2010 Nominees for the Charles C. Shepard Science Award

The Office of the Associate Director for Science is honored to announce the 2010 Charles C. Shepard Science Award Nominees. The Charles C. Shepard Science Award is the preeminent honor recognizing excellence in science at CDC/ATSDR. For more information about the origin of the award and the life of Dr. Charles C. Shepard, please see the Award History page.

The nominated articles were judged on scientific merit and the significance of their effect on the missions of CDC or ATSDR. Following is the complete citation for each article, listed by category and in alphabetical order by the first author’s last name.

Assessment and Epidemiology

Deron C. Burton, Jonathan R. Edwards, Teresa C. Horan, John A. Jernigan, and Scott K. Fridkin
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in US Intensive Care Units, 1997–2007
JAMA 2009;301:727–736

Robert M. Brackbill, James L. Hadler, Laura DiGrande, Christine C. Ekenga, Mark R. Farfel, Stephen Friedman, Sharon E. Perlman, Steven D. Stellman, Deborah J. Walker, David Wu, Shengchao Yu, and Lorna E. Thorpe
Asthma and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms 5 to 6 Years Following Exposure to the World Trade Center Terrorist Attack
JAMA 2009;302:502–516

Ralph S. Caraballo, Scott P. Novak, and Katherine Asman
Linking Quantity and Frequency Profiles of Cigarette Smoking to the Presence of Nicotine Dependence Symptoms among Adolescent Smokers: Findings from the 2004 National Youth Tobacco Survey
Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2009;11:49–57

Yiling J. Cheng, Edward W. Gregg, Linda S. Geiss, Giuseppina Imperatore, Desmond E. Williams, Xinzhi Zhang, Ann L. Albright, Catherine C. Cowie, Ronald Klein, and Jinan B. Saaddine
Association of A1C and Fasting Plasma Glucose Levels with Diabetic Retinopathy Prevalence in the US Population: Implications for Diabetes Diagnostic Thresholds
Diabetes Care 2009;32:2027–2032

Shifan Dai, Janet E. Fulton, Ronald B. Harrist, Jo Anne Grunbaum, Lyn M. Steffen, and Darwin R. Labarthe
Blood Lipids in Children: Age-Related Patterns and Association with Body-Fat Indices: Project Heartbeat!
American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2009;37(1 Suppl):S56–S64

Fatimah S. Dawood, Seema Jain, Lyn Finelli, Michael W. Shaw, Stephen Lindstrom, Rebecca J. Garten, Larisa V. Gubareva, Xiyan Xu, Carolyn B. Bridges, and Timothy M. Uyeki
Emergence of a Novel Swine-origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus in Humans
New England Journal of Medicine 2009;360:2605–2615

Mark R. Duffy, Tai-Ho Chen, W. Thane Hancock, Ann M. Powers, Jacob L. Kool, Robert S. Lanciotti, Moses Pretrick, Maria Marfel, Stacey Holzbauer, Christine Dubray, Laurent Guillaumot, Anne Griggs, Martin Bel, Amy J. Lambert, Janeen Laven, Olga Kosoy, Amanda Panella, Brad J. Biggerstaff, Marc Fischer, and Edward B. Hayes
Zika Virus Outbreak on Yap Island, Federated States of Micronesia
The New England Journal of Medicine 2009;360:2536–2543

Paul I. Eke and Bruce Dye
Assessment of Self-Report Measures for Predicting Population Prevalence of Periodontitis
Journal of Periodontology 2009;80:1371–1379

Earl S. Ford, Manuela M. Bergmann, Janine Kröger, Anja Schienkiewitz, Cornelia Weikert, and Heiner Boeing
Healthy Living Is the Best Revenge: Findings from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Potsdam Study
Archives of Internal Medicine 2009;169:1355–1362

Sara E. Forhan, Sami L. Gottlieb, Maya R. Sternberg, Fujie Xu, S. Deblina Datta, Geraldine M. McQuillan, Stuart M. Berman, and Lauri E. Markowitz
Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections among Female Adolescents Aged 14 to 19 in the United States
Pediatrics 2009;124:1505–1512

