Kristen Hobbie is the 2009 recipient of the Phi Zeta Research Award 01 Jul 2009
Kristen Hobbie is a recipient of the 2009 Phi Zeta Research Award in the Basic Sciences Category. She earned this award based on her demonstrated excellence in research. The title of Kristen’s paper was "Toward a molecular equivalent dose: use of the medaka model in comparative risk assessment." This concerned her dissertation research. It covered a comparative dosimetry study between Japanese medaka and F344 rats exposed to the known carcinogen, dimethylnitrosamine (DMN). The purpose of the study was to help improve inter-species comparisons and/or extrapolations in carcinogen risk assessment.