SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH 

 












 

E. Mead Johnson Award for Research in Pediatrics
Deadline: December 3, 2008
E. Mead Johnson 
Award Application

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  E. Mead Johnson 
Award Application

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  Past Awardees

Dear Colleagues and Friends:

You are invited to submit nominations for the 2009 E. Mead Johnson Awards.  These most prestigious awards, given since 1939, honor clinical and laboratory research achievements in pediatrics. We encourage you to consider nomination of outstanding candidates to promote recognition of their scientific accomplishments. Investigators in pediatrics may be nominated by any scientific colleague. Nominators may include, but are not restricted to, members of the Pediatric Academic Societies, and chairs of pediatric departments. The nomination and selection processes are directed by the Society for Pediatric Research.

The award, which honors outstanding scientific achievement in pediatrics, includes a $15,000 honorarium, a plaque, and travel expenses to enable the recipient to present a review of research accomplishments at the 2009 Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. Awardees provide a review of their work for publication in Pediatric Research.

Please circulate this announcement among faculty members who may suggest appropriate nominees. This is an excellent opportunity to recognize an individual for research achievements in pediatrics which have attained recent scientific distinction.

Sincerely,

Gregg Semenza, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, E. Mead Johnson Award Selection Committee


The E. Mead Johnson Awards are supported 
by Mead Johnson Nutritionals. 


Stipulations for Making Nominations ~ 2009 E. Mead Johnson Award

  • The Award shall be made for research related to pediatrics and published in recent years.

  • Two Awards will be made annually. Each award provides a $15,000 honorarium, a plaque, and travel expenses for the recipients to present their research at the 2009 Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland.

  • Awards will be made only when there are worthy candidates.

  • Awards winners will be under no obligation, real or implied, to Mead Johnson Nutritionals.

  • To be eligible for the 2009 Award, nominees must have received their first doctoral degree in 1989 or later.  Nominators of candidates who have interrupted their research career for two (2) or more years but who are otherwise eligible may request that the Committee waive this stipulation.

  • Persons in countries other than the United States who are government employees are not eligible for this award.

  • The Committee for the E. Mead Johnson Award for Research in Pediatrics will solely be responsible for the selection of the recipients.

  • Members of the Selection Committee cannot nominate or support any nominations.


Directions for Making Nominations ~ 2009 E. Mead Johnson Award 

  1. Read the stipulations carefully to make certain that the candidate you have in mind is eligible for the E. Mead Johnson Award. The same instructions and process must be followed for individuals being renominated.

  2. Complete the nomination form.

  3. Prepare a detailed letter of nomination for each candidate to address:

  • originality of the research work

  • whether it is an independent investigation or in collaboration with others

  • the soundness of the investigation, and the value of research work in contributing to basic knowledge and to the overall field of pediatrics. Include references to the literature where appropriate.

  • National and international recognition should be included.

  1. Brief letters of support (no more than 6) should be requested by the nominator for inclusion with the nomination packet. Two (2) of the six letters should be from outside of their own institutions.  Letters from extramural supporters who are not former mentors or collaborators are weighted most heavily.

  2. Include the curriculum vitae of the nominee.

  3. Include a bibliography of published works of the nominee. A consistently strong record of independent research productivity is an important aspect of the Award Committee evaluation

  4. Include reprints of up to 3 recent (within the last 5 years) articles. The selection of these three reprints is very important, as the articles will be read by all members of the Award Committee. Their scientific content will be a major source of evaluation of the nominees.

  5. ONE (1) set of completed nomination materials and all supporting documents must be received at the SPR Central Office (address below) by December 3, 2008.

    Send complete packet to: 

Society for Pediatric Research
E. Mead Johnson Award Committee 
3400 Research Forest Dr., Ste. B-7 
The Woodlands, TX 77381

For more information, contact the SPR Executive Secretary at jwells@aps-spr.org or phone 281-419-0052.

Receipt Deadline: December 3, 2008


  Past Recipients of the E. Mead Johnson Award for Research in Pediatrics
 

1939

 

*Frederic A. Gibbs, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

*Dorothy H. Anderson, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York

1940

 

*Robert E. Gross, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

*Lee E. Farr, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York

1941

 

*René J. Dubos, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York

*Albert S. Sabin, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH

1942

 

*David Bodian, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
and
Howard A. Howe, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

*Harold E. Harrison, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
and
Helen C. Harrison, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

1943

 

*Hattie E. Alexander, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York

Philip Levine, Newark, NJ

1944

 

*Fuller Albright, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

*Josef Warkany, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH

1945

 

No awards given

1946

 

*Horace L. Hodes, Sydenham Hospital, Baltimore, MD

*Paul A. Harper, Medical Corps, United States Army

1947

 

*Helen B. Taussig, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

*Louis K. Diamond, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

1948

 

*Wolf W. Zuelzer, Wayne University College of Medicine, Detroit, MI

*Benjamin M. Spock, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, NY

1949

 

*Nathan B. Talbot, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

*Henry L. Barnett, Cornell University Medical College, New York

1950

 

*Charles D. May, State University of Iowa, Iowa City
and
*Harry Shwachman, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MD

Gertrude Henle, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
and
*Werner Henle, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia

1951

 

*William M. Wallace, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

*Victor A. Najjar, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

1952

 