Heather C. Hamner, Joseph Mulinare, Mary E. Cogswell, Alina L. Flores, Coleen A. Boyle, Christine E. Prue, Chia-Yih Wang, Alicia L. Carriquiry, and Owen Devine
Predicted Contribution of Folic Acid Fortification of Corn Masa Flour to the Usual Folic Acid Intake for the US Population: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001–2004
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2009;89:305–315

Seema Jain, Laurie Kamimoto, Anna M. Bramley, Ann M. Schmitz, Stephen R. Benoit, Janice Louie, David E. Sugerman, Jean K. Druckenmiller, Kathleen A. Ritger, Rashmi Chugh, Supriya Jasuja, Meredith Deutscher, Sanny Chen, John D. Walker, Jeffrey S. Duchin, Susan Lett, Susan Soliva, Eden V. Wells, David Swerdlow, Timothy M. Uyeki, Anthony E. Fiore, Sonja J. Olsen, Alicia M. Fry, Carolyn B. Bridges, and Lyn Finelli
Hospitalized Patients with 2009 H1N1 Influenza in the United States, April–June 2009
New England Journal of Medicine 2009;361:1935–1944

Denise J. Jamieson, Margaret A. Honein, Sonja A. Rasmussen, Jennifer L. Williams, David L. Swerdlow, Matthew S. Biggerstaff, Stephen Lindstrom, Janice K. Louie, Cara M. Christ, Susan R. Bohm, Vincent P. Fonseca, Kathleen A. Ritger, Daniel J. Kuhles, Paula Eggers, Hollianne Bruce, Heidi A. Davidson, Emily Lutterloh, Meghan L. Harris, Colleen Burke, Noelle Cocoros, Lyn Finelli, Kitty F. MacFarlane, Bo Shu, Sonja J. Olsen, and the Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Pregnancy Working Group
H1N1 2009 Influenza Virus Infection during Pregnancy in the USA
Lancet 2009;374(9688):451–458

Jeffrey L. Jones, Valerie Dargelas, Jacquelin Roberts, Cindy Press, Jack S. Remington, and Jose G. Montoya
Risk Factors for Toxoplasma gondii Infection in the United States
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2009;49:878–884

Elizabeth Kirkland, Laura R. Green, Carmily Stone, Dave Reimann, Dave Nicholas, Ryan Mason, Roberta Frick, Sandra Coleman, Lisa Bushnell, Henry Blade, Vincent Radke, Carol Selman, and the EHS-Net Working Group
Tomato Handling Practices in Restaurants
Journal of Food Protection 2009;72:1692–1698

David W. Lowrance, Francois Ndamage, Eugenie Kayirangwa, Felix Ndagije, Wilson Lo, Donald R. Hoover, Jeff Hanson, Batya Elul, Aliou Ayaba, Tedd Ellerbrock, Alphonse Rukundo, Fabienne Shumbusho, Denis Nash, Jules Mugabo, and Anita Assimwe
Adult Clinical and Immunologic Outcomes of the National Antiretroviral Treatment Program in Rwanda during 2004–2005
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2009;53:49–55

M.L. Maslia, M.M. Aral, R.E. Faye, R.J. Suárez-Soto, J.B. Sautner, J.Wang, W. Jang, F.J. Bove, and P.Z. Ruckart
Reconstructing Historical Exposures to Volatile Organic Compound-Contaminated Drinking Water at a US Military Base
Water Quality, Exposure and Health 2009;1:49–68

Ninad K. Mishra, David M. Cummo, James J. Arnzen, and Jason Bonander
A Rule-based Approach for Identifying Obesity and Its Comorbidities in Medical Discharge Summaries
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2009;16:576–579

Latetia V. Moore, Ana V. Diez Roux, Jennifer A. Nettleton, David R. Jacobs, and Manuel Franco
Fast-Food Consumption, Diet Quality, and Neighborhood Exposure to Fast Food: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
American Journal of Epidemiology 2009;170:29–36

