Call for Nominations
Do You Know An Inspiring Epidemiologist?
The APHA Epidemiology Section is soliciting nominations for its Section awards. We rely on the members of the Epidemiology Section to help us identify those who are most deserving of each award. The awards honor epidemiologists making significant contributions to the methods, application, teaching and practice of epidemiology as the Wade Hampton Frost Lectureship, the John Snow Award (which is officially sanctioned by the John Snow Society), the Lilienfeld Award and the Public Health Practice Awards. These awards are categorized as the Career awards and the Public Health Practice awards; procedures for nominations and details of each award are provided below.
Career Awards Nominations
The Epidemiology Section of APHA invites nominations for the Wade Hampton Frost Lectureship, John Snow Award and Lilienfeld Award (see details of these awards below). Awards will be given at the 2009 APHA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.
A formal letter of nomination, accompanied by a brief resume/curriculum vitae, should describe:
- How the nominee meets the selection criteria; and
- Sufficient specific information for the Awards Committee to assess the nominee's contributions or achievements.
Please submit these electronically to the Awards Committee Co-Chair Claudia Kozinetz, kozinetz@bcm.edu, and feel free to contact her for additional details.
Public Health Practice Awards Nominations
The Public Health Practice Awards (see details below) have been designed by the Epidemiology Section to recognize the use of epidemiologic methods in an innovative and creative public health program or project. There is an award for both an individual and an organization. An individual investigator must be within 10 years of her/his terminal degree. An organization may have been in existence for any amount of time.
Please contact the Awards Committee Co-Chair, Kris Fennie, Kristopher.fennie@yale.edu, to request an application form for the nomination.
The Wade Hampton Frost Lectureship
This award recognizes a person who has made a significant contribution to addressing a public health issue of major importance by applying epidemiologic methods.
Criteria: Intellectual innovation in epidemiology or in the application of epidemiology to public health problems; substantial use of epidemiology to address important public health problems' impact through scientific publications or other means; recognized influence in the recipient's field; leadership in public health as indicated by leadership roles in professional organizations, government agencies, academic institutions or in the private sector; engaging and substantive speaker, able to speak on topics of interest to epidemiologists and other public health scientists.
Annotations: A nominee need not be an epidemiologist, but his/her contributions should reflect the application of epidemiologic concepts and methods or close collaboration in epidemiologic research. Nominees are not required to be members of the Epidemiology Section, APHA or citizens of the United States. Current offices of the APHA Epidemiology Section and members of the Awards Committee are not eligible for this award. Nominees should be excellent speakers.
The John Snow Award
This award recognizes an outstanding epidemiologist for excellence in epidemiologic practice or research.
Criteria: Contributions of enduring value to the improvement of human health or substantial reduction in burden of disease; responsible for innovations in public health practice based on clear epidemiologic foundations or implementation of epidemiologic approaches to solution of health problems; contributions which are practical, explicit, and applied, rather than theoretical or implicit.
Annotations: Nominees are not required to be members of the Epidemiology Section, APHA or citizens of the United States. Current officers of the APHA Epidemiology Section and members of the Awards Committee are not eligible for this award.
The Abraham Lilienfeld Award
This award recognizes excellence in the teaching of epidemiology during the course of a career.
Excellence in teaching as exhibited in effective classroom lectures, professional seminars or workshops, publications of substantial pedagogical or methodological importance for students and professional epidemiologists or students who have made worthwhile contributions to the improvement of public health; Evidence of incorporating both historic and innovative epidemiologic concepts and methods in teaching; evidence of ability to communicate difficult of complex ideas in clear, understandable language or using innovative methods; evidence of influence on students or young professionals as teacher or mentor.
Annotations: Preference is given to nominees who teach in the classroom, are engaging lecturers, write clearly and whose students have made worthwhile contributions to the improvement of public health. Nominees are not required to be members of the Epidemiology Section, APHA or citizens of the United States. Current officers of the APHA Epidemiology Section and members of the Awards Committee are not eligible for this award.
The Public Health Practice Awards
Examples of projects that may merit such an award include the improvement of disease surveillance, creative pre- and post-intervention assessments, innovative ways of improving study participation, and/or communication of epidemiologic measures to the participating community. Projects may also be national in scope, but all projects must demonstrate measurable relevance to improving public health. Awardees will receive a nominal monetary award and an engraved clock.
Nominees must not necessarily have a degree in epidemiology, although the application of epidemiologic methods must be clear. Nominations should include a brief description of the project and the role of the investigator or project group being nominated in addition to Web sites or other supporting documentation of the project or individual’s work being nominated.