Dr. Wayne Sanderson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health at the College of Public Health at the University of Iowa. He is one of the leading experts in Industrial Hygiene and Farm Safety in the United States. He has won numerous awards in his career. Honors 1994, 1995, Unit Commendation (PHS) 1996, Nominated for the USPHS Clinical Society Investigator Award “Exposure of Commercial Pesticide Applicators to the Herbicide Alachlor” 1996, Nominated for the USPHS Clinical Society Investigator Award “Biological Monitoring of Commercial Pesticide Applicators for Urine Metabolites of the Herbicide Alachlor” 1996, 1998, Commendation Medal (PHS) 1998, Awarded Best in Session and Runner-Up Best in Conference honors, American Industrial Hygiene Conference, Atlanta, Georgia - Poster, “Beryllium Contamination inside Machine Shop Workers’ Vehicles” 2002, Crisis Response Service Award (PHS) 2002, Awarded Best in Session and Runner-up Best in Conference honors, American Industrial Hygiene Conference, San Diego, California - Poster, “Intervention to Control Take-Home Beryllium Exposures of Machine Shop Workers.” 2002, Outstanding Unit Citation (PHS) 2003, Outstanding Service Medal (PHS) 2003, Publication (Sanderson et al. Surface sampling methods for Bacillus anthracis spore contamination. Emerg Infect Dis 8(10):1145-1151, 2002) nominated for the Charles Shepard Award - Best Scientific Publication by CDC employee. 2003, Cummings Award for contribution on the World Trade Center and Anthrax response efforts; award sponsored by The Society of American Military Engineers. Dr. Sanderson is currently the Director of the Industrial Hygiene Training Program at the Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety; and Director of the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health
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