Announcing Winners of HEI Awards, with Talks by Winners of the Rosenblith & Jane Warren Awards

The session "Announcing Winners of HEI Awards and Fellowships, and Lightning Talks by Winners of the Walter Rosenblith and Jane Warren Awards" was held at HEI's 2024 Annual Conference on April 28, 2024.
Session Overview:
The Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award is given each year to up to two promising researchers at the assistant professor level or equivalent. Applicants of any nationality, and with training and experience in any of the many branches of science relevant to air pollution, are eligible to apply. Winners are selected based on the relevance of the proposed research to HEI’s mission, the scientific merit of the proposed research, and the likelihood of the candidate becoming a leader in the field. This award is named for Professor Walter A. Rosenblith, who served as the first Chair of HEI's Research Committee and then as a member of the HEI Board of Directors. The award supports research projects up to three years in length with a maximum budget of $600k.
HEI’s summer fellowship program aims to encourage undergraduate students from backgrounds that are underrepresented in the environmental health sciences to explore research opportunities in this area. The program provides financial support for a 10-week summer fellowship each year and is run in collaboration with the International Society of Exposure Science and the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. The fellowship is open to mentors and students based in the United States.
The Jane Warren Award is given to graduate students or postdocs at academic or research institutions in the United States whose research is related to air pollution and health. Winners attend and present at HEI’s Annual Conference. Selection is based on the scientific merit of their research, quality of the submitted abstract, and relevance to HEI’s mission. This award is named in remembrance of Dr. Jane Warren, who joined HEI in the 1980s and led HEI’s scientific activities as Director of Science from 1999 until her retirement in 2008. The award covers travel and conference registration expenses for up to six awardees.