HIVMA Leadership Awards

HIV Research Award

The HIV Research Award recognizes an HIVMA member who has made outstanding contributions to HIV medicine in clinical or basic research. Nominees must actively be engaged in HIV research and must be someone in mid-career, such as an associate professor or its equivalent for those coming from an institution that does not have a formal academic rank. Nominees must be junior to mid-career in ranking, and must not have achieved the rank of professor or equivalent at their institution.

The award will be based on innovation and originality and require demonstration of significant independent research (such as success in securing independent peer-reviewed grant funding) and productivity (such as publications in peer-reviewed journals). The ideal candidate will have succeeded in changing the way we think about HIV disease or our approach to patient care.

Click here to read about the recipient of the 2009 HIV Research Award.

Submission Requirements

Nominators should address each of the following criteria in a detailed letter, including examples when appropriate.

1. Demonstration of independent research (as evidenced by ability to obtain grant funding)

2. Productivity (as evidenced in publications in peer-reviewed journals)

3. Innovation and originality

4. Impact on the field of HIV research

Additional Instructions

1. Please include the nominee’s curriculum vitae, which should include research grant awards, and bibliography.

2. At least one seconding letter from an HIVMA member other than the nominee is required.

3. Self-nominations are discouraged.

Clinical Educator Award

The Emerging Leader in HIV Clinical Education Award recognizes an HIVMA member who has demonstrated significant achievement in the area of HIV clinical care and provider education. Preference will be given to nominees who are 50 years of age or younger, but nominees who exceed the age limit will still be considered. Significant achievement will be based on overall achievement and refer to contributions to the acquisition and dissemination of information on HIV disease that transcend a single institution.

Click here to read about the recipient of the 2009 Clinical Education Award.

Submission Requirements

Nominators should address each of the following criteria in a detailed letter, including examples when appropriate. Preference will be given to nominations that reflect a broad base of support.

1. Demonstration of impact outside of one’s own institution or outreach to a group with unmet needs

2. Demonstrated excellence in teaching

3. Description of what audience was affected by the clinician educator and how they were affected-- whether inside or outside of the usual academic setting

4. Evidence of originality and innovation in the area of clinical education. Please include no more than two examples of a curriculum, manuscript, book chapter or other educational materials that the nominee has developed

5. Recognition in the area of patient care

Additional Instructions

1. Please include the nominee’s curriculum vitae, which should describe with examples how the candidate meets the requirements of the award.

2. At least one seconding letter from an HIVMA member other than the nominee is required.

3. Self-nominations are discouraged.

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Past HIVMA Award winners:

2008 Award Recipients

2007 Award Recipients

2006 Award Recipients

2005 Award Recipients

2004 Award Recipients