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Name of Award: Joan M. Daisey Outstanding Young Scientist Award
Purpose of award: To recognize outstanding contributions to the science
of human exposure analysis by a young scientist.
Eligibility: Any person, ISEA member or not, whose highest degree was
conferred in the calendar year less than 10 years prior to the year in which the award
is to be given, and is not a member of the ISEA Awards Committee, is eligible for this award.
Announcement Procedure: The Chair of the Awards Committee 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. Appendix A provides an example of
an announcement.
Nominating Procedure: A nomination shall consist of a nominating letter from a
current ISEA member describing the contributions of the nominee to the science of human
exposure assessment, his/her potential for making future contributions to the field, and a
curriculum vitae or biographical sketch of the nominee in sufficient depth for evaluation by
the ISEA Awards Committee. The person submitting the nomination is encouraged to solicit
supporting letters from others familiar with the contributions of the nominee.
Selection Procedure: Upon close of nominations, the Committee Chairperson shall
mail copies of all materials he/she has received to each committee member for review. Each
Committee member shall evaluate the candidates, based on the materials supplied and on
published papers. Criteria for evaluation should include: (1) scientific quality of
publications; (2) significance of the nominee's research to the field of exposure analysis;
and (3) the nominee's potential for making future contributions to the science of exposure analysis.
If there are several qualified candidates, the forced ranking polling procedure
will be used to select the winner[1].
That is, the list of the candidates considered qualified by the Awards Committee will be placed on a
ballot and each member of the Awards 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.
Each year, the first and second place runner-ups for the award will be automatically considered a nominee
for the award in the following year. The nominators for these will be permitted to solicit additional
supporting letters or evidence if they choose.
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 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 Joan M. Daisey Outstanding Young
Scientist Award at the annual ISEA meeting.
Nature of the Award: The award shall consist of a plaque, ISEA membership for one
year, and $1000, which can be awarded as a check or as travel reimbursement to an ISEA conference,
at the discretion of the recipient.
[1]The Awards Committee shall be composed of an odd number of members.
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