Thomas H. Connor received his BS and MS in microbiology from the University of Rhode Island. He received his PhD in environmental toxicology from The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas. After graduation, Tom taught courses on environmental and occupational health, and genetic toxicology at the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston, Texas from 1982 to 2001. Tom joined NIOSH in 2001 as a research biologist focusing on occupational exposure to hazardous drugs. Tom was the lead author on the NIOSH Alert: Preventing Occupational Exposures to Antineoplastic and Other Hazardous Drugs, along with other related NIOSH documents. Tom has lectured extensively in the United States and abroad on hazardous drug exposures in healthcare. In 2008, he received the ASHP Board of Directors Award of Honor recognizing almost 30 years of research involving the protection of healthcare workers from hazardous drug exposures. In 2010, he received the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners Achievement Award for his role in helping to develop international safe handling guidelines for hazardous drugs.