Frank J. Palella, Jr., Carl Armon, Kate Buchacz, Stephen R. Cole, Joan S. Chmiel, Richard M. Novak, Kathleen Wood, Anne C. Moorman, John T. Brooks; for the HOPS (HIV Outpatient Study) Investigators
The Association of HIV Susceptibility Testing with Survival among HIV-infected Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy: A Cohort Study
Annals of Internal Medicine 2009;151(2):73–84

Benjamin J. Park, Kathleen A. Wannemuehler, Barbara J. Marston, Nelesh Govenderd, Peter G. Pappase, and Tom M. Chillera
Estimation of the Current Global Burden of Cryptococcal meningitis among Persons Living with HIV/AIDS
AIDS 2009;23:525–530

Ami S. Patel, Mary Beth White-Comstock, C. Diane Woolard, and Joseph F. Perz
Infection Control Practices in Assisted Living Facilities: A Response to Hepatitis B Virus Infection Outbreaks
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2009;30:209–214

Avid Reza, Matthew J. Breiding, Jama Gulaid, James A. Mercy, Curtis Blanton, Zodwa Mthethwa, Sapna Bamrah, Linda L. Dahlberg, and Mark Anderson
Sexual Violence and Its Health Consequences for Female Children in Swaziland: A Cluster Survey Study
Lancet 2009;373(9679): 1966–1972

Makhmudkhan B. Sharapov, Micheal O. Favorov, Tatiana L. Yashina, Matthew S. Brown, Gennady G. Onischenko, Harold S. Margolis, and Terence L. Chorba
Acute Viral Hepatitis Morbidity and Mortality Associated with Hepatitis E Virus Infection: Uzbekistan Surveillance Data
BMC Infectious Diseases 2009;9:35

Nicola D. Thompson, Joseph F. Perz, Anne C. Moorman, and Scott D. Holmberg
Nonhospital Health Care-Associated Hepatitis B and C Virus Transmission: United States, 1998–2008
Annals of Internal Medicine 2009;150(1):33–39

Jonathan S. Towner, Brian R. Amman, Tara K. Sealy, Serena A. Reeder Carroll, James A. Comer, Alan Kemp, Robert Swanepoel, Christopher D. Paddock, Stephen Balinandi, Marina L. Khristova, Pierre B. H. Formenty, Cesar G. Albarino, David M. Miller, Zachary D. Reed, John T. Kayiwa, James N. Mills, Deborah L. Cannon, Patricia W. Greer, Emmanuel Byaruhanga, Eileen C. Farnon, Patrick Atimnedi, Samuel Okware, Edward Katongole-Mbidde, Robert Downing, Jordan W. Tappero, Sherif R. Zaki, Thomas G. Ksiazek, Stuart T. Nichol, and Pierre E. Rollin
Isolation of Genetically Diverse Marburg Viruses from Egyptian Fruit Bats
PLoS Pathogens 2009;5(7):e1000536

John M. Violanti, Cecil M. Burchfiel, Tara A. Hartley, Anna Mnatsakanova, Desta Fekedulegn, Michael E. Andrew, Luenda E. Charles, and Bryan J. Vila
Atypical Work Hours and Metabolic Syndrome among Police Officers
Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health 2009;64:194–201

Yecai Liu, Michelle S. Weinberg, Luis S. Ortega, John A. Painter, and Susan A. Maloney
Overseas Screening for Tuberculosis in U.S.-Bound Immigrants and Refugees
New England Journal of Medicine 2009;360:2406–2415

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Prevention and Control

Clare L. Cutland, Shabir A. Madhi, Elizabeth R. Zell, Locadiah Kuwanda, Martin Laque, Michelle Groome, Rachel Gorwitz, Michael C. Thigpen, Roopal Patel, Sithembiso C. Velaphi, Peter Adrian, Keith Klugman, Anne Schuchat, Stephanie J. Schrag, and the PoPs Trial Team.
Chlorhexidine Maternal-Vaginal and Neonate Body Wipes in Sepsis and Vertical Transmission of Pathogenic Bacteria in South Africa: A Randomised, Controlled Trial
Lancet 2009;374:1909–1916

Sandra L. Decker
Changes in Medicaid Physician Fees and Patterns of Ambulatory Care
Inquiry 2009;46(3):291–304

