2007 ATOD Awards Presented
The Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Section presented its 2007 Section Awards to five of its luminaries at the APHA 135th Annual Meeting and Exposition held in Washington, D.C. last November.
“These awards are intended to recognize and celebrate outstanding achievements in the ATOD field,” said Bob Vollinger, chair of the ATOD Section. “The awards also acknowledge the diverse subject topics in our field including advocacy, education, policy, prevention, research and service delivery.”
The Lifetime Achievement award, which recognizes an individual who has had a long and distinguished career in the ATOD field and has also provided a lifetime of significant contributions went to Dr. Norman Giesbrecht, a professor at the University of Toronto Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
The Section Leadership Award, which recognizes a Section member who makes significant contributions to the ATOD Section and field, went to Diana Conti, executive director of Parca, a private, nonprofit organization serving people with developmental disabilities and their families based in Burlingame, Calif.
The Community-Based Advocacy Award acknowledges leadership in community-based ATOD programs that affect the community environment. This award went to Leonard Lamkin, executive director of the Chicago Patient Safety Forum.
Dr. Dan Beauchamp, a professor at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill School of Public Health, won the Slade Memorial Advocacy Award. The award is named for one of the pioneers in the ATOD field, the late Dr. John D. Slade.
The Best Student Abstract Award went to Nabarun Dasgupta, a graduate student at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill School of Public Health.
“We appreciate our award winners’ contributions and congratulate them on receiving these prestigious awards,” Vollinger said.
Andre Stanley
ATOD Awards Chair