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2014 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 2014 recipients of the prestigious APS annual achievement awards will receive their awards at the President's Recognition Reception, to be held, Thursday, May 1, 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.


dworkin-robert turk-dennis John and Emma Bonica Public Service Award
Robert H. Dworkin, PhD and Dennis C. Turk, PhD
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.   

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Wilbert E. Fordyce Clinical Investigator Award
Mark P. Jensen, PhD
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.

iadarola-michael Frederick W. L. Kerr Basic Science Research Award
Michael J. Iadarola, 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.

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Jeffrey Lawson Award for Advocacy in Children’s Pain Relief
Anna Taddio, PhD
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.

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John C. Liebeskind Early Career Scholar Award
Claudia M. Campbell, 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.

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Elizabeth Narcessian Award for Outstanding Educational Achievements
Joanna Girard Katzman, MD MSPH
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.

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Distinguished Service Award
David A. Williams, PhD
The Distinguished Service Award recognizes outstanding and dedicated service to APS.


Future Leaders in Pain Research Grants

The 2013 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.

2013 Grant Recipients

jessica-fales Jessica Fales
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, WA

The Nature and Significance of Peer Victimization Among Youth with Chronic Pain

erica-schwartzErica Schwartz, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Nocicpetive and Inflammatory Mediators of CP/CPPS

qing-yangQing Yang, MD MS
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, TX

Novel Target for Preventing and Ameliorating Paclitaxel-Induced Neuropathic Pain