Awards

The ICEHS Section has authorized the following awards for recognition of individuals’ outstanding contributions to injury/violence prevention and control and emergency health services. Awards are distributed at the discretion of the Awards Committee. Not all awards are distributed every year.

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Awards

Distinguished Career: To recognize an individual, frequently near the end of their career, for outstanding dedication and leadership in injury/violence prevention and control and emergency health services, with contributions and achievements that have a significant and long-term impact on the field. Recipient need not be a Section member, nor an Association member.

Previous Awardees

• 2024 Carri Castell
• 2023 Karen Liller
• 2021 Desmund Runyan
• 2020 Garry Lapidus 
• 2018 Sue Scavo Gallagher
• 2017 Ted Miller
• 2016 Gary Smith
• 2014 Carol Runyan
• 2007 Linda Degutis
• 2005 Samuel Alderson
• 2003 Robert Sanders
• 2002 Frank A. Haight
• 2001 Barbara Barlow
• 1999 Robert Verhalen
• 1998 David Boyd
• 1997 Jerome Barancik
• 1995 Fred Rivara
• 1994 Pat Waller
• 1993 Steve Teret
• 1992 Leon Robertson
• 1991 Katherine Christoffel
• 1990 Jess Kraus
• 1989 Julian Waller

International Distinguished Career: To recognize an individual, frequently near the end of their career, for outstanding dedication and leadership in injury/violence prevention and control and emergency health services internationally, with contributions and achievements that have a significant and long-term impact on the field. Recipient need not be a Section member, nor an Association member.

Previous Awardees

• 2020 Samuel Forjuoh 
• 2019 Maria Segui-Gómez (International)
• 2015 Caroline Finch (International)
• 2013 James Harrison (International)
• 2011 Srikant Bangdiwala (International)
• 2010 Yvette Holder (International)
• 2009 Etienne Krug (International)
• 2008 Alexander John "Jack" McLean (International)
• 2004 John Langley (International)
• 2000 Dinesh Mohan (International)
• 1996 Peter Vulcan (International)

Excellence in Science: To recognize an individual, frequently at mid-career, for outstanding dedication and leadership in the science of injury/violence prevention and control and emergency health services, with contributions and achievements that have a significant and long-term impact on the field. Recipient must be a Section member.

Previous Awardees

• 2024 Deborah Azrael
• 2023 Motoa Zhu
• 2022 Renee Johnson
• 2020 Steve Marshall
• 2019 Margaret Warner
• 2018 R. Dawn Comstock
• 2017 Lenora Olson
• 2016 Huiyun Xiang
• 2015 Guohua Li
• 2014 Theodore Courtney
• 2013 Ginger Yang
• 2012 Keisha Pollack
• 2011 Matthew Miller
• 2010 Gordon Smith
• 2009 Maria Segui-Gomez / Flaura Winston
• 2008 Corinne Peek-Asa
• 2004 Susan Gerberich
• 2003 Steve Hargarten
• 2002 J. Lee Annest
• 2001 Garen Wintemute
• 2000 Arthur Kellermann
• 1999 Ted Miller
• 1998 Carol Runyan

Public Service: To recognize outstanding dedication and leadership in injury/violence prevention practice and advocacy, with contributions and achievements that have had a significant and long-term impact on the field of injury control and emergency health services. Recipient must be a Section member.

Previous Awardees

• 2021 Justin Heinze
• 2020 Les Fisher
• 2019 Umair Shah
• 2018 Linda DeGuis
• 2017 Shelli Stidham-Stephens
• 2016 Janice Springer
• 2015 Tho Bella Dinh-Zarr
• 2014 Carolyn Coggan
• 2013 Jon Vernick
• 2011 David Lee
• 2010 Jake Pauls
• 2009 Lois Fingerhut
• 2008 David Lawrence
• 2007 Larry Cohen
• 2006 not awarded
• 2005 Art K. McDonald
• 2004 Sue Binder
• 2003 Alex Kelter
• 2002 Sue Malone
• 2001 Stephen Luchter
• 2000 Billie Weiss
• 1999 Michael Finkelstein
• 1998 Andrew McGuire
• 1997 Murray Katcher
• 1996 Elizabeth McLoughlin
• 1995 Rick Smith
• 1994 Sue Gallagher
• 1993 Lois Fingerhut
• 1992 Jack Finlea
• 1991 David Heppel
• 1990 Sarah Brady
• 1989 Art Funke

Institutional Public Service: To recognize outstanding service from an organization, agency, or company for leadership in injury/violence prevention practice and advocacy, with contributions and achievements that have a significant and long-term impact on the field of injury/violence prevention and control and emergency health services.

Previous Awardees

• 2024 American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Injury, Violence, and Injury Prevention
• 2023 National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA)
• 2019 Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention (SHARP)
• 2018 Datalys Center
• 2017 US Consumer Product Safety Commission
• 2016 Nationwide, Make Safe Happen Program
• 2015 CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
• 2014 Safe States Alliance
• 2013 Prevention Institute (Oakland, CA)
• 2010 Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety
• 1997 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
• 1996 National Safe Kids

 

ICEHS Presidential Road Safety Scholarship Awards

The ICEHS Presidential Road Safety Scholarship Fund is supported by leaders of national and international traffic safety organizations, along with other donors, to help our student and early career professional members attend the American Public Health Association annual meeting. 

Through this fund, we are providing awards of $500 each to help offset the cost of registration and/or travel for the APHA Annual meeting. This support is intended for members of the ICEHS section; however, those who currently belong to another section may also join ICEHS and are then eligible to apply. Preference is given to applicants who are pursuing road safety topics.

 

Dr. Susan Goodwin Gerberich Student Paper Competition Award

The purpose of the Dr. Susan Goodwin Gerberich ICEHS Student Paper Competition Award is to foster and reward quality research efforts among students involved in the field. The award has been an important and popular activity for the ICEHS section since it was first implemented by Dr. Gerberich at the 1992 Annual Meeting of the APHA. The award comes with a monetary prize, recognition at the annual ICEHS Awards Dinner, and an opportunity for fast-track publication in the journal Injury Epidemiology.

Students are eligible to participate in the Student Paper Competition if they:

1. Are currently a student or have completed their program within the last year;
2. Are members of ICEHS; and
3. Were first authors of an abstract accepted by ICEHS for presentation at the APHA annual meeting (the work submitted must have been performed as a student and previously unpublished).

Students who have abstracts accepted to the ICEHS late-breaker sessions are also invited to participate. The deadline for submission of an application and paper is typically 4-6 weeks prior to the APHA Annual Meeting.

 

Student Podium and Poster Presentation Awards

Like the Student Paper Award, the Student Podium and Poster Presentation Awards aim to highlight the research being done by our student members, with a focus on the student's ability to translate their findings. The awards come with a monetary prize and recognition at the annual ICEHS Awards Dinner.   

Students are eligible to participate in the Student Podium and Poster Presentation Awards if they:

1. Are currently a student or have completed their program within the last year;
2. Are members of ICEHS; and
3. Were first authors of an abstract accepted by ICEHS for presentation at the APHA annual meeting (the work submitted must have been performed as a student and previously unpublished).

Students who have abstracts accepted to the ICEHS late-breaker sessions are also invited to participate. The deadline for submission of applications for the Oral and Poster Presentation Awards is typically 2-3 weeks prior to the APHA Annual Meeting.