John Doull, M.D., Ph.D.

Recruitment and Screening Panel

Dr. John Doull is Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology and Toxicology in the Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics at the University of Kansas Medical School. Prior to coming to Kansas, he was the Assistant Director of the University of Chicago Toxicity Laboratory and Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Chicago. He has a BS degree in chemistry from Montana State University and PhD (pharmacology) and MD degrees from the University of Chicago. He served on the Toxicology Study Section of NIH and the council of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). He is past president of the Society of Toxicology and the American Board of Toxicology, has chaired the Threshold Limit Value Committee of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists. He has served on the Expert Panels of the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI), the Flavor Extract Manufacturing Association (FEMA), and the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS), and was a member of the Presidential Clean Air Commission. He has chaired the Committee on Toxicology of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, served on the scientific advisory panels of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), among others, and consults with many governmental, state, industrial and private organizations. He received the Kenneth DuBois Award in 1981 from the Mid-America chapter of Society of Toxicology, the Samuel Kuna Award in 1989 from Rutgers University (Robert Wood Johnson Medical School), the International Achievement Award in 1990 from the International Society for Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, and the Commanders Award for Public Service from the Department of the Army Armed Forces Epidemiological Board (AFEB). In 1991, he received the Toxicology Ambassador Award from the Mid Atlantic Chapter of the Society of Toxicology and a Distinguished Medical Alumnus Award from the University of Chicago. In 1992 he received the Stockinger Award from the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) and was the first recipient of the John Doull Award, which was established by the Central States Chapter of the Society of Toxicology to recognize his contributions to the discipline of toxicology. In 1993, he received the Merit award of the Society of Toxicology and in 1994 he was honored as the Snider Awardee of the Arkansas Toxicology Symposium Series. In 1996 he received the Founder's Award from the Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology (CIIT), was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Kuopio in Finland, the Meritorious Service Award from ACGIH and the Distinguished Service Award from the American College of Toxicology.