2013 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 achievemetns. The 2013 recipients of the prestigious APS annual achievement awards will receive their awards at the President's Recognition Reception, to be held, Thursday, May 9, 6:30—8:00 pm. The evening’s events will include a cocktail reception, remarks from the APS President, and an awards presentation.

The following awards will be presented: John and Emma Bonica Public Service Award, Wilbert E. Fordyce Clinical Investigator Award, Frederick W. L. Kerr Basic Science Research Award, Jeffrey Lawson Award for Advocacy in Children’s Pain Relief, John C. Liebeskind Early Career Scholar Award, Elizabeth Narcessian Award for Outstanding Educational Achievements, Distinguished Service Award, Kathleen Foley Journalist Award, and the Clinical Centers of Excellence (CCOE) in Pain Management Awards. The Sharon S. Keller Chronic Research Pain Program grant recipients will also be recognized, and the Future Leaders in Pain Research grant recipients will be in attendance.

John and Emma Bonica Public Service Award
Philip A. Pizzo, MD
The John and Emma Bonica Public Service Award honors outstanding contributions by an individual or organization to the field of pain through public education, dissemination of information, public service, or other efforts to further knowledge about pain. The award is named for John Bonica, a leading force in the development of the pain treatment movement, and his wife, Emma.

Wilbert E. Fordyce Clinical Investigator Award
William E. Maixner, PhD DDS
The Wilbert E. Fordyce Clinical Investigator Award and Lecture were established in 1995 to recognize and honor career achievement in clinical research on pain. The award has been named for Wilbert E. Fordyce, PhD, the first recipient of this honor.

Frederick W. L. Kerr Basic Science Research Award
Jeffrey S. Mogil, PhD
The Frederick W. L. Kerr Basic Science Research Award and Lecture were established in 1987 in honor of Frederick W. L. Kerr, a founder of APS, to recognize individual excellence and achievement in pain scholarship. Since then, the Kerr medallion has been presented to 26 outstanding pain professionals—researchers and clinicians—whose career achievements have made important contributions to the field of pain.

Jeffrey Lawson Award for Advocacy in Children’s Pain Relief
Carlton D. Dampier, MD CPI
The Jeffrey Lawson Award was established in 1996 in memory of Jeffrey Lawson, whose mother, Jill, brought the practice of performing surgery and other procedures on children without the benefit of analgesia to the attention of professional organizations. The award recognizes advocacy efforts to improve the management of pain in children.

John C. Liebeskind Early Career Scholar Award
Laura Simons, PhD
The John C. Liebeskind Early Career Scholar Award was named in 1998 to honor the memory of John C. Liebeskind, PhD, a past president of APS who was a noted pain researcher, scientist, and teacher. The Early Career Scholar Award recognizes early career achievements that have made outstanding contributions to pain scholarship.

Elizabeth Narcessian Award for Outstanding Educational Achievements
Penney Cowan
The Elizabeth Narcessian Award was named in memory of Elizabeth Narcessian, MD, a noted educator on the appropriate use of opioids, patient assessment, and approaches to rehabilitation of patients devastated by chronic pain. The award recognizes outstanding contributions highlighting dedication or educational innovation in the field of pain.

Distinguished Service Award
Charles E. Inturrisi, PhD
The Distinguished Service Award recognizes outstanding and dedicated service to APS.

Kathleen Foley Journalist Award
Michelle Andrews
The Kathleen Foley Journalist Award recognizes excellence in reporting pain-related topics. The award honors the work of journalists whose coverage of events, scientific discoveries, and patient-care issues and policies contributes to furthering public awareness and understanding of pain and pain-related issues

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Clinical Centers of Excellence (CCOE) in Pain Management

The Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management Award (CCOE) honors programs or services that exemplify the provision of outstanding clinical care regardless of size. Any U.S.-based, interdisciplinary clinical program that provides direct patient care and is primarily focused on the treatment of pain is encouraged to apply.

University-Based Program
Neuromedicine Pain Management Center, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, NY

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Community-Based Program
Department of Pain Medicine, Palliative Care, and Integrative Medicine
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
St. Paul/Minneapolis, MN

Sharon K. Keller Chronic Pain Research Grant
The Sharon S. Keller Grant was established this year by private investor David Keller in memory of his wife, Sharon Keller. This grant program is being established to fund research projects that have a high likelihood of leading to new treatments and increased access to and/or expansion of treatment options for people with chronic pain. The program will award up to four -year research grants in the amount of $35,000 for eligible APS members.

This year, APS and Mr. Keller are pleased to announce the 2013 grant recipients:

Benedict Kolber, PhD
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA
Cyanobacterial Natural Products to Treat Comorbid Pain and Depression

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Laura E. Simons, PhD
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Exposure Treatment of Pain-Related Fear for Children with Chronic Pain

Future Leaders in Pain Research Grants

The 2012 Future Leaders in Pain Research Grants Program funds young investigators at the $15,000–$20,000 level. To be eligible, grant applicants must be APS members who are within 6 years of completion of their terminal degree and have not yet been awarded major National Institutes of Health or foundation grant funding.

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Burel R. Goodin, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
The Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin on Pain Sensitivity, Endogenous
Pain Processing, and Mood: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study

Adam T. Hirsh, PhD
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
The Influence of Patient Race, Provider Bias, and Contextual
Ambiguity on Opioid Treatment Decisions

Ohannes K. Melemedjian, PhD
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Mechanisms of Dysfunctional Mitochondria-Evoked Pain

David A. Seminowicz, PhD
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD
Brain Networks in a Rodent Model of Neuropathic Pain

2013 Annual Awards

Honoring Excellence

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