Submission Deadline
December 6, 2019
How to Apply
2020 Research Award Application Information
Individuals may nominate themselves or a colleague for the APA Research Award. To be considered or nominate a colleague for this award, an individual or nominator must:
- Fill out the common application
- Submit two one-to-two page letters of recommendation explaining why they are deserving of the award and
- Submit a CV
The APA Research Award recognizes the contribution of a health care professional or a network in advancing pediatric knowledge through excellence in research. Research excellence is characterized by originality, creativity, and methodological soundness. The findings should contribute 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
Award Winners
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
