Herbert E. Stokinger Award - 2013 Awardee

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Herbert E. Stokinger Award

2013 Awardee

The Herbert E. Stokinger Award is given each year to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the broad field of industrial and environmental toxicology. This year's Stokinger Award recipient is Günter Oberdörster, DVM, PhD.

Dr. Oberdörster is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Medicine at the University of Rochester. He has also been the Director of the University of Rochester Ultrafine Particle Center, principal investigator of a Multidisciplinary Research Initiative in Nanotoxicology, and is currently Head of the Pulmonary Core of the NIEHS Center Grant. Dr. Oberdörster's research interests include the effects and underlying mechanisms of lung injury induced by inhaled non-fibrous and fibrous particles, including extrapolation modeling and risk assessment. His studies with ultrafine particles influenced the field of inhalation toxicology, raising awareness of the unique biokinetics and toxicological potential of nano-sized particles.

Dr. Oberdörster has served on many national and international committees and is recipient of several scientific awards. He is on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Aerosol Medicine; Particle & Fibre Toxicology; Nanotoxicology; International Journal of Hygiene & Environmental Health; Nanomaterials and the Environment, and Associate Editor of Environmental Health Perspectives. He was a member of ACGIH^® from 1983 through 2001.

Dr. Oberdörster's contributions have earned him the Herbert E. Stokinger Award. The Stokinger Award will be announced at the AIHce Opening Session and presented to Dr. Oberdörster at the Stokinger Lecture on Thursday, May 23, 2013. The lecture will be entitled "Hazard and Risk Characterization of Inhaled Carbon Nanomaterials" and will be held in Room 510B of the Palais des congrès de Montréal from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Previous Award Recipients

1977 — John A. Zapp, PhD
1978 — Ralph C. Wands, CIH
1979 — Henry F. Smyth, Jr., PhD
1980 — Anna Baetjer, MD
1981 — Ernest Mastromatteo, MD
1982 — Hervey B. Elkins, PhD, CIH
1983 — Theodore Torkelson, ScD
1984 — Carrol S. Weil
1985 — Roger O. McClellan, DVM
1986 — Emil A. Pfitzer, ScD
1987 — Robert T. Drew
1988 — Melvin E. Andersen, PhD
1989 — Mary O. Amdur, PhD, CIH
1990 — Bernard Weiss, PhD
1991 — Renate Kimbrough, MD
1992 — John Doull, PhD, MD
1993 — Morton Lippmann, PhD, CIH
1994 — Robert Lauwerys, MD, ScD
1995 — Cesare Maltoni, MD
1996 — Elizabeth K. Weisburger, ScD, PhD
1997 — Herbert E. Christensen, ScD, MPH
1998 — Walter W. Melvin, Jr., ScD, MD
1999 — Roy Ernest Albert, MD
2000 — George M. Rusch

2001 — Gunnar Johanson, Doctor of Medical Science
2002 — Robert A. Scala, PhD
2003 — Prof. Dr. med. Helmut Greim
2004 — Hanspeter Witschi, MD
2005 — B. Dwight Culver, MD
2006 — Richard B. Schlesinger, PhD
2007 — Gerald L. Kennedy, Jr., DABT
2008 — Curtis D. Klaassen, PhD
2009 — Vincent Castranova, PhD
2010 — Bruce D. Naumann, PhD, DABT
2011 — Len Levy OBE, PhD, FFOM, FBTS
2012 — Michelle M. Schaper, PhD

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