CDR Richard J. Gelting, Ph.D. of the Environmental Health Services Branch of
NCEH recently received the USPHS Engineering Literary Award (Regulations
Category) for the
paper “Section 404/401
(Wash Crossing Permits)
Position Paper: Navajo Area
IHS Sanitation
Facilities Construction Projects,”
which was written
when he was Assistant Director of the Sanitation Facilities Branch of the Navajo
Area Indian Health Service.
Dr. Gelting also recently received a USPHS Outstanding Unit Citation and NCID Honor Award for his participation in the CDC response to a cholera outbreak in Micronesia.