How to Apply

Individuals may nominate themselves or a colleague. To be considered for this award, the nominated individual must:

  1. Be a current member of the Academic Pediatric Association.
  2. Fill out the common application.
  3. Submit a copy of the abstract that was submitted to the upcoming PAS Meeting.
  4. Submit a copy of the acceptance notification provided by PAS.

This award was established to honor the life achievements of Michael Shannon, MD, MPH, (1953-2009). Dr. Shannon was a professor at Harvard Medical School. He was the first African-American to be named full professor of Pediatrics at the institution, (2004). He was also the first African-American to serve as division chief at Children’s Hospital Boston and served as chief of both the emergency medicine and clinical pharmacology departments. He was considered the preeminent pediatric toxicologist in the world and a prolific writer, having published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles in major scientific journals. He was lead editor of one of the authoritative texts of medical toxicology, Haddad and Winchester’s Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose, 4th Edition, published in 2007. He was also Medical Editor-in-Chief of ToxEd, and Board Co-Chair of that Publication.

This award is granted to the best abstract(s) accepted to the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting in the topic areas of pharmacology/toxicology, drug reactions/events, substance abuse, environmental health, disaster preparedness/response, and emergency medicine.

Eligibility

The first or last author must be a current member of the APA to be considered for this award.

Trainees are defined as students, residents, fellows, or post-doc.

Criteria

Nominees must have an accepted abstract and plan to attend the upcoming PAS meeting.

Award Winners

2023

  • Natalie Tedford, MD

2022

  • Zana Percy, BS Childhood Urinary Organophosphate Esters and Cognitive Abilities of the HOME study

2021

  • Stephanie L. Mayne, PhD, MHS The Association of Neighborhood Social Environment and Maternal Stress

2019

  • Robert Clemons, MD, MPH University of Louisville

2018

  • Karin Oh Vanderbilt University

2017

  • Marissa Hauptman, MD, MPH

2016

  • Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD MPH FAAP

2015

  • Megan Romano, MD

2014

  • Birgit Claus Henn, MD

2013

  • Mateusz Karwowski, MD, MPH

2012

  • Abby Fleisch, MD

2011

  • Adam Spanier, MD, PhD, MPH

2010

  • Adelheid Soubry, PhD