Program - Society of Toxicology

Society of Toxicology 2011
SOT 2011 Award Recipients
Achievement Award
Arnold J. Lehman Award
SPECIal Events
Nathan
Cherrington
Nathan Cherrington, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy,
and Associate Professor, Community
Environment and Policy Division, Mel
& Enid Zuckerman College of Public
Health, University of Arizona, is the
recipient of the SOT 2011 Achievement
Award for his significant early career
contributions to toxicology.
Dr. Cherrington’s research focuses
primarily on the role of disease
states such as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in the interindividual
variability in drug metabolism and disposition.
He has also extended his interest to examine the critical
role that transporters play in the blood-testis barrier.
Dr. Cherrington’s acclaim as an expert in transporter
research has resulted in his inclusion as a member of various
NIH Study Sections (NIDDK, NCCAM, XNDA, HBPP).
For his studies, he has garnered support from NIH (NIDDK,
NIAID, NICHD, NIEHS) and the Arizona State Disease
Control Commission, as well as industrial support from
AstraZeneca. The value of his research studies are further
demonstrated in the competitive awards that his students
have received via pre-doctoral NIH Awards and in student
poster sessions at regional and national SOT meetings,
including both Mechanisms and Drug Discovery Toxicology
Specialty Sections.
Dr. Cherrington is an active member of SOT, serving on
the Committee on Diversity Initiatives as well as having
Regional Chapter assignments. He also serves on the
Editorial Boards of Toxicological Sciences and other
prominent journals in the field. He is an outstanding teacher
and a prodigious author with numerous articles and a book
chapter to his credit.
Dr. Cherrington earned his B.S. from Brigham Young
University (1993), a Ph.D. in Toxicology from North
Carolina State University (1997) with Ernst Hodgson,
and completed a successful postdoctoral fellowship at
the University of Kansas Medical Center (2002) with
Curtis Klaassen. He was recruited to the University
of Arizona as an Assistant Professor in 2002 where,
in addition to his current responsibilities as Associate
Professor, he serves as the Director of the Pharmacology-
Toxicology Graduate Program and as a Council member
of the University’s Graduate College. For the significant
contributions to toxicology that he has made in the
early stages of his career, the Society of Toxicology is
pleased to present the SOT 2011 Achievement Award to
Dr. Nathan Cherrington.
Bette Meek, Ph.D., is recognized as
the 2011 Arnold J. Lehman Award
recipient for her contributions to risk
assessment and regulation of chemical
agents.
Dr. Meek is Associate Director,
Chemical Risk Assessment,
McLaughlin Centre for Population
Health, University of Ottawa, having
recently completed an Interchange
Bette Meek
from Health Canada, where she
continues to develop opportunities for
mutually beneficial interactions among the regulatory and
academic communities and agencies such as the World
Health Organization regarding health risk assessment, risk
management, and risk communication.
Widely recognized as a major driving force for the
development and application of new technologies and
approaches for improving the practice of human health risk
assessment, Dr. Meek is especially distinguished as one of
the key individuals who have consistently led international
efforts to move human health risk assessment forward
scientifically. A prime example of her leadership has been
her role in fostering the use of science-based methods
including weight of evidence frameworks for incorporation
of mode of action information and pharmacokinetic data and
physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling
for determining the relationship between external exposure
and internal (target tissue) exposure.
A tireless, motivated, and committed contributor and
leader, Dr. Meek has clearly demonstrated sustained and
outstanding contributions to the knowledge and practice of
hazard characterization, dose response assessment, exposure
assessment and risk characterization. Her efforts have led to
major progress in the use of new methodologies in the health
assessments conducted by Health Canada, and, through her
work for national and international agencies, around the
world. Among other attributes Bette is articulate, erudite,
humorous, forward thinking, tenacious, and steely, making
her a savvy opponent in any argument using well thought
out, logical, and consistent thinking with the latest science
or the appropriate application of the newer methods.
Dr. Meek has moved the field of regulatory toxicology and
risk assessment significantly forward though innovative
thinking and principled risk assessment practice. In
recognition of her achievements, the SOT Awards Committee
is pleased to announce Dr. Bette Meek as the recipient of the
2011 Arnold J. Lehman Award.
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