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The Thompson Prize
THE THOMPSON PRIZE FOR The John D. Thompson Prize for Young Investigators was established to honor John D. Thompson, a professor of health administration education, who set teaching, commitment to learning, collegial relationships, and health services research standards which are without peer.
The Prize recognizes young faculty based on their contributions to the research literature in the field of health services.
The Prize is awarded to a faculty member from an AUPHA Full Member Program whose work may be in any of the several fields or disciplines contributing to knowledge in health services.
Nominations are judged by a panel of recognized health services researchers and health administration faculty appointed by the Board of AUPHA.
The awardee shall be a faculty member at a Full Member Program of AUPHA, have been awarded a PhD no more than seven years* prior to consideration (2003), and have not achieved tenure as of the date of selection. The Prize is intended to serve as a benchmark for pre-tenure work.
*Because the Prize was not awarded in 2009, one additional year has been allowed for the 2010 Prize. If the candidate has taken leave from academia for personal reasons, this will be taken into consideration on a case by case basis.
Emphasis is placed on:
Importance of Works—Overall significance of the investigator’s research and the impact it is likely to have on the field of health services.
Theoretical Grounding—The writing and research must exhibit a strong conceptual base in the parent discipline.
Productivity—The number of publications published in refereed journals, book chapters and books.
Intellectual Leadership—Professional recognition, serving as principal investigator on major grants and contracts, organizing research meetings and/or generating substantial books or monographs in the field of health services.
Quality/Visibility of Journals—Leading health services research journals receive greater weight.
Contribution to Education in Health Management & Policy—Beyond the nominee’s research, in what ways has he/she contributed to the field of health management and policy education--through teaching, commitment to learning, collegial relationships and beyond?
The Nomination Process Anyone from an AUPHA member program may nominate a candidate for the Prize.
Nominations must include the nominee’s current curriculum vitae, a single letter of not more than five pages outlining the nominee’s contributions to research literature in the field of health services, and complete copies of up to five publications of which the nominee is the sole or lead author or a primary contributor. These must have appeared in print before December 31, 2009. Additional supporting letters should not be submitted.
Individuals may be re-nominated from year to year as long as they continue to meet the criteria for the Prize.
Nominations for the 2010 Prize should be provided in PDF format and must be received via email not later than by April 2, 2010 and should be submitted to:
John D. Thompson Prize Committee Chair
c/o Lydia Middleton
lmiddleton@aupha.org
Selection of the Prize winner will take place in April of 2010. The Prize will be awarded at the 2010 AUPHA Annual Meeting.
For further information contact AUPHA at: 2000 N. 14th Street, Suite 780, Arlington, VA 22201; Phone: (703) 894-0940 x115; Fax: (703) 894-0941; email: mhaynes@aupha.org.
The 2009-2010 Thompson Selection CommitteeEugene Schneller, PhD, Chair Arizona State University John Cawley, PhD Cornell University Jon Christianson, PhD University of Minnesota Delores Clement, DrPH Virginia Commonwealth University Chyongchiou Jeng Lin, PhD University of Pittsburgh Rebecca Wells, PhD University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lydia Middleton, MBA, CAE Association of University Programs in Health Administration 2010
Daniel Eisenberg, PhD University of Michigan & Jonathan Ketcham, PhD Arizona State University 2008
Michael Davern, PhD University of Minnesota & Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD University of Pennsylvania 2007
Kosali Ilayperuma Simon, PhD Cornell University 2006 Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD University of Pennsylvania & Rebecca Wells, PhD University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2005
John Cawley, PhD Cornell University 2004 David C. Grabowski, PhD University of Alabama at Birmingham 2003 Elizabeth Bradley, PhD Yale School of Medicine 2002 Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee, PhD University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill & Dennis P. Scanlon, PhD The Pennsylvania State University 2001 William Dow, PhD University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2000 Brian Weiner, PhD University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1999 Richard A. Hirth, PhD University of Michigan 1998 Michael Chernew, PhD University of Michigan & Gary J. Young, JD, PhD Boston University 1996 Jacqueline S. Zinn, PhD Temple University 1995 Peter C. Coyte, PhD University of Toronto 1993 David Dranove, PhD Northwestern University 1992 Thomas H. Rice, PhD University of California-Los Angeles 1991 Michael A. Morrisey, PhD University of Alabama-Birmingham |