The Osler Medal
The Osler Medal was established by the Association in 1941. The award is made to a medical student in the United States or Canada "for an unpublished essay that is either the result of original research or shows unusual appreciation and understanding of historical problems." Since 1986, the Council has also presented an Honorable Mention award.
Osler Medal Essay Contest 2008: The writer of the winning essay will be invited to attend the 2008 AAHM meeting in Rochester, N.Y. Meeting is April 10-13. Reasonable travel expenses will be provided as well as a two year complimentary membership in the AAHM. All students who are candidates for M.D., D.O. or graduates of class of 2007 are eligible. Medical students who have enrolled in a graduate program in history or related discipline should submit to the Shryock. No student should submit to both competitions. Essays that have been awarded honorable mention are not eligible for re-submission. maximum 9000 words including endnotes and entirely the work of one contestant. Deadline is January 15, 2008. For more information you can contact the chair of the Osler Medal Committee at william.summers@yale.edu
Please mail submissions to:
William Summers, MD, Ph.D.
450 Saint Ronan Street
New Haven, CT 06511
The Shryock Medal
Established by the Association in 1982, the award is made to a student enrolled in a program leading to a graduate degree in the humanities or social sciences "for an unpublished essay that is the result of original research or shows an unusual appreciation and understanding of problems in history of medicine." Since 1986 the Council has also presented an Honorable Mention award.
Shyrock Medal Essay Contest 2008: Essay maximum of 9000 words includes endnotes must be result of original research or show an unusual appreciation and understanding of problems in the history of medicine. Essays judged on quality of writing, appropriate use of sources and ability to address themes of historical significance. Winner and honorable mention get same perks as did Osler contest winners. Same limitations apply as noted in Osler. Deadline is January 15, 2008. For more information may contact chair of committee: Dr. Laura Ettinger at ettingle@clarkson.edu
The J. Worth Estes Prize
This prize is awarded to the authors or coauthors of an article of outstanding scholarly merit in the history of pharmacology published during the two years preceding the award.
The J. Worth Estes Prize 2008: Nominations for paper should consist of a letter citing the work along with a copy of the paper. Papers in languages other than English should be accompanied by a translation or detailed precis. Nominations should be sent to Dr. Leo Slater at 2070 Belmont Road, NW, Apt. 101, Washington, D.C. 20009. His Email is leobslater@yahoo.com
Deadline is January 15, 2008.
Estes Prize Winners
The William H. Welch Medal
The Medal is awarded "one or more authors of a book (excluding edited volumes) of outstanding scholarly merit in the field of medical history published during the five calendar years preceding the award." The chair of the Welch Medal Committee welcomes sugestions of books to consider for the award.
William Welch Medal 2008: To nominate a book please contact Dr. Barron Lerner chair of the Welch committee at Mailman School of Public Health, Room 938, 722 West 168th St. NY 10032. Deadline is October 31st, 2007. Dr. Lerner's email is BHL5@columbia.edu
Lifetime Achievement Award
The award recognizes longtime members of the Association who are normally retired from regular institutional affiliation or practice, who have distinguished records of support of the history of medicine over many years.
Lifetime Achievement Award 2008:
Please send nominations to
Dr. Susan Lawrence
Department of History
612 Oldfather Hall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588
The deadline for nominations is October 31, 2007. The nomination should include one or two paragraphs of explanation and support.
The Garrison Lecture
The Garrison Lecturer, a scholar distinguished for contributions to medical history or other fields of science and learning, presents original and previously unpublished research in a lecture given at the Association's annual meeting.
The 2008 speaker was John Harley Warner
The 2009 speaker will be Katherine Park
Pressman Award Competition Announcement for 2008
20th Century History of Medicine or Science
This award honors Jack D. Pressman, Ph.D., a distinguished historian of medicine and Associate Professor of the History of the Health Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco at the time of his early and unexpected death in June 1997. The award and stipend of $1,000 is given yearly for outstanding work in twentieth-century history of medicine or medical science, as demonstrated by the completion of the Ph.D. and a proposal to turn the dissertation into a publishable monograph.
The Ph.D. must have been completed and the degree granted within the last five years (i.e., 2003-2007). The application must include a curriculum vitae., the dissertation abstract, a one-page summary of the proposed book; a description (not exceeding two pages) of the work to be undertaken for publication; and two letters of support from faculty members knowledgeable about the applicant’s dissertation.
The Award will be presented at the 2008 meeting of the Association, to be held in Rochester, New York, April 10-13. (The award also includes a ticket to the annual banquet of the Association, on 12 April.) The application, including all supporting materials, must be postmarked by 31 December 2007 and addressed to the Chair of the Pressman Burroughs Wellcome Committee is: Susan D. Jones, D.V.M., Ph.D., Program in History of Science, Technology, Medicine, 100 Ecology Building, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, St Paul, MN 55108 (e-mail: jone0996@umn.edu).