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The Dr. John T. Goodman Award For
Research In Pediatric Pain |
We are pleased to invite applications for the Dr. John T. Goodman
Award for Student Research in Pediatric Pain
This award has been developed to honour the mentoring of Dr. John T.
Goodman of Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Goodman was the Director of the Department
of Psychology at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa for
many years. He was a champion for research in this institution.
The prize is for a published paper in which the research was conducted
while an undergraduate or graduate student or equivalent (medical
residents or medical school students shall be included). The paper must
have been submitted within 2 years of the final degree or certification
being completed. The paper must have been published in the 24 months prior
to the nomination deadline and may be on any aspect of pediatric pain.
Both basic science and applied papers are welcomed. The student must be
the first author of the paper.
Nominations, including self-nominations, are welcome. The nomination must
include the published paper (papers that are accepted for publication may
be submitted if accompanied by the letter accepting the paper) and a cover
letter from the supervisor that: 1. details and attests to the training
status of the first author; 2. describes the contribution of the student;
and 3. highlights the importance of the paper.
Decisions will be made by a committee appointed by the Chief of Research
of the IWK Health Centre. For the 2004 award the committee is: Dr. Neil
Schechter, a paediatrician from Hartford, Connecticut; Dr. Celeste
Johnston, a nurse from Montreal, Quebec; and Dr. Christine Chambers, a
psychologist and the winner of the First Dr. JT Goodman Award, from
Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Please send nominations to be received by April 15, 2004, to Dr. Robert
Bortolussi, Chief of Research, IWK Health Centre, 5850 University Ave.,
Halifax, Canada, B3J 3G9. If the committee deems that no submitted paper
is appropriate, no award will be made. The decisions of the awards
committee are final.
Decisions will be announced by May 30, 2004. The prize will consist of a
cash award and a trophy that will be awarded at the Pediatric Pain Forum
in October 2004 in Nova Scotia, Canada. The cash prize is currently CAN
$1000 plus a free registration at the International Forum on Pediatric
Pain.
More information may be obtained by e-mail from
Patrick McGrath
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