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.
Awards
Distinguished Career: To recognize an individual, frequently near the end of his/her 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.
International Distinguished Career: To recognize an individual, frequently near the end of his/her 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.
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.
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.
Institutional Public Service: To recognize outstanding contribution 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.
ICEHS Presidential Road Safety Scholarship Fund
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
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:
- Are currently a student or have completed their program within the last year;
- Are members of ICEHS; and
- 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 Oral and Poster Presentation Awards
Like the Student Paper Award, the Student Oral Presentation and Poster Awards aim to highlight the research being done by our student members, with a focus on the student's ability to translate their findings.
Students are eligible to participate in the Student Oral and Poster Presentation Awards if they:
- Are currently a student or have completed their program within the last year;
- Are members of ICEHS; and
- 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.
For more information, please contact the Student Oral and Poster Presentation Awards Chair.