Marc C. Dolan, Robert A. Jordan, Terry L. Schulze, Christopher J. Schulze, Mark Cornell Manning, Daniel Ruffolo, Jason P. Schmidt, Joseph Piesman, and Joseph J. Karchesy
Ability of Two Natural Products, Nootkatone and Carvacrol,to Suppress Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) in a Lyme Disease Endemic Area of New Jersey
Journal of Economic Entomology 2008;88:448–457

Mary T. Glenshaw, Sharon Roy, Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben, Phillip Downs, John Williamson, and Mark Eberhard
Guinea Worm Disease Outcomes in Ghana: Determinants of Broken Worms
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2009;81(2):305–312

Julie R. Harris, Sharon K. Greene, Timothy K. Thomas, Richard Ndivo, John Okanda, Rose Masaba, Isabel Nyangau, Michael C. Thigpen, Robert M. Hoekstra, and Robert E. Quick
Effect of a Point-of-Use Water Treatment and Safe Water Storage Intervention on Diarrhea in Infants of HIV-Infected Mothers
The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2009;200:1186–1193

Hongwei Hsiao, Martin Friess, Bruce Bradtmiller, and F. James Rohlf
Development of Sizing Structure for Fall Arrest Harness Design
Ergonomics 2009;52:1128–1143

Marian E. Huhman, Lance D. Potter, Mary Jo Nolin, Andrea Piesse, David R. Judkins, Stephen W. Banspach, and Faye L. Wong
The Influence of the VERB Campaign on Children's Physical Activity in 2002 to 2006
American Journal of Public Health 2009;99(9):1–8

Youlian Liao, Pattie Tucker, Paul Siegel, Leandris Liburd, and Wayne Giles
Decreasing Disparity in Cholesterol Screening in Minority Communities—Findings from Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) 2010
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2009;64(4):292–299

Brian J. McMahon, Catherine M. Dentinger, Dana Bruden, Carolyn Zanis, Helen Peters, Debbie Hurlburt, Lisa Bulkow, Anthony E. Fiore, Beth P. Bell, and Thomas W. Hennessy
Antibody Levels and Protection After Hepatitis B Vaccine: Results of a 22-Year Follow-Up Study and Response to a Booster Dose
The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2009;200:1390–1396

Manish Patel, Cristina Pedreira, Lucia Helena De Oliveira, Jacqueline Tate, Maribel Orozco, Juan Mercado, Alcides Gonzalez, Omar Malespin, Juan José Amador, Jazmina Umaña, Angel Balmaseda, Maria Celina Perez, Jon Gentsch, Tara Kerin, Jennifer Hull, Slavica Mijatovic, Jon Andrus, and Umesh Parashar
Association Between Pentavalent Rotavirus Vaccine and Severe Rotavirus Diarrhea Among Children in Nicaragua
JAMA 2009;301:2243–2251

Lisa C. Richardson, Janet Royalty, William Howe, William Helsel, William Kammerer, and Vicki B. Bernard
Timelines of Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Initiation of Treatment in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, 1996–2005
American Journal of Public Health 2009;Dec 17:e1–e8

Ruth A. Shults, Randy W. Elder, James L. Nichols, David A. Sleet, Richard Compton, Sajal K. Chattopadhyay, and Task Force on Community Preventive Services
Effectiveness of Multicomponent Programs with Community Mobilization for Reducing Alcohol-Impaired Driving
American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2009;37(4):360–371

Jacek Skarbinski, Peter O. Ouma, Louise M. Causer, Simon K. Kariuki, John W. Barnwell, Jane A. Alaii, Alexandre Macedo de Oliveira, Dejan Zurovac, Bruce a. Larson, Robert W. Snow, Alexander K. Rowe, Kayla F. Laserson, Willis S. Akhwale, Laurence Slutsker, and Mary J. Hamel
Effect of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests on the Management of Uncomplicated Malaria with Artemether-Lumefantrine in Kenya: A Cluster Randomized Trial
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2009;80(6):919–926

