Submission Deadline
January 8, 2024
How to Apply
Individuals may nominate themselves or a colleague. To be considered or nominate a colleague for this award, an individual or nominator must:
- Be a current APA member
- Fill out the common application
- Submit two 1-2 page letters of recommendation explaining why they are deserving of the award
- Submit a CV
The APA Research Award recognizes the contribution of a senior investigator in advancing pediatric knowledge through excellence in research. Research excellence is characterized by originality, creativity, and methodological soundness. Through his/her/their research, the investigator has epitomized the mission of the APA and contributed significantly to the general health of children in such areas as understanding mechanisms of health and disease, methods of education, and innovative ways of providing children’s services, especially in the setting of vulnerable populations. The award recipient will be celebrated to and outside APA membership, thus being held as a role model to young investigators and demonstrating to all the important mission of the APA.
There are three APA Research Award Categories:
- Early Career
- Mid-Career
- Senior
Eligibility
APA members from all professions and specialties are eligible for this award, and members from diverse backgrounds are highly encouraged to apply.
Criteria
Early Career Faculty should have the potential and trajectory to become the next senior researcher as demonstrated through many, if not all, of the following:
- Active and successful engagement with mentors and collaborative research team
- Research that contributes to improving the lives of vulnerable children
Mid-Career Faculty should have the potential and trajectory to become a senior researcher as demonstrated through many, if not all, of the following activities:
- Active and successful mentoring of junior scholars
- Discoveries that have improved the lives of vulnerable children
- Leadership as service in the field of research
- Peer reviewed publications that advance the field
- Research grants that demonstrate external funding for novel ideas
Senior Faculty should have an unquestionably successful career in research as demonstrated through many, if not all, of the following:
- Peer reviewed publications that advance the field
- Research grants that demonstrate sustained external funding for novel ideas
- Active and successful mentoring of early career scholars
- Discoveries that have improved the lives of vulnerable children
- Leadership as service in the field of research
Ideally award recipients shall have an active APA presence with continued collaboration, sustained membership, service to the APA as a grant reviewer and mentor, and/or a prior or current role within the Board or one of the research networks or other core programs.
Award Winners
2023
- James Guevara, MD, MPH
2022
- Ian M. Paul, MD, MSc
2021
- Alan L. Mendelsohn, MD
2020
- Samir Shah, MD, MSCe
2019
- Shari Barkin, MD, MSHS
2017
- Rita Mangione-Smith, MD, MPH University of Washington
2016
- Cynthia Minkovitz, MD, MPP
2015
- Bruce Lanphear
2014
- Alejandro Hoberman
2013
- William Cooper
2012
- Glenn Flores
2011
- Allison Kempe
2010
- Dimitri A. Christakis
2009
- Mark A. Schuster
2008
- James M. Perrin
2007
- Tracy Lieu Harvard Pilgrim Health Care & Medical School
2006
- Neal Halfon
2005
- Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS)
2004
- Thomas B. Newman
2003
- Terry Klassen Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2002
- Peter Szilagyi Rochester, NY
2001
- Ronald Graham Barr Montreal, Canada
2000
- Katherine Kaufer Christoffel Chicago, IL
1999
- Paul McCarthy Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT
1998
- John M. Leventhal Yale Medical School New Haven, CT
1997
- Michael Weitzman Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY
1996
- Marie C. McCormick Harvard University School of Public Health Boston, MA
1995
- Ruth E. K. Stein
1994
- Jack L. Paradise
1993
- Michael S. Kramer
1992
- Frederick P. Rivara
1991
- Ivan Barry Pless
1990
- Barbara Starfield