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APHA Disability Section Awards 2024

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The APHA Disability Section seeks to recognize individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the field. Please fill out this survey to nominate yourself or another person for one of the Disability Section awards described in this survey and in the attached hard copy of the nomination form. Nominators do not need to be members of the APHA Disability Section.

At the end of the survey, in 500 words or less, you must answer the question about why your nominee is deserving of the award you have specified. You may address the importance of the nominee's contributions, the quality of the work, and the originality of the nominee's contributions as an exemplar. See eligibility criteria for each award listed to determine the nominee membership requirements associated with each particular award.

Additionally, you must attach the nominee's curriculum vitae or resume as either a Microsoft Word or PDF document.

If you wish to nominate more than one person, you must complete a separate survey for each nominee.

For the Advocacy Award, you may nominate an organization. If you nominate an organization, please provide a link to the organization's website.

Please read the description of each award and indicate whether or not you plan to nominate someone for that award. After the description of the awards, please enter the contact information requested so that we can communicate with you and your nominee about the award.

If you have questions about the nomination process, please contact Linda Long-Bellil by email at linda.long@umassmed.edu with the words "Awards Nomination" in the email subject line.

The deadline for nominations is midnight (11:59 p.m.) Pacific time on Friday, May 31, 2024. The winners will receive their awards at the 2024 APHA Annual Meeting during the Disability Section Business and Awards Meeting in Atlanta in November. Winners will be notified by June 30th and must provide a digital photograph in a jpg or tiff format and at least 300 dpi for the annual program.

Is this person being nominated for the Lifetime Achievement Award? (Please answer Yes or No.)

Lifetime Achievement Award: This award is presented to a person who, over the course of their career, has made a major contribution to the improvement of health and quality of life for people with disabilities through research, teaching, advocacy, or practice. Past award winners have been nationally and/or internationally recognized as major contributors to the disability and public health fields. The APHA Disability Section may recognize multiple meritorious nominees with multiple Lifetime Achievement Awards in a given year.

Eligibility Criteria:

1) Nominees should include individuals who have dedicated their careers to making major contributions to the improvement of health and quality of life for people with disabilities through research, teaching, advocacy, or practice and who have been nationally and/or internationally recognized for their work.

2) Nominees are not required to be members of the Disability Section of APHA. Prior recipients of an APHA Disability Section's Disability Achievement Award are eligible for the Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Is this person being nominated for the Allan Meyers Award? (Please answer Yes or No.)

Allan Meyers Award: This award is named in memory of a prominent scholar in disability and public health and is presented to a person who has combined excellence across the areas of research, teaching, and advocacy to im prove the health and quality of life for people with disabilities.

Eligibility Criteria:

1) Nominees may be anyone in the field of disability and public health with distinguished service.

2) Evidence documenting a nominee's significant contribution across all three areas of research, teaching and advocacy to improve the health and quality of life for people with disabilities must be provided in the nomination statement.

3) The nominee must be a member of the Disability Section of APHA

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In this person being nominated for the New Investigator Award? (Please answer Yes or No.)

New Investigator Award: This award recognizes a new investigator who demonstrates evidence of a promising career in public health research in the area of health and wellness for people with disabilities.

Eligibility Criteria:

1) The nominee must have been awarded their terminal degree within three to eight calendar years of the nomination.

2) Evidence documenting a nominee's successful development as a new investigator must be provided. This evidence must include a minimum of one peer-reviewed publication for which the nominee has taken a substantial role.

3) The nominee must be a member of the Disability Section of APHA

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5. Is this person being nominated for the Health Equity Award? (Please answer Yes or No.)

Health Equity Award: This award is presented to a person whose work has focused on advancing health equity for and with people with disabilities of diverse backgrounds and cultures. Such efforts may be related to building community capacity, community-based participatory research, and other public health activities promoting health equity.

Eligibility Criteria:

1) Evidence of a nominee's significant contribution in the area of health equity for and with people with disabilities of diverse backgrounds and cultures must be provided in the nomination statement.

2) The nominee does not have to be a member of the APHA Disability Section at the time of nomination.

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In this person being nominated for the Disability Section Student Member Award? (Please answer Yes or No.)

Disability Section Student Member Award: This award is presented to a student who has been engaged in work leading to a career in disability and public health. In that work, the student has demonstrated excellence in scholarship and leadership in independent projects that have advanced the health and quality of life for people with disabilities.

Eligibility Criteria:

1) Nominees can be graduate students who have demonstrated excellence in scholarship and leadership and have been engaged in work leading to a career in disability and public health.

2) Nominees are not required to be members of the Disability Section of APHA, but must be a student at the time they are nominated. For example, graduating students are eligible as long as they are students at the time of the nomination.

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Is this person being nominated for the Margaret "Peg" Nosek Award? (Please answer Yes or No.)

Margaret "Peg" Nosek Award: This award is presented to a person whose work has helped to expand our understanding of health and participation through research for and with women with disabilities or other populations that are underrepresented in disability research. The awardee shall be a person who has demonstrated strong mentorship for scholars in the public health and disability field.

Eligibility Criteria:

1) Evidence of a nominee's significant contribution in the area of research for and with women with disabilities of or other underrepresented populations must be provided in the nomination statement.

2) The nominee does not have to be a member of the APHA Disability Section at the time of nomination.

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Is this person or organization being nominated for the Judy Heumann Advocacy Award? (Please answer Yes or No.)

Judy Heumann Advocacy Award: This award is presented to a person or a consumer-driven organization who has demonstrated excellence in the area of advocacy to improve the health and quality of life for people with disabilities. The APHA Disability Section may choose to honor BOTH an individual and an organization should meritorious nominations be submitted for both types of nominee in a given year.

Eligibility Criteria:

1) Any self-advocate or practitioner or consumer-driven organization that has taken action to improve the health and quality of life of people with disabilities may be nominated.

2) Advocacy may be defined as creating policy or programs that improve the quality of life of people with disabilities. Evidence of a nominee's significant contribution in the area of advocacy to improve the health and quality of life of people with disabilities must be provided in the nomination statement.

3) The nominee does not have to be a member of the APHA Disability Section at the time of nomination

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If nominating an organization for the Judy Heumann Advocacy Award, please enter a link to the organization's website here.

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