Annual Meetings
The William H. Welch Medal
The William H. Welch Award is awarded to 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. Hence, books published during 2006–2010 inclusively will be eligible for the Medal to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine, in Baltimore, MD, 26-29 April 2012.
The award is named in honor of a major American figure in the history of medicine and public health, who was also one of the first faculty members at the Johns Hopkins medical school. The Medal was first presented in 1950 to Henry Sigerist. A list of subsequently awarded authors and their scholarship can be found at: http://histmed.org/welch_past.htm
The chair of the 2011-2012 Welch Medal Committee, Jackie Wolf, Ph.D., welcomes suggestions of books to consider for the award. Publishers nominating a book must send a copy to each member of the committee.
To nominate a book and to obtain mailing addresses of all committee members, contact via phone or e-mail:
Jacqueline H. Wolf
Professor and Department Chair
Department of Social Medicine
302 Grosvenor Hall
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
wolfj1@ohio.edu
740-597-2777
Deadline for nominations: 16 October 2011.
Previously nominated eligible books must be re-nominated; they will not be considered automatically.