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Linda Birnbaum Is Appointed the New Director of NIEHS
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Linda Birnbaum |
A December 3, 2008, press release issued by the National Institute of Environment Health Sciences (NIEHS) announced that Linda Birnbaum is the new Director of NIEHS. The Office of the Director provides leadership, coordinates initiatives, and oversees the scientific research, administration, and communications for NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program. In addition, the Office of the Director works with other federal agencies, as well as public and private institutes and organizations, to coordinate and support research on environmental health sciences. The mission of NIEHS: "to reduce the burden of human illness and disability by understanding how the environment influences the development and progression of human disease" is closely aligned with SOT's vision of "creating a safer and healthier world by advancing the science of toxicology."
Dr. Birnbaum joined SOT in 1982 and is a Lifetime Member of the North Carolina Regional Chapter. She served as the 2004–2005 SOT President. In 2007 she received the SOT Public Communications Award and in 2008 she was the first recipient of the Elsevier Mentoring Award conferred by the Women in Toxicology Special Interest Group. For additional information, view the NIEHS press release.
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