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NIOSH Recognizes 2006 Award Winners for Their Excellence in Science, Service, and Research to Practice |
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Contact: Fred Blosser (202) 401-3749 Today, May 25, 2006, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) presented the annual Alice Hamilton Awards, James P. Keogh Awards, and Bullard-Sherwood Research-to-Practice Awards. These awards are given to recognize the scientific excellence of technical and instructional materials by NIOSH scientists and engineers, to honor exceptional service by an individual in the occupational safety and health field, and to highlight outstanding efforts by NIOSH scientists and their partners in applying occupational safety and health research to preventing workplace fatalities, illnesses, or injuries. The awards are:
"NIOSH is proud to once again recognize the great work accomplished by our researchers and partners in furthering the prevention of work-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths," said NIOSH Director John Howard, M.D. "These awards reflect NIOSH's core values of conducting exemplary science to meet important needs, moving that research into practice, and developing partnerships nationally and globally." The list of recipients of the 2006 Alice Hamilton Award can be found at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/hamilton/. The list of recipients of the 2006 Bullard-Sherwood Award can be found at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/hamilton/bullard-sherwood.html. |