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AcademyHealth Awards

AcademyHealth's awards programs recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the fields of health services research and health policy.

Distinguished Investigator Award

The Distinguished Investigator award recognizes investigators who have made significant and lasting contributions to the field of health services research through scholarship and teaching, advancement of science and methods, and leadership. Nominations must include a curriculum vitae.


Article-of-the-Year Award

The Article-of-the-Year award recognizes the best scientific work that the fields of health services research and health policy have produced and published. While most entries will consist of a single article, collections of articles resulting from a single study are also eligible for the award. Using either qualitative or quantitative techniques, articles may present, analyze, and comment on new data, or may synthesize and analyze data that have already been collected. Special consideration will be given to articles that produce new insights and have the potential to change current thinking. Articles must have been published in a peer-reviewed journal between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009. Nominations must include a copy of the article(s).


Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award

The Alice S. Hersh New Investigator award recognizes the contribution of new scholars to the field of health services research. Eligible nominees are those whose first research appointments were no earlier than January 1, 2003. Post-doctoral positions will be considered research appointments unless these years provided training necessary for entry into the field. In addition, the eligibility period may be extended for a nominee who has taken a formal leave of absence from their employer. Nominees from academic and non-academic institutions are encouraged. Nominations must include one letter of nomination (no more than two pages) that reviews the nominee's contribution to the field and specifies the date of the nominee's first research appointment, and must include curriculum vitae.


Outstanding Dissertation Award

The Outstanding Dissertation award recognizes an outstanding scientific contribution from a doctoral thesis in health services research or health policy during 2009. The work must demonstrate an innovative approach or significant advancement toward understanding issues in the field, and the nominee must demonstrate exceptional promise. Nominations must include a copy of the dissertation, a letter of endorsement from the nominee's mentor, who may also be the nominator, and a synopsis of the dissertation (no longer than two pages).


Student Poster Award

The Student Poster Award recognizes the outstanding research of a student and the quality of the presentation during the Annual Research Meeting each June.

HSR Impact Award
2011 Call for Nominations Now Open

The AcademyHealth Board of Directors created the HSR Impact Award to recognize research that has had a significant impact on health and health care. The award, which is supported by AcademyHealth, is intended to identify and promote examples of outstanding research that have been successfully translated into health policy, management, or clinical practice.


Chair Award

The Chair Award recognizes a national leader who has significantly contributed to moving health services research into policy and practice.


Other Awards 

Nemours Child Health Services Research Award
2010 Call for Nominations will open soon

The Nemours Child Health Services Research Award recognizes the scientific work of emerging scholars in the field of child health services research, particularly research on quality improvement of pediatric health services.


Public Health Systems Research Article-of-the-Year

The Public Health Systems Research Article of the Year recognizes the best scientific work that the field of PHSR has produced and published in the previous calendar year.


Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues (IRGNI) Research Mentorship Award

The IRGNI Research Mentorship Award formally acknowledges the contributions of a senior scientist to the career development of young investigators who are engaged in research focused on interdisciplinary health services research on nursing issues.


Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues (IRGNI) New Investigator Award

The IRGNI New Investigator Award is given each year for the best paper submitted to the IRGNI Call for Abstracts by a new researcher. It recognizes the scientific work of emerging scholars in the field of health services research relevant to nursing practice, workforce and education.

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