SETAC NORTH AMERICA ANNOUNCES NEW VICE PRESIDENT

The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) has elected Dr. James T. Oris as vice president of SETAC North America for 2004.

The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (PRWEB) October 16, 2003
   
The election was held in Pensacola, Fla., at the September meeting of the SETAC North America board of directors. Dr. Oris will serve as vice president for one year beginning November 2003, after which he will become president of SETAC North America.
   
Dr. Oris became involved in SETAC as a student and has been active for more than 15 years. He is presently a member of the SETAC North America board of directors. Among his credits, Dr. Oris has been on the editorial review boards of eight journals, six books and nine granting agencies, was editor for the aquatic toxicology section in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, and has served as president of the Ohio Valley Regional Chapter of SETAC. He is a well-published researcher, having published nearly 60 peer-reviewed scientific research articles and more than 120 abstracts.
   
Dr. Oris received a bachelors degree in biology from Wittenberg University in 1979 and a doctorate in environmental toxicology from Michigan State University in 1985. He is currently a professor at the Miami University Department of Zoology in Oxford, Ohio, and co-director of the Center for Environmental Toxicology and Statistics at the university. His areas of research interest center around the ecological toxicology of organic chemicals in aquatic systems with a primary focus on the study of the fate and effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in freshwater systems.
   
As vice president of SETAC North America, Dr. Oris will serve on the Executive Committee and will chair the Long-Range Planning Committee, which is responsible for keeping the strategic plan of SETAC North America current and for assessing future trends of the science and the society. As president, he will lead a 15-person board of directors responsible to approximately 3,500 SETAC members in North America, which oversees policy and program decisions and maintains fiscal responsibility for an annual budget of more than $2 million. Dr. Oris will continue to serve on the Executive Committee as immediate past-president after his term as president.
   
Dr. Oris said that one of his goals is to continue to enhance the participation and education of students in SETAC. He also hopes to reinforce SETACs role as the premier society for professionals dedicated to Environmental quality through science®" by continuing development of a truly global society that presents an internationally respected, scientifically sound voice in the environmental science and policy arenas.