Recognize Your Heroes in International Health (IH) Through the IH Section Awards
Each year, the IH Section of the APHA recognizes outstanding contributions of its members through its Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in International Health and Mid-Career Award in International Health. Beginning this year, the IH Section will also recognize its members with Lifetime and Mid-Career Awards in International Emergency Response and Relief. The Section is now seeking nominations for deserving candidates for these four awards, to be presented at the IH Section Award Ceremony at the 2006 APHA Annual Meeting in Boston (November).
The Lifetime Achievement Award in International Health, presented in 2005 to Dr. Michael Latham, was created by the IH Section to honor the visionaries and leaders in APHA who have shaped the direction of International Health. The evaluation criteria for the Lifetime Achievement Award include:
· Quality/creativity/innovativeness of the individual’s contributions to the field of International Health;
· The individual’s contributions to the development of APHA or the International Health Section;
· Application of the individual’s work to service delivery (as opposed to primarily theoretical value);
· The individual’s contributions as a leader/visionary/role model;
· The volunteerism/sacrifice associated with the individual’s contributions; and
· Membership in APHA (preferably with primary affiliation with the IH Section), a State affiliate, or a national public health association that is a member of the World Federation of Public Health Associations;
· No self-nominations are allowed.
Prior winners of the IH Lifetime Achievement Award include William Foege, Clarence Pearson, Stanley Foster, Joe Wray, Carl Taylor, Milton Roemer, Warren and Gretchen Berggren, John Wyon, Derrick Jelliffe, Tim Baker, Cicely Williams, Bud Prince, Veronica Elliott, Moye Freymann, Jeanne Newman, and Jack Bryant.
The Lifetime Achievement Award in International Emergency Relief and Response (new in 2006) has similar evaluation criteria but is dedicated to individuals with a lifetime service to enhance emergency relief and response worldwide. Emergencies include both natural events (e.g. drought, tsunami, earthquake) or person-made events (e.g. civil war).
The Mid-Career Award in International Health is intended to recognize outstanding young professionals in the Section and was awarded to Dr. Tim Holtz in 2005. The evaluation criteria for the Mid-Career Award include:
· The individual must have committed herself/himself to the promotion and development of primary health care in a cross-cultural setting over a period of 5-15 years [Primary health care is meant here to encompass a broad array of public health issues, including HIV/AIDS prevention, and environmental health];
· The individual must have demonstrated creativity in expanding the concepts pertinent to the practice of public health with an international focus; and
· Membership in APHA (preferably primary affiliation with the International Health Section), a State affiliate, or a national public health association that is a member of the World Federation of Public Health Associations;
· No self-nominations allowed. Prior winners of the Mid-Career Award in International Health include Kate Macintyre, Sarah Shannon, Adnan Hyder, Stephen Gloyd, Luis Tam, Marty Makinen, Colleen Conroy, Mary Ann Mercer, Irwin Shorr, Walter K. Patrick, and Dory Storms.
The Mid-Career Award in International Emergency Relief and Response (new in 2006) has similar evaluation criteria but is dedicated to individuals with 5-15 years of outstanding service in international emergency relief and response. Award nominations should include a letter explaining why the individual nominated should receive the award and the curriculum vitae of the nominee.
Nominations should be submitted to the Awards Committee Chairs Dory Storms, dstorms@jhsph.edu, and Luis Tam, luis.tam@planusa.org by COB May 22, 2006.