey, Jane M. (10% Non-EPA) NHFFRI S10ER 0029 Elevated C02 and 03 effects on fine-root survivorship in ponderosa pine mesocosms Dr. Phillips, Donald L. (55%) Dr. Johnson, Mark G. (20%) Dr. Tingey, David T. (20%) Ms. Storm, Maijorie J. (5% Non-EPA) NHFFRI S10ER 0032 Water Quality in the Near Coastal Waters of the Gulf of Mexico Affected by Hurricane Katrina: Before and After the Storm Ms. Smith, Lisa M. (40%) Mr. Macauley, John M. (25%) Ms. Harwell, Linda C. (25%) Ms. Chancy, Cynthia A. (10%) NHFFRI S10HE 0038 (1) Exploring the in vitro formation of trimethylarsine sulfide from dimethylthioarsinic acid in anaerobic microflora of mouse cecum using HPLC-ICP-MS and HPLC-ESI-MS (2) In Vitro biotransformation of dimethylarsinic acid and trimethylarsine oxide by anaerobic microflora of mouse cecum analyzed by HPLC-ICP- MS and HPLC-ESI-MS Dr. Kubachka, Kevin M. (30%) Mr. Kohan, Michael J. (20%) Ms. Herbin-Davis, Karen M. (20%) Dr. Creed, JohnT. (15%) Dr. Thomas, David J. (10%) Dr. Conklin, SeanD. (5% Non-EPA) NERL S10HE 0039 (1) The Effect of Ambient Air Pollution on Semen Quality (2) The Healthy Men Study: An Evaluation of Exposure to Disinfection By-Products in Tap Water and Sperm Qulaity (3) The Healthy Men Study: design and recruitment considerations for environmental epidemiology studies in male reproductive health Dr. Darney, Sally Perreault (25%) Dr. Luben, Thomas (25%) Mr. Sacks, Jason D. (10%) Ms. Jeffay, Susan (10%) Ms. Strader, Lillian (10%) Dr. Buus, Rebecca M. (10%) Dr. Hansen, Craig (5% Non-EPA) Dr. Olshan, Andrew (5% Non-EPA) NCEA S10HE 0045 Thermoregulation and its influence on toxicity assessment Dr. Gordon, Christopher J. (50%) Dr. Spencer, Pamela (10% Non-EPA) Dr. Hotchkiss, Jon (10% Non-EPA) Dr. Miller, Diane B. (10% Non-EPA) Dr. Hinderliter, Paul (10% Non-EPA) Dr. Pauluhn, Juergen (10% Non-EPA) NHFFRI *Note: The percentages given after each name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. 28 ------- Nominations Recommended for Honorable Mention (No Monetary Award) Total of 33 Nom. Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers Authors* and Nominating Organization S10HE 0047 (1) Development of a Competitive Binding Assay System with Recombinant Estrogen Receptors from Multiple (2) Comparison of Chemical Binding to Recombinant Fathead minnow and Human Estrogen Receptors Alpha in Whole Cell and Cell-free Binding Assays (3) Competitive Binding Comparison of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds to Recombinant Androgen Receptor from Fathead Minnow, Rainbow Trout and Human Dr. Wilson, Vickie S. (35%) Ms. Cardon, Mary C. (30%) Dr. Hartig, Phillip C. (20%) Dr. Gray, Jr., L. Earl (10%) Dr. Rider, Cynthia V. (5% Non-EPA) NHFFRI S10HE 0049 Application of Novel Method to Measure Endogenous VOCs in Exhaled Breath Condensate Before and After Exposure to Diesel Exhaust Dr. Hubbard, Heidi F. (50%) Dr. Sobus, Jon S. (25%) Dr. Pleil, Joachim D. (10%) Dr. Madden, Michael C. (10%) Dr. Tabucchi, Sara (5% Non-EPA) Linked With NERL S10HE 0060 Influence of systems biology response and environmental exposure level on between-subject variability in breath and blood biomarkers Dr. Pleil, Joachim D. (100%) NERL S10HE 0051 (1) Chlorotriazine Herbicides and Metabolites Activate an ACTH-dependent Release of Corticosterone in Male Wistar Rats (2) Characterization of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary- Adrenal Axis Response to Atrazine and Metabolites in the Female Rat Dr. Laws, Susan (22%) Dr. Fraites, Melanie (17%) Ms. Jayaraman, Saro (15%) Ms. Hotchkiss, Michelle (10%) Dr. Cooper, Ralph L. (10%) Dr. Stoker, Tammy (5%) Dr. Mills, Lesley (5%) Ms. Ferrell, Janet (2%) Mr. Modic, Walker (2% Non-EPA) Dr. Tinfo, Nicole (2% Non-EPA) NHFFRI S10HE 0052 Relationships between Composition and Pulmonary Toxicity of Prototype Particles from Coal Combustion and Pyrolysis Dr. Linak, William P. (20%) Dr. Gilmour, M. Ian (20%) Dr. Miller, C. Andrew (10%) Dr. Cho, Seung-Hyun (20% Non-EPA) Dr. Yoo, Jong-Ik (10% Non-EPA) Ms. Turley, Audrey T. (10% Non-EPA) Dr. Wendt, Jost O.L. (5% Non-EPA) Dr. Huggins, Frank E. (5% Non-EPA) NRMRL *Note: The percentages given after each name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. 29 ------- Nominations Recommended for Honorable Mention (No Monetary Award) Total of 33 Nom. Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers Authors* and Nominating Organization S10HE 0053 Method development for liquid chromatographic/triple quadrupole mass spectrometry analysis of trace level perfluorocarboxylic acids in articles of commerce Dr. Liu, Xiaoyu (40%) Dr. Guo, Zhishi (30%) Mr. Krebs, Ken (25%) Ms. Roache, Nancy (5% Non-EPA) NRMRL S10HE 0057 (1) Developmental neurotoxicity testing in vitro: models for assessing chemical effects on neurite growth (2) Assessment of chemical effects on neurite outgrowth in PC 12 cells using high content screening (3) Development of a high-throughput screening assay for chemical effects on proliferation and viability of immortalized human neural progenitor cells Dr. Mundy, William R. (30%) Dr. Shafer, Timothy J. (30%) Dr. Radio, Nicholas M. (20%) Dr. Breier, Joseph M. (20% Non-EPA) NHFFRI S10HE 0058 Endothelial effects of emission source particles: acute toxic response gene expression profiles Dr. Nadadur, Srikanth S. (50%) Dr. Mudipalli, Anuradha (20%) Ms. Haycal-Coates, Najwa (20%) Dr. Costa, Daniel L. (10%) NCEA S10HE 0059 Discrimination of Tumorigenic Triazole Conazoles from Phenobarbital by Transcriptional Analyses of Mouse Liver Gene Expression Dr. Nesnow, Stephen (40%) Dr. Hester, Susan D. (40%) Dr. Ward, William (10%) Ms. Moore, Tanya (5%) Dr. Ren, Hongzu (5% Non-EPA) NHFFRI S10HE 0064 (1) Comparison of chrysotile asbestos collection efficiencies on mixed cellulose ester-filters Efficiency of Sampling and Analysis of Asbestos Fibers on Filter Media: Implications for Exposure Assessment (2) Selecting appropriate measurement and analytical methods to characterize asbestos exposures Dr. Vallero, Daniel Alan (55%) Mr. Kominsky, John R. (20% Non-EPA) Mr. Beard, Michael E. (15% Non-EPA) Mr. Crankshaw, Owen S. (10% Non-EPA) NERL S10HE 0066 Influence of acid functionalization on the cardio- pulmonary toxicity of carbon nanotubes and carbon black particle in mice Dr. Tong, Haiyan (40%) Dr. Gilmour, M. Ian (35%) Mr. McGee, JohnK. (10%) Dr. Kodavanti, Urmila P. (5%) Dr. Devlin, Robert B. (5%) Dr. Saxena, Rajiv K. (5% Non-EPA) NHFFRI *Note: The percentages given after each name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. 30 ------- Nominations Recommended for Honorable Mention (No Monetary Award) Total of 33 Nom. Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers Authors* and Nominating Organization S10HS 0069 (1) Chlorine Inactivation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Vims (H5N1) (2) The Use of Bacteriophages of the family Cystoviridae as surrogates forH5Nl Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses in Persistence and Inactivation Studies Dr. Rice, Eugene W. (37%) Ms. Adcock, Noreen J. (37%) Dr. Sivaganesan, Mano (11%) Dr. Brown, Justin D. (5% Non-EPA) Dr. Stallknecht, David E. (5% Non-EPA) Dr. Swayne, David E. (5% Non-EPA) NHSRC S10IE0 071 An Examination of Existing