Seymour S. Cohen, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia

Orvar Swenson, Tufts College Medical School, Boston, MA
and
*Edward B.D. Neuhauser, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

1953

 

*Frederick C. Robbins, Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
and
Thomas H. Weller, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Margaret H. Smith, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA

1954

 

Robert E. Cooke, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

*Vincent C. Kelley, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City

1955

 

*Robert A. Good, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis

1956

 

David Gitlin, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Arnall Patz, District of Columbia General Hospital and Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

1957

 

*Alfred M. Bongiovanni, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
and
Walter R. Eberlein, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia

*Albert Dorfman, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

1958

 

*William A. Silverman, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York

*Norman Kretchmer, Cornell University Medical College, New York

1959

 

*C. Henry Kempe, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver

Barton Childs, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

1960

 

*Robert A. Aldrich, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle

Irving Schulman, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL

1961

 

*Lytt Irvine Gardner, Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY

Donald E. Pickering, University of Oregon Medical School, Portland

1962

 

*Park S. Gerald, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Robert L. Vernier, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis

1963

 

D. Carleton Gajdusek, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Richard T. Smith, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville

1964

 

Robert M. Chanock, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Abraham M. Rudolph, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York

1965

 

*David Y.-Y Hsia, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL

*L. Stanley James, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York

1966

 

*William H. Tooley, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco

Robert W. Winters, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York

1967

 

Henry Neil Kirkman, Jr., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

*Henry M. Meyer, Jr., National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
and
Paul D. Parkman, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

1968

 

Mary Ellen Avery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Charles R. Scriver, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Canada

1969

 

Frederick C. Battaglia, University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver

*Gerard B. Odell, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

1970

 

Myron Winick, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, New York

Joseph A. Bellanti, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC

1971

 

Paul G. Quie, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

*Fred S. Rosen, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA

1972

 

Chester M. Edelmann, Jr., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

*Frank A. Oski, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia

1973

 

Henry L. Nadler, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

James G. White, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis

1974

 

Andre J. Nahmias, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

E. Richard Stiehm, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles

1975

 

John B. Robbins, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
and
David H. Smith, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

*Rawle M. McIntosh, University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver

1976

 

Haig H. Kazazian, Jr., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

David Lawrence Rimoin, UCLA School of Medicine, Torrance

1977

 

Arthur J. Ammann, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco

*Michael E. Miller, UCLA School of Medicine, Torrance

1978

 

*Samuel A. Latt, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Pearay L. Ogra, State University of New York at Buffalo

1979

 

Philip L. Ballard, University of California, San Francisco

Harvey R. Colten, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA

1980

 

R. Michael Blaese, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

S. Michael Mauer, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

1981

 

Robert J. Desnick, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York

Erwin W. Gelfand, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

1982

 

Larry J. Shapiro, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Campus, Torrance

Jerry A. Winkelstein, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

1983

 

Laurence A. Boxer, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor

Samuel E. Lux, IV, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

1984

 

Jan L. Breslow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

John A. Phillips, III, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

1985

 

Russell W. Chesney, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison

Augustine Joseph D'Ercole, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

1986

 

Raif Salim Geha, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Alan H. Jobe, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance

1987

 

Donald C. Anderson, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Stuart H. Orkin, The Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

1988

 

Jeffrey A. Whitsett, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Barry Wolf, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond

1989

 

Steven M. Reppert, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

Robert H. Yolken, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MA

1990

 

Gregory A. Grabowski, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York

Arnold W. Strauss, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

1991

 

Louis M. Kunkel, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Ronald G. Worton, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

1992

 

Ann Margaret Arvin, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA

Francis S. Collins, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 
and
Lap-Chee Tsui, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

1993

 

Edward R.B. McCabe, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Alan L. Schwartz, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

1994

 

David A. Williams, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis

David H. Perlmutter, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

1995

 

Margaret K. Hostetter, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Alan M. Krensky, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

1996

 

Perrin C. White, U.T. Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Huda Y. Zoghbi, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

1997

 

Donald Y.M. Leung, National Jewish Center for Immunology & Respiratory Medicine, Denver, CO

Elaine Tuomanen, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

1998

 

Jonathan D. Gitlin, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

James R. Lupski, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Jeffrey C. Murray, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City

1999

 

Steven H. Abman, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver

Chaim M. Roifman, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

2000

 

Mark A. Kay, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Gregg L. Semenza, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

2001

 

Alan D. D'Andrea, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

Steve A.N. Goldstein, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

2002

 

Nancy C. Andrews, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Markus Grompe, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland

2003

 

Gregory S. Barsh, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA

Val C. Sheffield, University of Iowa, Iowa City

2004

Bruce D. Gelb, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Friedhelm Hildebrandt, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

2005

Elizabeth C. Engle, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
Terence R. Flotte, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

2006

James E. Crowe, Jr., Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

   

David Pellman, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MD

2007   Marc E. Rothenberg, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
    Deepak Srivastava, Gladstone Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA
2008   Todd R. Golub, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
    Victor Nizet, University of California, San Diego & Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA

*deceased

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For further information:
Society for Pediatric Research
E. Mead Johnson Award Committee
3400 Research Forest Dr., Ste. B7
The Woodlands, TX 77381
Phone: (281) 419-0052
Fax: (281) 419-0082
Email: jwells@aps-spr.org

 


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