Call for Nominations

Do You Know An Inspiring Epidemiologist?

The APHA Epidemiology Section is soliciting nominations for its 2008 Section awards. These awards honor epidemiologists making significant contributions to the methods, application, and teaching of epidemiology, as described in detail below - the Wade Hampton Frost Lectureship, the John Snow Award (which is officially sanctioned by the John Snow Society) and the Lilienfeld Award. In addition, the Section sponsors the Public Health Practice Award to recognize the use of epidemiologic methods in an innovative and creative public health program or project.

The Epidemiology Section of APHA invites nominations for the Wade Hampton Frost Lectureship, John Snow Award and Lilienfeld Award. Awards will be given at the 2008 APHA Annual Meeting in San Diego, California. 

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 by May 15, 2008 to the Awards Committee Chair, Claudia Kozinetz, kozinetz@bcm.edu; feel free to contact her for additional details. Award winners are generally expected to attend the Section Award meeting, typically held late in the afternoon on the Monday of the Annual Meeting. They are also honored at the Section Reception, open to all meeting attendees, that immediately follows and a dinner in honor of the awardees later that same evening.

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.

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HAMPTON FROST AWARD

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.

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JOHN SNOW 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.

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LILIENFELD AWARD

The Public Health Practice Award

The Public Health Practice Award has been designed by the Epidemiology Section in order to recognize the use of epidemiologic methods in an innovative and creative public health program or project.  

The award committee will consider both individuals and/or organizations for the award.  An individual investigator must be within 10 years of their terminal degree.  An organization may have been in existence for any amount of time.  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.

Our winner of the 2007 Epidemiology Section Public Health Practice Award was the Bureau of Tobacco Control at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.  Beginning in 2003, the Bureau distributed free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) patches and provided follow-up counseling to increase rates of smoking cessation. Evaluation results from the first year demonstrated that 87% of those who received NRT attempted to stop smoking after requesting the patch, and about one-third (33%) of those reached 6 months after the giveaway had quit smoking.  The project utilized epidemiologic and other outcome measures which allowed them to target efforts to specific populations.

For more information and to make nominations, contact the Public Health Practice Award Chair, Kris Fennie, kfennie@BIOMED.MED.YALE.EDU. 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. If you choose to make a nomination, please include your contact information so that the Epidemiology Section Awards Committee may contact you if further details are necessary.

Submit 2008 Epidemiology Section Award Nominations by 5/15/08 to the Following:

Career Awards:  Claudia Kozinetz, kozinetz@bcm.edu

Public Health Practice Award:  Kris Fennie, kfennie@BIOMED.MED.YALE.EDU

 

 

Last Update:  4/22/08  sg

 

 
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