Maples receives Safety Professional of the Year award

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has selected Elizabeth Maples, Ph.D., as a recipient of the 2010 Alabama Safety Professional of the Year award. Maples, an assistant professor in the UAB Department of Environmental Health Sciences and deputy director for the Deep South Center for Occupational Health and Safety, will be presented with the award April 29, 2011, during the ASSE meeting in Birmingham.  More information is available online at www.soph.uab.edu/event/maples_asse.