October 1, 2019
Toxicology society recognizes veterinary college’s Nguyen with Doull award
Annelise Nguyen, associate professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, was recognized with the prestigious John Doull Award at the annual meeting of the Central States Society of Toxicology in Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 26-27.
Nguyen was recognized for contributions of an outstanding member to the discipline of toxicology. She presented the lecture "Collaboration, Discovery, and Innovation." The John Doull Award is presented each year by the Central States Chapter of the Society of Toxicology to honor the contributions of its members to the discipline of toxicology and to the chapter. Nguyen scientific contributions have been focused on breast cancer research, including four patented technologies.
Doull was a longtime professor of toxicology at the University of Kansas Medical School. He was well known as the co-author and editor of the textbook, "Casarett & Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons." Doull died in 2017.