The Occupational and Public Health Specialty Section of the Society of Toxicology (SOT) has granted Kannan Krishnan, Director of the IRSST’s Scientific Division, the prestigious Paper of the Year award for 2017 for an article he coauthored with his doctoral student, Sandrine F. Chebekoue.

The article, published in the journal Toxicological Sciences (vol. 160, pages 47–56), concerns thresholds for toxicological risks related to occupational exposure to organic contaminants. The award will be presented on March 12, at the SOT annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas.