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American Public Health Association

Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section

A national forum for all professionals committed to the control of
violence and unintentional injuries, and to the delivery of
emergency health care services.

APHA ICEHS Awards

Nominate a Candidate for an ICEHS Award

A form that may be used to nominate someone for one of the ICEHS Section awards is available online HERE in Acrobat format. The ICEHS Section has the following awards for recognition of an individual's outstanding contributions to injury control and emergency health services:

Distinguished Career Award
International Distinguished Career Award

For outstanding dedication and leadership in the area of injury research and teaching, with contributions and achievements that have significant and long term impact on the problem of injury. (See awardees below.)

Public Service Award

For outstanding dedication and leadership in injury prevention practice in the context of a governmental or non-profit organization, with contribution and achievements that have a significant and long term impact on the problem of injury prevention. (See awardees below.)

Excellence in Science Award

For outstanding dedication and leadership in the science of injury control and emergency health services with contributions and achievements that have significant and long-term impacts on the field. (See awardees below.)

Student Paper Competition

The purpose of the the Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Student Paper Competition Award is to foster and reward quality research efforts among students involved in the field. (See awardees below.)

ICEHS Awardees

INJURY CONTROL AND EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES SECTION STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION

Purpose of the Student Paper Competition:

The purpose of the Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section (ICEHS) Student Paper Competition Award is to foster and reward quality research efforts among students involved in the field.

Background:

The Student Paper Competition was implemented at the 1992 Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. In 2008, one or more monetary awards and plaques will be presented for the seventeenth time at the annual meeting.

Requirements for Submitting Applications and Criteria for the Award:

Applicants must submit an abstract according to the APHA abstract guidelines published for the ICEHS (to the person/address identified on the website). Those who have completed their programs within the last year, and have not previously presented the same data at a professional meeting or published the data, are welcome to participate. Following notice of acceptance of the abstract for either oral or poster presentation, by the Scientific Program Chair, applicants must send a completed manuscript, organized and presented according to standard journal format (e.g., American Journal of Public Health, American Journal of Epidemiology, Annals of Emergency Medicine, Injury Prevention, or other pertinent peer-reviewed journal). An original and four blinded copies of the manuscript are to be submitted to Dr. Gerberich, for receipt no later than September 01, to the address identified below. With submission of the final paper, applicants must include an application form identifying the school and program in which they are (have been) enrolled, the degree pursued, the expected date of completion, and the name of their advisor; a statement signed by the advisor must identify any co-authors involved and the proportion of effort contributed by the student who must be identified as the primary author. The reviews for this competition will be conducted by at least three external peer-reviewers. It is anticipated that one or more awards will be presented at the annual American Public Health Association meeting.

Students must be primary or secondary members of the ICEHS Section of APHA to participate in this competition. Membership must be confirmed prior to the annual American Public Health Association meeting.

For further information, contact:

Susan Goodwin Gerberich, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.
Co-Chair, Student Paper Competition – APHA/ICEHS
Mayo Professor of Public Health
Director, Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety
Co-Director, Regional Injury Prevention Research Center,
 Center for Violence Prevention and Control, and
 Occupational Injury Prevention Research Training Program
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
MMC 807, 420 Delaware Street S.E.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Telephone: 612-625-5934
Telefax: 612-626-0650
E-mail: gerbe001@umn.edu

OR

Lenora Olson, Ph.D.
Co-Chair, Student Paper Competition – APHA/ICEHS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine
Co-Director Intermountain Injury Control Research Center
295 Chipeta Way (P.O. Box 581289)
Salt Lake City, Utah 84158-1220
Telephone: 801-585-9160
Telefax: 801-581-8686
E-mail: Lenora.Olson@hsc.utah.edu

Injury Control and Emergency Health Services (ICEHS) Awards Dinner 2007
Sue Gerberich - Co-Chair, ICEHS Student Paper Competition thanking Ted Courtney, Director of Research Operations, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, for Liberty Mutual's support of the Student Paper Competition Award.

Injury Control and Emergency Health Services (ICEHS) Awards Dinner 2007
Ted Courtney, Director of Research Operations, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Sue Gerberich and Lenora Olson, Co-Chairs, ICEHS Student Paper Competition - Lenora reading content of Student Paper Competition award plaque to awardee, Ellen E. Yard -- followed by presentation of monetary award by Ted Courtney.

Past winners of the Student Paper Competition are as follows:

AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION INJURY CONTROL AND EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES SECTION (ICEHS)
STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION

BEST PAPER AWARD

Support for this award is provided, in part, by the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, Massachusetts. We are most grateful for their support for this important award and encourage applications as identified in the notice.

From the website for the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety (http://www.libertymutual.com), the following identifies background information on this important institution:

"Born out of Liberty Mutual’s commitment to help people live safer, more secure lives, the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety has helped to improve the occupational safety and health of millions of workers for more than 50 years. Through laboratory and field-based investigations, the Research Institute seeks to advance scientific, business-relevant knowledge in workplace and highway safety, and work disability. Research findings are shared with the worldwide health and safety community through peer-reviewed journals and conference presentations. Ultimately, these findings are used to develop recommendations, guidelines, and interventions that help reduce risk and control costs.

To achieve its mission, the Research Institute comprises four Centers:

• Center for Physical Ergonomics - studies the causes and mechanisms of occupational injuries with a focus on musculoskeletal disorders.
  
  
• Center for Disability Research - investigates worker disability and ways to achieve safe and sustained return-to-work for injured or disabled workers.
  
  
• Center for Injury Epidemiology - conducts original epidemiological research into risk factors for occupational injury and studies the burden of workplace injury.
  
  
• Center for Behavioral Sciences - studies the impact of behavioral, cognitive, and organizational factors surrounding workplace injuries and highway collisions.

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