Spring Issue 2006

OPHSS Holds Breakfast with ATSDR’s Falk

The Occupational and Public Health Specialty Session (OPHSS) hosted an informal breakfast session at the 2006 SOT Annual Meeting with Dr. Henry Falk, Director of the Center for Environmental Health and Injury Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The breakfast meeting, occurring prior to the special late-breaking Hurricane Katrina Symposium, provided a wonderful opportunity for attendees to interact one-on-one with Dr. Falk.

The SOT Council recognizes that Specialty Sections provide a tremendous benefit to the Society by bringing forward the leading science in their topic areas through submission of proposals for scientific sessions, informational seminars, Continuing Education courses, and Contemporary Concepts in Toxicology workshops. This breakfast is illustrative of Specialty Section activities, which provide a non-reception forum for networking with peers who have an interest in a specific area of toxicology. Council supports this and other innovative Specialty Section activities that build community during the SOT Annual Meeting and throughout the year and was pleased to provide funding for the breakfast event.