Data for the Industrial Manufacture and Use of Nanocomponents and Their Role in the Life Cycle Impact of Nanoproducts Dr. Meyer, David E. (50%) Dr. Gonzalez, Michael A. (25%) Dr. Curran, Mary Ann (25%) NRMRL S10IR0 075 How Might Selenium Moderate the Toxic Effects of Mercury in Stream Fish of the Western U.S. Dr. Peterson, Spencer A. (40%) Mr. Peck, David V. (20%) Dr. Sickle, John Van (10%) Dr. Ralston, Nicholas V. C. (15% Non-EPA) Dr. Robertson, J. David (5% Non-EPA) Ms. Spate, Vickie L. (5% Non-EPA) Dr. Morris, J. Steven (5% Non-EPA) NHFFRI S10M M0085 American Healthy Homes Survey: A National Study of Residential Pesticides Measured from Floor Wipes Dr. Stout, Dan (29%) Dr. Egeghy, Peter (25%) Dr. Bradham, Karen (20%) Ms. Croghan, Carry (10%) Dr. Jones, Paul (10%) Dr. Ashley, Peter (1% Non-EPA) Dr. Friedman, Warren (1% Non-EPA) Mr. Pinzer, Eugene (1% Non-EPA) Dr. Cox, David (1% Non-EPA) Ms. Nishioka, Marcia (1% Non-EPA) Ms. Brinkman, Marielle (1% Non-EPA) NERL SI OR A 0097 (1) DNA-based methods for monitoring invasive species: a review and prospectus (2) Paradox lost: genetic diversity and the success of aquatic invasions Dr. Darling, John A. (65%) Dr. Blum, Michael J. (10%) Dr. Roman, Joe (25% Non-EPA) NERL SI OR A 0101 (1) Complex issues with examining diesel exhaust toxicity: Is the task getting easier or harder (2) Biodiesel Exhaust: The Need for Health Effects Research Dr. Madden, Michael (62%) Dr. Ghio, Andrew (13%) Ms. Swanson, Kimberly (25% Non-EPA) NHFFRI *Note: The percentages given after each name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. 31 ------- Nominations Recommended for Honorable Mention (No Monetary Award) Total of 33 Nom. Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers Authors* and Nominating Organization SI OR A 0102 Safety Assessment of Biotechnology Products for Potential Risk of Food Allergy: Implications of New Research Dr. Selgrade, MaryJane K. (30%) Dr. Bowman, Christal (30%) Dr. Laessig, Susan (30%) Dr. Ladies, Greg (5% Non-EPA) Dr. Privalle, Laura (5% Non-EPA) NHEERL S10TF0 121 Influence of Carboxymethyl Cellulose for the transport of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles in Clean Silica and Mineral Coated Sands Dr. Al-Abed, Souhail (40%) Dr. Luxton, Todd (20%) Dr. Joo, Sunghee (40% Non-EPA) NRMRL S10TF0 126 Types and Quantities of Leftover Drugs Entering the Environment via Disposal to Sewage - Revealed by Coroner Records Dr. Daughton, Christian (55%) Dr. Ruhoy, Iiene (45% Non-EPA) NERL S10TF0 131 Combining regional-and local-scale air quality models with exposure models for use in environmental health studies Dr. Isakov, Vlad (20%) Mr. Touma, Jawad (15%) Dr. Burke, Janet (15%) Dr. Lobdell, Danelle T. (15%) Mr. Palma, Ted (15%) Dr. Ozkaynak, Haluk (15%) Dr. Rosenbaum, Arlene (5% Non-EPA) NERL *Note: The percentages given after each name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. Key to Acronyms used in the above Tables NCCT -National Center for Computational Toxicology NCEA - National Center for Environmental Research NERL - National Exposure Research Laboratory NHEERL - National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory NHSRC - National Homeland Security Research Center NRMRL - National Risk Management Research Laboratory OAR - Office of Air and Radiation OAQPS - Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards OCSPP - Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention OPP - Office of Pesticide Programs OPPTS - Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxic Substances OTAQ - Office of Transportation and Air Quality 32 ------- |