Hao Tian, Dana J. Brimmer, Jin-Mann S. Lin, Abbigail J. Tumpey, and William C. Reeves
Web Usage Data as a Means of Evaluating Public Health Messaging and Outreach
American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2009;11(4):e52

Leo Wilton, Jeffrey H. Herbst, Patricia Coury-Doniger, Thomas M. Painter, Gary English, Maria E. Alvarez, Maureen Scahill, Michael A. Roberson, Basil Lucas, Wayne D. Johnson, and James W. Carey
Efficacy of an HIV/STI Prevention Intervention for Black Men Who Have Sex with Men: Findings from the Many Men, Many Voices (3MV) Project
AIDS and Behavior 2009;13:532–544

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Laboratory and Methods

Elizabeth Arias, Karl Eschbach, William S. Schauman, Eric L. Backland, and Paul D. Sorlie
The Hispanic Mortality Advantage and Ethnic Misclassification on US Death Certificates
American Journal of Public Health 2009;99(no.11):1–7

Francoise M. Blachere, William G. Lindsley, Terri A. Pearce, Stacey E. Anderson, Melanie Fisher, Rashida Khakoo, Barbara J. Meade, Owen Lander, Stephen Davis, Robert E. Thewlis, Ismail Celik, Bean T. Chen, and Donald H. Beezhold
Measurement of Airborne Influenza Virus in a Hospital Emergency Department
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2009;48

Cara C. Burns, Ray Campagnoli, Jing Shaw, Annelet Vincent, Jaume Jorba, and Olen Kew
Genetic Inactivation of Poliovirus Infectivity by Increasing the Frequencies of CpG and UpA Dinucleotides within and across Synonymous Capsid Region Codons
Journal of Virology 2009;83:9957–9969

Cheryl Fairfield Estill, Paul A. Baron, Jeremy K. Beard, Misty J. Hein, Lloyd D. Larsen, Laura Rose, Frank W. Schaefer III, Judith Noble-Wang, Lisa Hodges, H.D. Alan Lindquist, Gregory J. Deye, and Matthew J. Arduino
Recovery Efficiency and Limit of Detection of Aerosolized Bacillus anthracis Sterne from Environmental Surface Samples
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2009;75:4297–4306

Rebecca J. Garten, C. Todd Davis, Colin A. Russell, Bo Shu, Stephen Lindstrom, Amanda Balish, Wendy M. Sessions, Xiyan Xu, Eugene Skepner, Varough Deyde, Margaret Okomo-Adhiambo, Larisa Gubareva, John Barnes, Catherine B. Smith, Shannon L. Emery, Michael J. Hillman, Pierre Rivailler, James Smagala, Miranda de Graaf, David F. Burke, Ron A.M. Fouchier, Claudia Pappas, Celia M. Alpuche-Aranda, Hugo López- Gatell, Hiram Olivera, Irma López, Christopher A. Myers, Dennis Faix, Patrick J. Blair, Cindy Yu, Kimberly M. Keene, P. David Dotson Jr., David Boxrud, Anthony R. Sambol, Syed H. Abid, Kirsten St. George, Tammy Bannerman, Amanda L. Moore, David J. Stringer, Patricia Blevins, Gail J. Demmler-Harrison, Michele Ginsberg, Paula Kriner, Steve Waterman, Sandra Smole, Hugo F. Guevara, Edward A. Belongia, Patricia A. Clark, Sara T. Beatrice, Ruben Donis, Jacqueline Katz, Lyn Finelli, Carolyn B. Bridges, Michael Shaw, Daniel B. Jernigan, Timothy M. Uyeki, Derek J. Smith, Alexander I. Klimov, and Nancy J. Cox
Antigenic and Genetic Characteristics of Swine-Origin 2009 A(H1N1) Influenza Viruses Circulating in Humans
Science 2009;325:197–201

Michael J. Goldcamp, Diane M. Goldcamp, Kevin Ashley, Joseph E. Fernback, Anoop Agrawal, Mark Millson, David Marlow, and Kenneth Harrison
Extraction of Beryllium from Refractory Beryllium Oxide with Dilute Ammonium Biflouride and Determination by Fluorescence: A Multiparameter Performance Evaluation
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 2009;6:735–744

