Carol Rice Award for Best Student Poster in Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Presented by the AIHA Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Committee Dr. Carol Rice, PhD, CIH, is a distinguished industrial hygienist and occupational and environmental epidemiologist whose career has focused on exposure assessment and the protection of worker health. She is a Professor Emerita of Environmental Health at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. This award, first presented at AIHce 2016, recognizes appropriate methods in epidemiology in a student project in the field of occupational and environmental health. Recipients for this award are chosen immediately before AIHA Connect–please support our students by attending the student poster session on Tuesday, June 2 from 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. David L. Swift Memorial Award Presented by the AIHA Aerosol Technology Committee This award honors the memory of Dr. David L. Swift for his outstanding contributions to aerosol and industrial hygiene research. It is given to the author(s) of aerosol research papers published during the previous year in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene . This year’s recipients are Gediminas Mainelis and Taewon Han for their paper, Performance Characteristics of Respirable Parallel Particle Impactors (PPI) ( JOEH 2025; 22( 11 ):871--888) https://doi.org/10.1080/15459624.2025.2518071. Donna Doganiero Award Presented by the AIHA Safety Committee This award recognizes exceptional contributions to safety education. It honors Donna Doganiero, CIH, FAIHA, for her outstanding achievements in the field of industrial hygiene and safety. This year’s recipient is Glenn Murray for his presentation, I7: Technology and People–An AND Conversation. Dr. Jack Driscoll Best Real-Time Detection Student Poster Award Presented by the AIHA Real-Time Detection Systems Committee This award recognizes the author of the student poster at AIHA Connect that best focuses on real- time detection. Recipients for this award are chosen immediately before AIHA Connect–please support our students by attending the student poster session on Tuesday, June 2 from 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Dr. Klaus Willeke & Dr. Paul A. Baron Award for Best Aerosol Professional Poster Presented by the AIHA Aerosol Technology Committee This award recognizes the authors of the best professional (non-student) aerosol science poster presented at AIHA Connect. The poster must focus on aerosol science and technology as applied to the occupational environment. The award honors the legacy of Dr. Klaus Willeke and Dr. Paul A. Baron, renowned researchers and collaborators in aerosol science. Recipients for this award are chosen immediately before AIHA Connect. Dr. William C. Hinds Award for Best Aerosol Student Poster Presented by the AIHA Aerosol Technology Committee This award honors the authors of the best student aerosol science poster presented at AIHA Connect. The poster must focus on aerosol science and technology as applied to the occupational environment. The award commemorates Dr. William C. Hinds, an AIHA Fellow and esteemed educator who founded the Industrial Hygiene academic program at UCLA. Recipients for this award are chosen immediately before AIHA Connect–please support our students by attending the student poster session on Tuesday, June 2 from 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Fellows SIG Mid-Year Career Award Presented by the AIHA Fellows SIG This award honors an industrial hygienist with 10- to 25-years of industrial hygiene work experience who exhibits outstanding leadership and/or technical capabilities, has worked as a volunteer for AIHA committees, project task forces and/or SIGs, and has exhibited a commitment to contribute to the industrial hygiene profession throughout their career. This year’s recipient is Megan Canright Racicot, MPH, CIH . H. Kenneth Dillon Memorial Award Presented by the AIHA Biosafety and Environmental Microbiology Committee This award honors the memory of Dr. Ken Dillon, a former AIHA Fellow and the principal instructor for several years of the popular PDC, Prevention, Determination, and Remediation of Biological Contamination in Indoor Environments. Recipients for this award are chosen immediately before AIHA Connect–please support our students by attending the student poster session on Tuesday, June 2 from 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Lila Albin Award Presented by the AIHA IEQ & Biological Agents Committee (Former Indoor Environmental Quality Committee) Established in 1997, this award recognizes a peer- reviewed article in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene . This year’s recipients are Beaudreau, M., Srikanth, P., Zuidema, C., A. Cohen, M., Seto, E., D. Simpson, C., & Baker, M. G . for Assessing Fentanyl and Methamphetamine in Air and on Surfaces of Transit Vehicles , Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene , 22:4, 300-310. Lydia Renton Outstanding IAC Volunteer Award Presented by the AIHA International Affairs Committee This award recognizes an active committee member whose service and dedication to build global capacity and/or raise awareness have had profound influence and measurable contribution to the advancement of worker and community health and safety. It honors Lydia Renton for her unwavering commitment to protecting workers’ rights, reducing hazards, and fostering environments where the health and safety of workers worldwide is paramount. This year’s recipient is Garrett D. Brown, MPH, CIH, FAIHA . MUSSC Senior Volunteer Committee Leadership Award Presented by the AIHA Military and Uniformed Services Support Committee This award recognizes outstanding performance in a volunteer committee leadership role. This year’s recipient is Traci-Anne Boyle for her exceptional dedication and service as secretary of the Military and Uniformed Services Support Committee. Over the past 18 months, Boyle’s contributions have had a significant and lasting impact on the committee’s performance and continuity, and her leadership in recommending effective team management practices and employing new communication tools has meaningfully strengthened membership engagement and enrollment. Nancy Wilk-Andrew Cecala Award Presented by the AIHA Mining Working Group Named in honor of two trailblazers whose dedication and achievements have left a profound legacy in the field of industrial hygiene within the mining industry, this award recognizes an individual or group whose published article or conference presentation exemplifies outstanding contributions in innovation, partnerships, prevention of chronic disease, broad
application, and addressing emerging issues. This year’s recipients are Manti Michael Nota, MSC, AFOH; Perry Gottesfeld; Stephen E. Mbuligwe; Gabriel R. Kassenga; and Shehu Mohammed Anka for their paper, Airborne lead exposures during artisanal lead mining and gold ore processing in Zamfara, Nigeria, published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene on May 5, 2025. The Nancy Pearce and John Rekus Award Presented by the AIHA Confined Spaces Committee In memory of Nancy Pearce and honoring John Rekus, this award will be presented to the best confined spaces-related education session at AIHA Connect 2026. Patricia Stewart Award for Best Presentation in Occupational Epidemiology Presented by the AIHA Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Committee This award honors Dr. Patricia Stewart, a pioneering occupational epidemiologist internationally recognized for her leadership in developing innovative methods to characterize occupational exposures in large and complex epidemiologic studies. Her work has strengthened the scientific foundations of occupational health research through improved exposure reconstruction and reduced misclassification. This award recognizes the presentation at AIHA Connect that best reflects methodological excellence in occupational or environmental health, innovative or rigorous exposure assessment approaches, and clear relevance to worker health and disease prevention. Recipients for this award are chosen immediately before AIHA Connect–please support our students by attending the student poster session on Tuesday, June 2 from 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Tishchauer Award Presented by the AIHA Ergonomic Committee This award recognizes a student ergonomics presentation at AIHA Connect. Recipients for this award are chosen immediately before AIHA Connect–please support our students by attending the student poster session on Tuesday, June 2 from 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
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