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ASTMH Awards, Honors and Scholarships
Awards
Communications Award
To recognize exceptional achievement in tropical medicine journalism with the potential to educate readers and inform public policy regarding diseases and health conditions specific to poor and underserved populations.
Bailey K. Ashford Medal
The Bailey K. Ashford Medal is awarded for distinguished work in tropical medicine to worker in his or her early or mid-career.
Ben Kean Medal
To recognize a clinician or educator whose dedication to clinical tropical medicine and impact on the training of students, fellows and/or practitioners of tropical medicine is in keeping with the tradition established by Dr. Kean.
Joseph Augustin LePrince Medal
In recognition of outstanding work in the field of malariology.
Donald Mackay Medal
For outstanding work in tropical health, especially relating to improvements in the health of rural or urban workers in the tropics. Preference is given to medically qualified individuals.
Walter Reed Medal
To recognize distinguished accomplishment in the field of tropical medicine.
Elsevier Student Book Award
Recognizes excellence in research presented by a student at the annual meeting.
Scherer/Hardy Award
Presented to an outstanding graduate either before graduation or up to three years post-graduation.
Young Investigator Award
To recognize the work of young investigators and to encourage developing scientists to pursue careers in various aspects of tropical disease research.
Student Travel Scholarships
To support annual meeting travel of selected students and young investigators from developing countries and the United States.
Honorary Members
Honorary membership recognizes individuals outside the United States for eminent contributions to the field of tropical medicine.
Named Lectures
Charles F. Craig Lectureship
Presented in alternate years at the ASTMH Annual Meeting by a distinguished worker in the field of tropical medicine.
Fred L. Soper Lecture
Presented in alternate years at the ASTMH Annual Meeting by a distinguished scientist involved in studies related to environmental control and preventive medicine in the tropics.
Commemorative Fund Lecture
Presented annually by an invited senior researcher resident in the tropics.
Fellowships
Burroughs Wellcome Fund-ASTMH Postdoctoral Fellowship in Tropical Infectious Diseases
Provides research support for individuals enrolled in infectious disease fellowship programs who will spend a portion of their time working on research in a tropical or developing area.
Gorgas Memorial Institute Research Award
Designed to enhance and facilitate the development of scientific linkages between Panama, nationas of Central America and the Caribbean Islands, and the United States and Canada through support of short-term travel for young research investigators from these regions.
Benjamin H. Kean Traveling Fellowship in Tropical Medicine
This fellowship is designed to support medical students, house staff and fellows involved in clinical or research electives in tropical areas.
Robert E. Shope International Fellowship
This award provides support for a short-term research experience in the tropics in the area of arbovirology and/or emerging diseases.
Pfizer Centennial Travel Award in Basic Science Tropical Disease Research
This award provides support for a short-term research experience in the tropics.
For information about awards given by Society subcommittees, visit the committees’ homepages:
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