Kristel Schaap, PhD-Student at the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), division Environmental Epidemiology, Utrecht University won the Joseph James Morrissey award for the best platform student presentation during the Annual Meeting of the Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS) and the European Bioelectromagnetics Association (EBEA) (BioEM) 2014 in Cape Town South Africa.
She presented the results of her recently published study on acute transient symptoms among health care and research staff who are exposed to static magnetic stray fields from MRI scanners.
Joseph James Morrissey was a molecular biologist and cancer researcher at Nova Southeastern University and expert in electromagnetic interference and compatibility. The Bioelectromagnetics Society promotes the exchange of ideas to advance the science of natural and applied electromagnetic fields in biology and medicine.