Call for Nominations

Nominate a deserving person for a SAHM award, which will be presented to him or her at the 2013 SAHM Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. The Awards Committee welcomes and looks forward to your nominee suggestions for the following:

(Click each to view a description of the award)
2014 SAHM/Iris F. Litt Visiting Professor in Adolescent Health Research
2014 SAHM/Adele D. Hofmann Visiting Professor in Adolescent Medicine and Health

The SAHM Awards Committee has extended the submissions deadline for both Visiting Professorship awards to Friday, December 7, 2012. Please complete a separate form for each nominee and send it to rnorton@adolescenthealth.org.

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2014 SAHM/Iris F. Litt Visiting Professor in Adolescent Health Research

BACKGROUND: The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Visiting Professorship in Adolescent Research was established in 1995 with the first award being given for 1995. The intent of this award was to provide an educational experience in Adolescent Research for a group of health care providers and researchers who might not otherwise have the opportunity to benefit from the professor’s expertise.

In 2005, the Board of Directors named this professorship in perpetuity to honor Dr. Iris F. Litt because of her substantial contributions to the field of adolescent medicine and adolescent health, as well as her tenure as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Adolescent Health. In addition, the Board of Directors modified the title of this award to make it more consistent with the mission and purpose of this educational activity.

CRITERIA: The Visiting Professorship Program is intended to help clinical, research, policy and training programs that are currently engaged in clinical care of adolescents, research or policy to improve the research components to become better equipped to conduct adolescent health-focused research as well as to improve the ability of the researchers to successfully compete for funding a research program. Consultation from the visiting professor is not a substitution for an institution’s commitment to providing needed resources.

Ideally the award will be made to programs that provide advanced training in medicine, psychology, social work, nursing, nutrition, or public health programs that focus on adolescent health which can demonstrate that the visiting professorship program will enhance the research capacity of trainees, graduate or post-graduate students, faculty, and other health professionals who serve adolescents. Candidates to be considered for this Award may or may not be members of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine.

SELECTION PROCESS: Nominations for both the Visiting Professor and the host site are accepted from any current member of SAHM. The SAHM Awards: Research Sub-Committee is charged with selecting both the Visiting Professor and host site.

BUDGET AND ADMINISTRATION: The award is financially administered through the Society's business office. The Award includes an engraved plaque, an honorarium of $2,000, with travel expenses for award recipients reimbursed with receipts up to $1,500. The host site awarded the professorship must agree to assume responsibility for travel expenses that exceed $1,500.

DEADLINE: Each nomination of a candidate for the 2014 Iris F. Litt Visiting Professorship in Adolescent Health Research must be submitted electronically to rnorton@adolescenthealth.org no later than December 7, 2012. Download a form to submit your nominee.

2014 SAHM/Adele D. Hofmann Visiting Professor in Adolescent Medicine and Health

BACKGROUND: The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine offers a Visiting Professorship in Adolescent Medicine. This prestigious award was established in 1986 with the first award being given in 1987. In 2003, the Visiting Professorship in Adolescent Medicine was renamed to honor Dr. Adele D. Hofmann for her lifelong commitment to the field of Adolescent Medicine and Health. Beginning in 2004, the award will be known as the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine/Adele D. Hofmann Visiting Professorship in Adolescent Medicine and Health. The professorship is now supported by a gift to the Society from Dr. Hofmann’s children, Annie Gardiner and Peter Hofmann.

CRITERIA: The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine sponsors this annual event to provide an educational experience in Adolescent Medicine for a group of health care providers who may not otherwise have the opportunity to benefit from the Professor’s expertise. The recipient program will arrange a 2-4 day site visit with the Professor at a mutually-agreeable time during the year for which the award is given. Applications will be considered on the basis of the institution’s ability to provide a large local audience, preferably comprised primarily of professionals concerned with adolescent health. Special preference will be given to institutions and organizations that are committed to developing or maintaining educational, clinical or training relationships with community-based organizations. It is desirable for the applicant location to be affiliated with a residency training program so physicians-in-training can have exposure to the visiting professor. All candidates for this award are to be members of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (statement re-affirmed by the Board of Directors, October 2001).

SELECTION PROCESS: Nominations for both the Visiting Professor and the host site are accepted from any current member of SAHM. The SAHM Awards: Service Sub-Committee is charged with selecting the Visiting Professor and host site.

BUDGET AND ADMINISTRATION: The award is financially administered through the Society's business office. The award includes an engraved plaque, honorarium of $2,000, with travel expenses for award recipients reimbursed with receipts up to $1,500. The host site awarded the professorship must agree to assume responsibility for travel expenses that exceed $1,500.

DEADLINE: Each nomination of a candidate for the 2014 Adele D. Hofmann Visiting Professorship in Adolescent Medicine and Health must be submitted electronically to rnorton@adolescenthealth.org no later than December 7, 2012. Download a form to submit your nominee.