Joseph U. Igietseme, Qing He, Kahaliah Joseph, Francis O. Eko, Deborah Lyn, Godwin Ananaba, Angela Campbell, Claudiu Bandea, and Carolyn M. Black
Role of T Lymphocytes in the Pathogenesis of Chlamydia Disease
The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2009;200:926–934

Larry Lee, Michael Flemmer, Eun Gyung Lee, Martin Harper, Ming-I Lin, William Groves, Andris Freivalds, and James Slaven
A Novel Physiologic Sampling Pump Capable of Rapid Response to Breathing
Journal of Environmental Monitoring 2009;11:1020–1027

Ramal Moonesinghe, Tiebin Liu, and Muin J. Khoury
Evaluation of the Discriminative Accuracy of Genomic Profiling in the Prediction of Common Complex Diseases
European Journal of Human Genetics 2008;47:328–338

A.R. Murray, E. Kisin, S.S. Leonard, S.H. Young, C. Kommineni, V.E. Kagan, V. Castranova, and A.A. Shvedova
Oxidative Stress and Inflammatory Response in Dermal Toxicity of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Toxicology 2009;257:161–171

Urvi M. Parikh, Charles Dobard, Sunita Sharma, Mian-er Cong, Hongwei Jia, Amy Martin, Chou-Pong Pau, Debra L. Hanson, Patricia Guenthner, James Smith, Ellen Kersh, J. Gerardo Garcia-Lerma, Francis J. Novembre, Ron Otten, Thomas Folks, and Walid Heneine
Complete Protection from Repeated Vaginal Simian-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Exposures in Macaques by a Topical Gel Containing Tenofovir Alone or with Emtricitabine
Journal of Virology 2009;83:10358–10365

L.M. Sargent, A.A. Shvedova, A.F. Hubbs, J.L. Salisbury, S.A. Benkovic, M.L. Kashon, D.T. Lowry, A.R. Murray, E.R. Kisin, S. Friend, K.T. McKinstry, L. Battelli, and S.H. Reynolds
Induction of Aneuploidy by Single–Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 2009;50:708–717

Laura A. Schieve, Owen Devine, Collen A. Boyle, Joann R. Petrini, and Lee Warner
Estimation of the Contribution of Non-Assisted Reproductive Technology Ovulation Stimulation Fertility Treatments to US Singleton and Multiple Births
American Journal of Epidemiology 2009;170:1396–1407

Evanly Vo, Samy Rengasamy, and Ronald Shaffer
Development of a Test System to Evaluate Procedures for Decontamination of Respirators Containing Viral Droplets
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2009;75:7303–7309

Adrian R. Woolfitt, Maria I. Solano, Tracie L. Williams, James L. Pirkle, and John R. Barr
Amino Acid Analysis of Peptides Using Isobaric–Tagged Isotope Dilution LC–MS/MS
Analytical Chemistry 2009;81:3979–3985

Quanhe Yang, W. Dana Flanders, Ramal Moonesinghe, John P.A. Ioannidis, Idris Guessous, and Muin J. Khoury
Using Lifetime Risk Estimates in Personal Genomic Profiles: Estimation of Uncertainty
American Journal of Human Genetics 2009;85:786–800

M. Analise Zaunbrecher, R. David Sikes Jr., Beverly Metchock, Thomas M. Shinnick, and James E. Posey
Overexpression of the Chromosomally Encoded Aminoglycoside Acetyltransferase Eis Confers Kanamycin Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2009;106:20004–20009

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Lifetime Scientific Achievement

The following current or former CDC/ATSDR employees were nominated for the Lifetime Scientific Achievement Award, established to recognize an individual for a body of scientific work contributing to public health. Nominees were judged on the scientific merit of their work and its effect on public health and the mission of CDC/ATSDR, as well as on their leadership and recognition by peers.

• Dannie G. Hollis, MS
  National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases
• Hongwei Hsiao, PhD
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Polly Marchbanks, PhD
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• Brian W. J. Mahy, MA, PhD, ScD, DSc (hon)
  National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases
• Robert James (RJ) Simonds, MD
  National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention

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