3M Young Hygienist Award
Are you under 35 and have been working full time in occupational hygiene for less than five years? If so, then read on for here is the opportunity of a lifetime!
The 3M Young Hygienist Award is an award by the British Occupational Hygiene Society sponsored by 3M UK. The award aims to stimulate and reward professional development in young hygienists. The prize will be an expenses paid trip to the AIHA conference in Montreal, Canada which takes place on the 18-23 May 2013. The prize also includes attendance at the BOHS Annual Conference in Manchester on the 24 April 2013.
To enter you must write an essay (approx 1500 words) with the title of "What skills will occupational hygienists need in 10 years time?” There are no restrictions on style or content other than the title. For full details of how to apply please read through the guidelines. Applicants must be a member of BOHS, under the age of 35 and working in occupational hygiene for less than five years. Applications for the latest round have now closed and we will announce the winner shortly.
Bedford Award
This was first awarded in 1978 and is named after the first President of BOHS, Thomas Bedford CBE. It's the Society’s prime honour, marking outstanding contributions to the discipline of occupational hygiene, either in the general field or in work for the Society. The recipient is presented with a medal at the Annual Conference. The full list of winners can be found below.
Bedford Award Winners
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1978 D E Hickish
1978 W H Walton OBE
1978 C G Warner
1978 P C G Isaac
1978 R E Lane CBE
1979 D Turner
1980 C N Davies
1980 T F Hatch
1981 J S McLintock
1984 S A Roach
1986 G A Hedgecock
1986 J G Jones
1987 L Le Bouffant
1989 G W Crockford | 1989 D Doran
1990 E J King
1995 P J Hewitt
1995 J Steel
1996 C J Bradley
1997 J G Underwood
1998 J C McDonald
1998 A McDonald
1999 D W Robinson
2000 A Stewart
2002 M H Claydon
2002 H L Dalrymple
2005 T L Ogden
2011 M Piney |
Thomas Bedford Memorial Prize
Again named in honour of our first President, the Bedford Prize (as it is known) is BOHS's oldest award and is given every two years to the author or authors of the most outstanding paper published in the Annals of Occupational Hygiene during the relevant period. The winner or winners receive £500 (to be shared) and a Certificate (each), which is presented to the lead name at the Annual Conference. The 2012 Bedford Prize has been awarded to the prize to all four of the diesel exhaust papers published as part of ‘The Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study’ which appeared in issue 54/7 of The Annals.. The lead for this project, Dr P Stewart, has been invited to received the prize for the paper at the BOHS Annual Conference in 2013 at Manchester.
Ted King and David Hickish Awards
These awards recognise the best candidates in each year from those who have achieved the BOHS Certificate of Operational Competence in Occupational Hygiene and Diploma of Professional Competence in Occupational Hygiene, respectively. They are named in honour of two past Presidents, both of whom were also Bedford Award recipients. The prize for each is £250.
Richard Topliss is the winner of the David Hickish Award for 2011 and Gavin Wellings and Francis Wright are the joint winners of the Ted King Award for 2011.
Working For A Healthier Workplace – The Peter Isaac Award
This is an annual Award which recognises a valuable contribution by an individual to the reduction of ill-health at work, and is open to any individual member of BOHS or any other POOSH organisation. The winner receives £1,000 towards attendance at any health and safety conference, the specially engraved Trophy for the year, and a framed Certificate to keep, presented at the Annual Conference Dinner. Also included is complimentary attendance for one day of the Conference and the Conference Dinner, and free BOHS membership for one year.
The Award was initiated to mark BOHS's Golden Jubilie in 2003, and the latest winner, is Chris Money of ExxonMobil, for his project 'Empowering Occupational Hygiene to those who need it".
Nominations for the 2013 Award will open in March 2013.
Honorary Lifetime Membership
As we are approaching the end of the year, it is time to invite nominations for honorary lifetime membership from all voting members of BOHS. Council have introduced a nomination form which can be downloaded from from the downloads box on the left hand side.
The deadline for nominations has now passed. The decision(s) will be made at the March 2013 Council meeting, and any Honorary Memberships agreed will be backdated to the 1 January 2013.