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Name of Award: Jerome J. Wesolowski Award
Purpose of award: To recognize sustained and outstanding
contributions to the knowledge and practice of human exposure assessment.
Eligibility: Any person, ISEA member or not, whose highest degree
was conferred in the calendar year more 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.
Nominating Procedure: Nominations shall consist of a nominating
letter from a current ISEA member describing the major contributions of the
nominee to the science of human exposure assessment, his/her impact on the
field and a curriculum vitae or biographical sketch of the nominee in sufficient
depth for evaluation by the ISEA Awards Committee. Supporting letters from
others familiar with the contributions of the nominee are strongly encouraged.
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) evidence of sustained scientific contributions.
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 Wesolowski Award at the annual ISEA meeting.
Wesolowski Lecture:
The recipient will be expected to present the Wesolowski Lecture at the ISEA
annual meeting and prepare and submit a manuscript of his/her lecture for
publication in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology.
Nature of the Award:
The award shall consist of a plaque and a check for $2500. If necessary,
the ISEA may also provide support for travel to the meeting.
[1]The Awards Committee shall be composed of an odd number of members.
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