Call for Nominations to the Mildred S. Christian Career Achievement Award

This year the ATS established the Mildred S. Christian Career Achievement Award to honor the memory of Dr. Christian, known to many as “Millie.” Dr. Christian gave much of her time and financial resources to the Academy and helped to make the ATS into an efficient and scientifically recognized organization. Many of the policies and practices used today benefit from her efforts.

The ATS award will be conferred to an ATS Fellow who has clearly demonstrated a lasting impact on toxicological sciences. The criteria for the award include, but are not limited to, the following:

The awardee must be an ATS Fellow in good standing as either a full ATS Fellow or ATS Emeritus. A Fellow that is a current member of the Board of Directors of ATS is not eligible to receive the award.
The awardee must have demonstrated extraordinary scientific achievement through publications, professional activities, and/or leadership that have enhanced the practice of toxicology as judged by the Board of Directors.

Dr. Bruce Ames (pictured above) was the first recipient of the award, which was presented to him at the ATS 2011 Annual Meeting on March 9, 2011, during SOT Annual Meeting. Dr. Alan Hoberman, friend, colleague, and husband to Millie, co-presented the award to Dr. Ames with ATS 2010–2011 President Bill Brock.

The ATS Board of Directors is requesting nominations from the ATS Fellows for the Mildred S. Christian award. If you believe an ATS Fellow meets the criteria for this award, we request that you submit a letter of support along with the nominee’s biographical information (complete CV if possible) to Marcia Lawson for the Board’s consideration. The deadline for receipt of nominations for the 2012 award is December 2, 2011.

ATS Board Releases Spring Newsletter

It is with great pleasure that the ATS Board of Directors announces the completion of the Summer issue of AcadToxSci News, the Academy newsletter. We hope that you find the information contained within this issue timely and informative. As you will note from this issue we have included information on the path forward for ATS including long-range initiatives, membership recruitment, as well as important announcements relative to members news.

We are eager to receive your input on how we can improve our external communications to the membership. If you have news that you’d like to have featured in the newsletter please send an e-mail to Marcia Lawson at ATS Headquarters. Our goal is to provide to the membership timely updates on important Academy news with the possibility of offering this publication at more frequent intervals.

Inside this Issue

President’s Message—Barbara D. Beck
Election Results
Visibility Task Group
Membership News