was appointed to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: 2017 Standing Committee on Geographical Sciences; and was identified by Thomson Reuters as one of the World’s Most Highly Cited Researchers for 2016.
served on a committee for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that published a report with findings and recommendations on the status and utilization of molybdenum-99 for medical use.
was appointed by UC President Janet Napolitano to serve as the UC Academic Senate representative and voting member of the newly established Executive Steering Committee on Health Benefits for UC faculty and staff.
was appointed to a five-year term as member of the Population Sciences Subcommittee for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
was named president-elect of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology; and was appointed to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee: Review of the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides–Eleventh Biennial Update.
was inducted as Honorary Fellow to the New York Academy of Medicine for receiving the 2016 Stephen Smith Award for Distinguished Contributions in Public Health.
was recognized in an April 2017 symposium named in his honor, “Chemistry of Water Treatment from Sorption to Taste and Odor: A symposium honoring the contributions of Mel Suffet,” sponsored by the American Chemical Society’s Division of Environmental Chemistry.
was named chair-elect of the 2016- 2017 Global Healthcare Management Faculty Forum for the Association of University Programs in Health Administration.
