University of Massachusetts Amherst

School of Public Health and Health Sciences

Dr. Edward Calabrese was awarded a Certificate of Recognition by the publisher Elsevier.

Ed Calabrese, Professor in the Environmental Health Sciences Division in the Department of Public Health, was awarded a Certificate of Recognition by the publisher Elsevier. Dr. Calabrese's article, Biological stress response terminology: Integrating the concepts of adaptive response and preconditioning stress within a hormetic dose-response framework, is one of Elsevier's Top Ten cited articles on SCOPUS for the calendar years 2007-2008. Dr. Calabrese's article appeared in the July 1, 2007 issue of the journal Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, published by Elsevier.

Dr. Calabrese is a nationally renowned expert in the field of hormesis, which examines the potential benefits of otherwise toxic substances when taken in small doses. The article offers a set of recommendations to achieve greater conceptual harmony of biological stress terminology, across the broad spectrum of biological disciplines within a hormetic dose-response context.

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