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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, Canada
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. Please send nominations to be received by July 1, to
Dr. Patrick McGrath, Centre for Research in Family Health, IWK Health
Centre, Halifax, Canada, B3H 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 July 30, 2004. The prize will consist of a
cash award and a trophy that will be awarded at the
Pediatric Pain Forum Oct 12-15,
2006 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 email from
Patrick
McGrath
Please distribute this announcement as broadly as possible.
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