Overview
The Disability Section presents several awards each year during the Annual Business Meeting and Award Ceremony at the APHA Annual Meeting. These awards celebrate the contributions of outstanding individuals to the disability field within the context of public health. Following is a description of each award and eligibility criteria:
Allan Meyers Award: This award is presented to a person who has combined excellence across the areas of research, teaching and advocacy to improve the health and quality of life for people with disabilities. Nominees are not required to be members of APHA.
Lifetime Achievement Award: This award is presented to a person who, over the course of his or her career, has made a major contribution to the improvement of health and quality of life for people with disabilities in one or more areas of research, teaching, or advocacy. Nominees are not required to be members of APHA.
New Investigator Award: This award recognizes a newer investigator who demonstrates evidence of a promising career in public health research in the area of health and wellness for people with disabilities.
Eligibility Criteria:
▪ The nominee must have been awarded his or her degree within eight calendar years of the nomination. (For example, for a nomination submitted anytime in 2007, the nominee must have been awarded the degree on or after 1/1/1999.)
▪ Evidence documenting a nominee’s successful development as a new investigator must be provided. This evidence must include a minimum of one peer-reviewed publication for which the nominee has taken a substantial role.
▪ The nominee must be a member of the Disability Section.
APHA Disability Section Student Member Award: This award is presented to a student who has conducted promising work to advance the health and quality of life of people with disabilities. To qualify, the nominee must be a primary member of the Disability Section.
Awards Committee Members 2008
Dot Nary, University of Kansas (Chair)
Liz DePoy, University of Maine
David Keer, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Call for Nominations for the 2009 Disability Section Awards
APHA DISABILITY SECTION AWARD NOMINATIONS!
Do you know someone who has made a significant contribution to the health and quality of life of people with disabilities? Someone who should be recognized by the Disability Section? Now is the time to nominate him or her for one of the 2009 Disability Section Awards. The area of Public Health that addresses issues of people with disabilities, as well as the field of Disability Studies, have both advanced substantially through the contributions of many people associated with the Disability Section. Join us in honoring those who have made significant contributions to the field of disabilities within the context of public health.
Allan Meyers Award: This award is presented to a person who has combined excellence across the areas of research, teaching and advocacy to improve the health and quality of life for people with disabilities. Nominees are not required to be members of APHA.
Lifetime Achievement Award: This award is presented to a person who, over the course of his or her career, has made a major contribution to the improvement of health and quality of life for people with disabilities in one or more areas of research, teaching, or advocacy. Nominees are not required to be members of APHA.
New Investigator Award: This award recognizes a newer investigator who demonstrates evidence of a promising career in public health research in the area of health and wellness for people with disabilities.
Eligibility Criteria:
▪ The nominee must have been awarded his or her degree within eight calendar years of the nomination. (For example, for a nomination submitted anytime in 2007, the nominee must have been awarded the degree on or after 1/1/1999.)
▪ Evidence documenting a nominee’s successful development as a new investigator must be provided. This evidence must include a minimum of one peer-reviewed publication for which the nominee has taken a substantial role.
▪ The nominee must be a member of the Disability Section.
Student Member Award: This award is presented to a student who has conducted promising work to advance the health and quality of life of people with disabilities. Further information about qualifications will be updated and disseminated soon.
For further information and/or to obtain a nomination form, please contact Jennifer Rowland, Awards Committee Chair, at jenrow@uic.edu.
Previous Award Winners
Disability Section Award recipients join a distinguished group of achievers who have made significant contributions to the disability field and to improvements in the lives of people with disabilities nationally and internationally.
Disability Section Award Recipients
1992 Disability Achievement Andrew Batavia
1993 Disability Achievement Ed Roberts &
Judy Heumann
1994 Disability Achievement Hugh Gallagher
1995 Disability Achievement Cindy Jones
1996 Disability Achievement John Hockenberry
1997 Disability Achievement David Gray
1998 Disability Achievement Tony Young
1999 Disability Achievement Katherine Seelman
2000 Disability Achievement Glen White
and Colleagues
Allan Meyers Award Allan Meyers
(posthumous)
2001 Disability Achievement Frank Bowe
2002 Disability Achievement Justin & Yoshiko Dart
Allan Meyers Award Harlan Hahn
Student Award Trisha Welch
2003 Disability Achievement Levy Brothers
Allan Meyers Award David Pfieffer
Student Award Dot Nary
2004 Disability Achievement Patrick Fougeyrollas &
Gale Whiteneck
Allan Meyers Award Bobby Silverstein
2005 Disability Achievement Margaret Giannini
Allan Meyers Award Liz Depoy &
Stephen Gilson
Student Award Brad Bosee &
Ben Moreau
2006 Disability Achievement Tom Seekins
Allan Meyers Award David Braddock
2007 Disability Achievement Peg Nosek
Allan Meyers Award Jim Rimmer
Student Award B.J. Kitchin
New Investigator Award Thilo Kroll