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 is 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 2010 Bedford Prize winner is E Tielemans, T Schneider, H Goede, M Tischer, N Warren, H Kromhout, M Van Tongeren, J Van Hemmen, and J Cherrie, Conceptual Model for Assessment of Inhalation Exposure: Defining Modifying Factors, Ann Occ Hyg 2008 52: 577-586. This paper is an important foundation for the ART model. The main author received the prize for the paper at the BOHS Annual Conference in 2011 at Stratford upon Avon.
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.
Robin Smith is the winner of the David Hickish Award for 2010 and Lena Fahlqvist Kozicic is the winner of the Ted King Award for 2010.
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 Dr Bob Rajan of HSE, for his project 'Innovative Approaches for Ill-health Reduction at Work'.
Nominations for the 2011 Award are now closed and the winner will be announced at the end of the year.
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. From this year, Council have introduced a nomination form which can be downloaded from from the downloads box on the left hand side.
The deadline for nominations is 31 December 2011. If you would like to nominate a member please complete the form and return to us at admin@bohs.org. The decision(s) will be made at the March 2012 Council meeting, and any Honorary Memberships agreed will be backdated to the 1 January 2012.