Annual Awards

Honoring Excellence

Every year, APS rewards excellence in the field of pain management and research by presenting awards for career achievement, pain scholarship, education and public service, advocacy on behalf of children, outstanding service to APS, and early-career achievements.

The 2015 recipients of the prestigious APS Annual Achievement Awards will receive their awards at the President’s Recognition Reception, Thursday, May 14, 6:30–8 pm. The evening’s events will include a cocktail reception, remarks from the APS President, and an awards presentation.

2015 Annual Award Recipients

John and Emma Bonica Public Service Award 
Bob A. Rappaport, MD

Wilbert E. Fordyce Clinical Investigator Award 
Daniel J. Clauw, MD

Frederick W. L. Kerr Basic Science Research Award 
Clifford J. Woolf, MD PhD

Jeffrey Lawson Award for Advocacy in Children’s Pain Relief 
Céleste Johnston, DEd RN FCAHS

John C. Liebeskind Early Career Scholar Award 
Adam T. Hirsh, PhD

Elizabeth Narcessian Award for Outstanding Educational Achievements in the Field of Pain 
Scott M. Fishman, MD

Distinguished Service Award 
Seddon R. Savage, MD MS

Kathleen Foley Journalist Award 
Melanie Thernstrom 

Future Leaders Recipients

APS is pleased to announce the 2014 Future Leaders in Pain Grant Recipients.

Peter Grace, PhD
University of Colorado at Boulder 
Boulder, CO 
Exacerbation of neuropathic pain by opioids: A role for TLR4 and inflammasomes

Sarah Linnstaedt, PhD 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
Chapel Hill, NC 
MicroRNA mechanisms mediating chronic pain development after motor vehicle trauma