Access Sciences is pleased to announce that the firm has been nominated for an HR IMPACT Award. The IMPACT Awards will be presented at the 5th annual awards dinner on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at the Reliant Center in Houston. The IMPACT Awards are presented in conjunction with the 18th Annual Gulf Coast Symposium on Human Resource Issues.

The IMPACT Awards were created to raise awareness of excellence in human resource programs and practices in the Greater Houston area and to recognize HR workgroups that have created significant business value (impact) for their organizations in the areas of:
Communications Integrity
Diversity Excellence
Flexible Workplace
HR Service Technology
Recruiting and Retention
Small Company HR
Total Rewards and Accountability

Access Sciences is one of only ten companies to receive a nomination for an IMPACT Award. The complete list of nominees includes:
Access Sciences Corporation
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
Ernst & Young
Fluor
HCSS
HealthHelp, LLC
Methodist Sugar Land Hospital
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc.

The keynote speaker for the awards dinner is renowned branding expert Karen McCullough.

For more information, please contact:
Amanda Stringer, Marketing Specialist, 713.554.7553 (p)
astringer@accesssciences.com
Anne Tülek, President, 713.664.4357 (p)
atulek@accesssciences.com