Description: This is an award for the best poster presentation by a student at the annual meetings of the Teratology Society (TS) and Neurobehavioral Teratology Society (NBTS).  It is jointly sponsored by the Middle Atlantic Reproduction and Teratology Association (MARTA) and sanofi-aventis. Currently the award consists of a plaque and $250, although the monetary award is subject to change.

Jim Bradford was a past-President of MARTA, Sigma Xi and on Committees of the Teratology Society. He was Director of R&D Operations at Sanofi at the time of his death. Jim mentored several current members of the Teratology Society and was a pioneer in Industrial Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology (DART) Testing. Jim was the consummate scientist, well respected and universally liked.

Eligibility requirements: Currently the award is presented for the best student (undergraduate or graduate) and post-doctoral posters presented at the joint TS/NBTS meeting.

Judging process: Judging is based on the poster subject and impact, clarity of presentation, and appearance, and on the presenter's understanding/knowledge (evaluated by answers to questions from the judges).

Past recipients

2007
Julia Perstin, University of Toronto (predoctoral)
Poster Title: "Protective Role of Low Levels of Constitutive Catalase in Embryonic and Fetal Development"

Jillian Gee, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Poster Title: "Developmental Evaluations of C57BL/6 Mice Exposed to 2,2',4,4'-Brominated Diphenyl Ether (DE47) on Postnatal Day 10".

2006
Swatee Dey (predoctoral), University  of Kentucky

Andrea D. Weston, Ph.D. (postdoctoral), Pfizer Inc.

2005
Julia Gohlke, National Institute of Environmental Health Science

Maia Green, University of Louisville

2004
Robert G. Ellis-Hutchings, University of California At Davis, CA

Poster title: "Effects of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE) exposure on biochemical indicators of nervous system development."

2003
Elizabeth Gribble, University of Washington, and Valentina Massa, University of Milan

2002
Jennifer Willford, University of Pittsburgh, PA

Poster title: "Attention mediates the relations between prenatal alcohol exposure and executive function"

2001
Daniel Nazarenko, The Forsyth Institute, Boston, MA

Poster title - "Gestational activation of a TCDD-responsive LacZ transgene in mice and identification of TCDD-induced changes in the morphology of the paw."

2000
Rebecca J. Erwin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Poster title - "Developmental exposure to propylthiouracil (PTU) disrupts long-delay visual eyeblink conditioning in juvenile rats."