UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / 8 September 2008 --The IWA Hei-jin Woo Award is dedicated to the memory of Hei-jin Woo, a leading Korean female engineer and scientist who worked in the water field.  

The Award recognises the achievements of women in the water profession, and was presented for the first time last night during the Opening Ceremony of the World Water Congress in Vienna on September the 7^th.

IWA’s President, Dr. David Garman , stated “The Hei-jin Woo Award recognises womens’ contribution to the advancement of the management of water. Joan Rose is a very worthy first recipient having established herself as a global leader in the health assessment of water supplies using both traditional techniques and advanced molecular science. Women are often under-represented in our profession, and this award brings to the forefront female colleagues who lead their fields.”

Dr. Joan B. Rose works in a field known as water pollution microbiology or public health microbiology. 

She has described her own journey of scientific inquiry as an attempt to understand the relationship between microbial water quality and human health. 

While practitioners in water sciences and engineering have focused on “indicators”, Dr. Rose has advanced the field by examining key parasites and viruses as waterborne pathogens and has supported the advancement of a waterborne pathogen genomics program. 

Her work has involved development of methods, surveys, investigations of waterborne outbreaks of disease, which includes the fate of these microbials in the environment, an understanding of the risk they pose and finally approaches for water quality and public health protection. 

Her work has had local, national and international impacts and she continues to strive to promote water safety and global health.

Over the course of more than three decades, she has developed molecular methods for the detection of emerging waterborne pathogens including the important parasite Cryptosporidium, and more recently for microbial source tracking. 

She has surveyed waters globally and has studied beaches, sewage impacted waters, water reclamation systems and drinking waters, studying the effect of climate change on water quality.  

Finally she has focused on quantitative microbial risk assessment, methods, tools and frameworks, bringing environmental monitoring into a risk, evidence-based decision making process to protect public health. 

Dr. Rose is currently co-Director of the Center for Advancing the Microbial Risk Assessment and Center for Water Sciences at Michigan State University , USA , and focuses much of her work on the transboundary waters of the Great Lakes . 

She has published more than 250 manuscripts. 

The IWA Hei-jin Woo Award is dedicated to the memory of Hei-jin Woo, a leading Korean female engineer and scientist who worked in the water field. 

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More information about this and other IWA Awards and their 2008 winners: http://www.iwahq.org/templates/ld_templates/layout_633184.aspx?ObjectId=675014

The biennial IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition is a premier global event for water professionals. Hosted by the International Water Association (IWA), it will bring together over 3,000 experts from all disciplines across the water sector – science and research, utilities, consultants, technology providers, industrial water users and regulators – to advance their common goal of sustainable water management. The Congress provides a unique opportunity for delegates to gain a complete picture of the issues mankind is facing all over the world in regard to water, and to discover existing solutions or generate new answers to these issues. This year's Congress will be held in the beautiful and historic city of Vienna , Austria from 7-12 September, 2008 and promises to repeat the success of past IWA Congresses, like the one held in Beijing on 2006. For more information, including press accreditation, please see: www.iwa2008vienna.org

The International Water Association's core purpose is to unite water professionals in achieving sustainable water management on a local, national and international level. The Association is a non-profit, self-governing organization comprising over 10,000 members across 130 countries from the scientific, utility, consultant, regulatory, industrial and technology communities. IWA’s work covers all fields of the water cycle, from supply, industrial water use and sanitation in both developing and developed countries. Please visit our website for more information: www.iwahq.org  

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