Thursday, September 9, 2010

THE FILERMAN PRIZE FOR
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP

The Prize and Its Purpose

 
The Gary L. Filerman Prize for Educational Leadership was established to honor Gary L. Filerman, PhD, the first President of AUPHA, for his many years of service to the Association and the field of healthcare management education. The Prize recognizes individuals from AUPHA member programs who have made outstanding contributions to the field of health administration education, who have exhibited leadership in the field, and who have enriched their institutions, their students, and health administration education through their work.
A wide variety of achievements and contributions to the field may be recognized by the award including:
  • Exceptional service to AUPHA and the field of health administration education.
  • Excellence in academic leadership.
  • Influence on healthcare management education through curriculum development and design.
  • Implementation of education, research, and service partnerships with the field of practice.

 

Nominations may be made by individuals from AUPHA member programs, as well as affiliate or personal members of the Association. The nominee must be a faculty member at an AUPHA Full Member Program. Nominations must be submitted electronically through the AUPHA web site not later than March 15, 2010. The online form requests the nominee’s Curriculum Vitae along with two letters of nomination describing:
  • why the individual is being nominated for the Filerman Prize
  • how the nominee has contributed to AUPHA
  • how the nominee has exhibited academic leadership
  • how the nominee has created innovative teaching methods of healthcare management education
  • how the nominee has enriched the field of practice

 

The Selection Process

The Filerman Selection Committee, appointed by the Chair of the AUPHA Board of Directors, will evaluate the nominations.
The 2009-10 Filerman Selection Committee:

Andrew Garman, PsyD, MS, Chair

Rush University

 

G. Ross Baker, PhD

University of Toronto

 

Lisette Branscomb, MBA, MHA

Georgia State University

 

Connie Evashwick, ScD, FACHE

Saint Louis University

 

S. Robert Hernandez, DrPH

University of Alabama at Birmingham

 

Susan Roggenkamp, PhD

Appalachian State University

 

Mary Stefl, PhD

Trinity University

The Prize was awarded at the 2010 AUPHA Annual Meeting, held June 3-June 6, 2010 in Portland, Oregon.
For further information contact AUPHA at 2000 N. 14th Street, Suite 780, Arlington, VA; Phone: (703) 894-0940 x115; Fax: (703) 894-0941; email: jpetrus@aupha.org
 
2010
Eugene Schneller, PhD
Arizona State University
2009
Douglas A. Conrad, PhD
University of Washington - Seattle
2008
James W. Begun, PhD
University of Minnesota
2007
G. Ross Baker, PhD
University of Toronto

2006
S. Robert Hernandez, DrPH
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2005
Thomas G. Rundall, PhD
University of California, Berkeley
2004
Mary E. Stefl, PhD
Trinity University
2003
Charles J. Austin, PhD
2002
John R. Griffith, MBA, FACHE
University of Michigan
2001
Vernon Weckwerth, PhD
University of Minnesota
2000
Stephen F. Loebs, PhD
Ohio State University
1999
Anthony G. Kovner, PhD
New York University
1998
Gordon D. Brown, PhD
University of Missouri-Columbia
1997
Peggy Leatt, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1996
James D. Suver, DBA
University of Kentucky