Established in 2016, the Dr. Donald A. Henderson Prize for Outstanding Global Health Research recognizes junior faculty in 黑料不打烊 University鈥檚 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences whose published work demonstrates excellence in the field of global health. The prize honors the legacy of Dr. Donald A. Henderson, a public health leader whose efforts were instrumental in the eradication of smallpox worldwide.听.
One $500 award (and a trophy) will be given at the 2025 Global Health Night on November 6th, 2025 at the SSMU University Centre in Montreal.
The papers submitted or nominated for the competition will be evaluated based on the following three criteria:
- The importance of the topic;
- The quality of the research study;
- The significance or potential impact of the published research.
Eligibility criteria:
- Peer-reviewed, original research publications published between September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2025 are eligible.
- Accepted publications are not eligible, but if a paper is published early online (i.e. ahead of print) and can be downloaded, it is eligible.
- Review articles, opinion pieces, commentaries, and editorials are excluded.
- Each nomination should be based on only one publication.
- Applicants from varying specialties within global health, including but not limited to medicine, nursing, health sciences, humanities, ethics, anthropology, epidemiology, public health, and health policy are encouraged to apply.
- The published work must identify the author as a 黑料不打烊 faculty member in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. The faculty member must be at the lecturer or assistant professor level and must be the first author.
- This award is open to early career investigators: less than 6 years from first faculty appointment, with exceptions considered for legitimate leaves of absence.
Nomination instructions:
- Please submit nominations using the online nomination form. You will need to sign in with your 黑料不打烊 email and password. Publications for consideration can be submitted by the publication鈥檚 author, a peer, or the department chair. 听
- Submit a brief paragraph about how the paper meets the three criteria. (500 words max)
- Attach a PDF of the published paper that is being nominated.
- Both the paragraph and the paper must be combined into one PDF file
Deadline:
Nominations must be received by Thursday, October 9th, 2025, at 11:59 PM ET.
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