EPI Mentoring Award
Sponsored by the Council on Epidemiology and Prevention's Early Career Committee
To qualify for this EPI|Lifestyle Scientific Sessions award you must meet the following deadlines.
- October 20, 2022 – Deadline to have an active AHA membership with this Council.
- October 24, 2022, 6 p.m. CDT – Deadline to submit your abstract.
- October 26 2022, 6 p.m. CDT – Deadline to apply for awards requiring submission in the Council Awards Application System.
The Epidemiology and Prevention Mentoring Award highlights the importance of superior mentoring in cardiovascular epidemiologic research by honoring a person who has provided exceptional individual and institutional mentoring and advocacy for cardiovascular epidemiology researchers. The awardee will be honored at the EPI|Lifestyle Scientific Sessions.
Award Recipients
- 2022 Tiffany M. Powell-Wiley, MD, MPH, FAHA
- 2021 Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, FAHA
- 2020 Russell V. Luepker, MD, MS, FAHA
- 2019 Thomas A. Pearson, MD, PhD, MPH
- 2018 Lori Mosca, MD, PhD, MPH, FAHA
- 2017 David R. Jacobs, PhD
- 2016 Philip Greenland, MD
- 2015 Gerardo Heiss, MD
- 2014 A. Richey Sharrett, MD
- 2013 Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD
- 2012 Vasan S. Ramachandran, MD, DM, FACC, FAHA
- 2011 No award given
- 2010 Josef Coresh, MD PhD, FAHA
- 2009 Aaron Folson, MD, FAHA
Evaluation Criteria
Each nominee will be considered based on his or her history of mentoring epidemiology researchers, as well as his or her overall record towards the professional development of mentees. It is strongly encouraged that the nominee be an active AHA Professional Member, but not mandatory for nomination.
How to Nominate or Apply
An active AHA Professional Member account is required of all applicants for this award. If you are joining the AHA to apply, please wait for your AHA member number to arrive from AHA Member Services via e-mail before creating an online profile and starting your application file. We suggest that new members join the AHA no later than one week prior to the award deadline for the member number to be processed and delivered in time for the application deadline.
Electronic submission of award application through the Council Awards Application System is required. Hard copies of any part of the nomination will not be accepted. A username and password set up through online registration at Professional Heart Daily will be necessary to access the AHA's Council Awards Application System. AHA Professional Members who are creating an online profile for the first time should make sure to register using their AHA member identification number.
The nomination/application file should contain the following documents in PDF format:
Candidates will be scored based on their nomination letters and mentoring history.
- A letter of nomination specifically addressing the candidate's contributions in mentoring in cardiovascular epidemiology. Provision of the names of individuals mentored by the nominee is required, including their current positions. Up to two additional supporting letters are recommended, but not required.
- A list of mentees
- Nominee's curriculum vitae
Visit the Council Awards Application System to submit a nomination.
A username and password set up through online registration at Professional Heart Daily will be necessary to access the Council Awards Application System. AHA Professional Members who are creating an online profile should register using their AHA member identification numbers. Join or renew as an AHA Professional Member
Prize
The award will be presented at the Council Dinner at the annual EPI|Lifestyle Scientific Sessions. The winner will receive:
- Complimentary registration to the conference
- Hotel accommodations for one night
- Engraved plaque
- Complimentary council dinner ticket and presentation of a plaque at the dinner
All applications must be submitted through the Council Awards Application System during the submission period.
- For rules and regulations for submitting abstracts to the EPI|Lifestyle Scientific Sessions, visit 2023 Abstract Submission Guidelines (PDF)
- Join or renew as an AHA Professional Member
- Submit your application at Council Awards Application System
- Instructions for ProposalCentral, the new Council Awards platform
Questions
- Council Awards Application System (ProposalCentral) Help Desk: [email protected]
- Council Awards: [email protected]
- Member Services: [email protected]
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- Abstract Submission: [email protected]
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