Awards & Honours
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. Dr Trevor Ogden is the latest recipient.
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 are presented to the lead name at the Annual Conference. The 2008 Bedford Prize was awarded to a team from the University of Leuven in Belgium for a paper about the protection of pharmaceutical production workers from the potential harmful effects of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). Sadly, the lead author of this paper, Nadine Van Nimmen, died of cancer at the age of 42, and was awarded the Prize posthumously.
The closing date for nominations for the 2010 Prize was 31 May 2010. We are now drawing up the shortlist from nominated papers published in 2008 and 2009 (Volumes 52 and 53). The main author of the winning paper will be invited to receive the prize at the 2011 Annual Conference.
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.
Craig Hendry is the winner of the David Hickish Award for 2009 and Sussan Russell is the winner of the Ted King Award for 2009.
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, for 2009, is Dr Bob Rajan of HSE, for his project 'Innovative Approaches for Ill-health Reduction at Work'.
Nominations for the 2010 Award are now invited; download the full Guidelines from this page. The closing date for applications is 30 September 2010.