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Name of Award: Constance L. Mehlman Award
Purpose of Award: To recognize an ISEA member who has made an outstanding contribution in
exposure analysis research that helped shape a National or State policy or provided new approaches for
reduction or prevention of exposures.
Nature of the Award: The award shall consist of a plaque and a check for $2000. Per a
decision by the ISEA board in November 2001, the Mehlman award will be awarded only in years ending
with an odd number.
Eligibility: Any member of ISEA who is not a member of the ISEA Awards Committee or
of the ISEA Constance L. Mehlman Award Subcommittee is eligible for this award.
Constance L. Mehlman Award Subcommittee: This committee shall be constituted as a
Subcommittee of the Awards Committee and will be constituted by the three most recent ISEA Past
Presidents. If a recent past President is unavailable, the Subcommittee membership shall be
augmented with other past Presidents of the Society.
Announcement Procedure: The Chair of the Constance L. Mehlman Award Subcommittee
shall issue a call for nominations by means of announcements by e-mail and/or an appropriate issue of the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental
Epidemiology. Generally the deadline for submission of the nominations will be sometime in
April or May of the year in which the award is given.
Nominating Procedure: Nominations shall consist of a nominating letter from a
current ISEA member describing the nature of the exposure analysis research and how it helped
shape a National or State policy or provided new approaches for reduction or prevention of
exposures. A copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae should also be submitted. Supporting
letters from others familiar with the contributions of the nominee are strongly encouraged.
Selection Procedure: Upon close of nominations, the Constance L. Mehlman Award
Subcommittee Chairperson shall mail copies of all materials he/she has received to the other
two committee members for review. Each Committee member shall evaluate the candidates based
on the materials supplied and the criteria for the award.
In the year in which nominations are received, the award will only be given if there are at
least 2 qualified candidates. If there are several qualified candidates, the forced ranking
polling procedure will be used to select the winner. That is, the candidates considered
qualified by the Constance L. Mehlman Award Subcommittee will be placed on a ballot and each
member of the committee will rank the qualified candidates (e.g., 1 through n, with 1 the highest
rank) and send his/her ballot to the Chair, by U.S. mail or e-mail, for tally. The Chair will
then sum the score for each candidate and the winner will be the candidate with the lowest score
(highest rank). In the event of a tie, this procedure will be repeated for the tied candidates.
In the event that there are no nominees, or that no candidate is considered outstanding, no award
shall be given.
Notification Procedure: The successful candidate shall be notified by a letter
mailed no later than two months before the annual ISEA meeting. Copies of the letter shall be
sent to the ISEA Secretary, The ISEA Awards Committee Chair and the nominator of the candidate.
The recipient may also be contacted by telephone once the committee has arrived at its decision.
Announcement of the Award: Once the award recipient has been notified, a short
announcement should be prepared for the web site and sent to the Editor.
Presentation of the Award: The ISEA President will present The Constance L.
Mehlman Award at the annual ISEA meeting.
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