Awards Remember Rall.Two new awards pay tribute to David P. Rall, the former NIEHS and National Toxicology Program National Toxicology Program Environment A program that conducts toxicologic tests on substances frequently found at the EPA's National Priorities List sites, which have the greatest potential for human exposure director, who died in September 1999. Rall was a pioneer in the field of environmental health science, and is widely hailed for his work as an advocate for incorporating science-based prevention into public health policy. In November, Eula Bingham, a professor of environmental health at the University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati is a coeducational public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ranked as one of America’s top 25 public research universities and in the top 50 of all American research universities,[2] College of Medicine, received the David P. Rall Award for Advocacy in Public Health from the American Public Health Association The American Public Health Association (APHA) is Washington, D.C.-based professional organization for public health professionals in the United States. Founded in 1872 by Dr. Stephen Smith, APHA has more than 30,000 members worldwide. . Bingham worked as assistant secretary of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. agency established (1970) in the Dept. of Labor (see Labor, United States Department of) to develop and enforce regulations for the safety and health of workers in businesses that are engaged in interstate from 1977 to 1981. The award recognizes Bingham for her outstanding record of accomplishments in fighting to protect workers, consumers, and citizens from the danger of environmental and industrial disease. She was instrumental in the passage of the first community right-to-know program, in Cincinnati, which allowed workers access to their company medical records and records of toxicants in the workplace, and also called for chemical labels and worker education programs to help employees understand the labels. "[Bingham's] scientific and ethical standards have always been of the highest order, and her dedication to and outspokenness on occupational health issues during her long career ... have always been an inspiration to me and to many of her students and colleagues," says John Bucher, deputy director of the NIEHS Environmental Toxicology Program. Stuart Bondurant, a professor of medicine and dean emeritus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public, coeducational, research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Also known as The University of North Carolina, Carolina, North Carolina, or simply UNC School of Medicine, was honored in October with the David Rall Medal, given by the Institute of Medicine for particularly distinguished leadership as a chair of a study committee or similar activity. Bondurant is past president of the Association of American Medical Colleges Association of American Medical Colleges, n.pr a nonprofit organization founded in 1876 to reform medical education and represent medical schools, major teaching hospitals, scientific and academic faculty, medical students, and residents. and the former acting president of the Institute of Medicine. In his years with the Institute of Medicine, Bondurant exhibited outstanding leadership as the chair of committees on controversial and highly visible topics, the selection committee said, citing his objective, balanced, and skilled work on groups studying the safety of silicone breast implants and the science base for tobacco harm reduction Tobacco harm reduction describes actions taken to lower the health risks associated with using tobacco or nicotine. These measures include:
Bondurant says he has "unqualified respect" for Rail, and adds, "Many of the things we do today are legacies of his wisdom." |
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