ASTDA Awards
ASTDA awards recognize individuals who epitomize the Association’s mission. Awardees are honored for significant contributions toward the prevention, control and ultimate eradication of sexually transmitted infections. Individuals may be recognized for significant scholarship in medical, epidemiologic, laboratory, or behavioral research; for the development of high-impact programs in partnership with key communities; for exemplary teaching or mentorship of developing leaders; or for other distinctive services to the field.
NOMINATIONS ARE DUE MARCH 15, 2021 by 5pm Eastern Time (no extensions will be granted).
There may be three (3) awards presented annually:
- The ASTDA Distinguished Career Award is presented to a person with a long and extraordinary career in the field of sexually transmitted diseases.
- The ASTDA Achievement Award is presented to a person at mid-career to acknowledge an outstanding body of work in sexually transmitted diseases or to an individual for a single major achievement in the field.
- The ASTDA Young Investigator Award is presented to a person engaged in outstanding work in the field of sexually transmitted diseases who is no more than seven years from completion of training.
NOMINATION PROCESS
- Nominations must be made by an ASTDA member, but the nominee need not be a member.
- Nominees are individuals who currently or previously lived or worked in North America.
- Nominations should include the CV of the nominee and a single, short (one-page maximum) letter summarizing why the nominee is being put forward.
- Multiple support letters for a nominee will not be accepted.
- Members of the ASTDA Executive Committee* are not eligible for awards (see below for the names).
- Nominations should be submitted as a single PDF attachment to astda@astda.org by 3/15/2021 5:00pm Eastern Time (no extensions beyond the deadline will be considered).
Let us know if you have any questions.
*Current EC members include Lynn Barclay, Teresa Batteiger, Kyle Bernstein, Julie Dombrowski, Dennis Fortenberry, Khalil Ghanem, Hunter Handsfield, Katherine Hsu, Beth Meyerson, Preeti Pathela, Anne Rompalo, Olusegun (SO) Soge, Arlene Sena, Marc Steben, Brad Stoner, Susan Tuddenham, Abigail Norris Turner, and Barbara (Bobbie) Van Der Pol
Congratulations to our 2020 Award Winners
Gail Bolan, MD, Director, Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has made large and sustained contributions to the fields of STI, HIV and sexual health during her nearly 40-year career. Having worked at the local, state and federal levels, Dr. Bolan has leveraged her unique perspectives to modernize STI and HIV prevention nationally. She leads with commitment and passion, continually challenging established dogma to move the field forward.
Gina Ogilvie, MD, MSc, FCFP, DrPH, is a Professor and Canada Research Chair at University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health; Senior Public Health Scientist at BC Centre for Disease Control; Associate Director of Women’s Health Research Institute. Her research, clinical and policy expertise focuses on the public health and clinical aspects of testing and interventions for reproductive tract infections, HPV screening and the HPV vaccine, and her findings have been highly influential in shaping public health policy for screening, testing and treatment in Canada and globally. She sits on many national and global advisories including for the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Public Health Agency of Canada, the World Health Organization and Ministries of Health globally, providing guidance on optimal testing and screening policies for STI, HIV and as well as on HPV and STI vaccine policy and programming.
Claire Bristow, PhD, MPH, MSc, is an assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health at the University of California San Diego. Her research focuses on the implementation and evaluation of novel diagnostic strategies, including multi-STI testing and antimicrobial susceptibility determination, to increase testing and treatment programs’ integration and effectiveness. An additional research interest is the identification of underlying mechanisms driving the spread of STIs.
| Year | Distinguished Career Award (formerly Thomas Parran Award) | Achievement Award | Young Investigator Award | Best STD Paper by a Young Investigator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Charlotte Gaydos, DrPH, MPH | Patricia Kissinger, PhD, MPH | Yonatan Grad, MD, PhD | Jeb Jones |
| 2018 | Max Chernesky, PhD | Stephanie Taylor, MD | Alexis Roth, PhD | Emily Learner |
| 2017 | Jo-Anne Dillon, PHD | Lisa Manhart, PHD | Christine Khosropour, PHD | |
| 2016 | Anne Marie Rompalo, MD, ScM | Joan M. Chow, MPH, DrPH | Lindley A. Barbee, MD, MPH | |
| 2015 | Anna Wald, MD, MPH | Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH | Robert Kircaldy, MD, MPH | |
| 2014 | Franklyn Judson, MD | Christina Marra, MD | Christina Muzny, MD | |
| 2013 | Jonathan Zenilman, MD | Jane Schwebke, MD | Jesse Clark, MD | |
| 2012 | David Martin, MD | Kim Workowski, MD | Ina Park, MD, MS | |
| 2011 | Thomas C. Quinn, MD, MSc | Connie Celum, MD, MPH | Rebecca M. Brotman, PhD, MPH | |
| 2010 | H. Hunter Handsfield, MD | Harrell Chesson, PhD | Jared Baeten, MD, PhD | |
| 2009 | Sharon Hillier, PhD | J. Dennis Fortenberry, MD, MS | Khalil G. Ghanem, MD | |
| 2008 | Edward W. Hook, MD | Charlotte Gaydos, DrPH | Rachel L. Winer, PhD | |
| 2007 | Sheila A. Lukehart, PhD | Lauri Markowitz, MD | Jami Leichliter, PhD | |
| 2006 | Sevgi Aral, PhD | David Martin, MD | Laura Bachmann, MD, MPH | |
| 2005 | Myron (Mike) S. Cohen, MD | Geoff Garnett, PhD | William Michael Geisler, MD, MPH | |
| 2004 | Robert C. Brunham, MD | Anna Wald, MD, MPH | Matthew Golden, MD, MPH | |
| 2003 | Willard Cates Jr., MD | Laura Koutsky, PhD | Caroline Cameron, PhD | |
| 2002 | Richard Rothenberg, MD, MPH | David DuPuy Celentano, ScD, MHS | Jeffrey D. Klausner, MD | |
| 2001 | Harald zur Hausen, MD | Penelope J. Hitchcock, DVM | ||
| 2000 | Walter E. Stamm, MD | Edward W. Hook III, MD | Arturo Centurion-Lara, MD | |
| 1999 | Robert B. Jones, MD, PhD | Thomas C. Quinn, MD | ||
| 1998 | Peter Piot, MD, PhD | Sevgi 0. Aral, PhD | ||
| 1997 | Lawrence Corey, MD | Judith N. Wasserheit, MD | ||
| 1996 | William M. McCormack, MD | Sharon L. Hillier, PhD | ||
| 1995 | David Taylor-Robinson, MD | Walter E. Stamm, MD | ||
| 1994 | William W. Darrow, PhD | Attila Lorincz, PhD | ||
| 1993 | Lars Westrom, MD | |||
| 1992 | P. Frederick Sparling, MD | |||
| 1991 | Allan R. Ronald, MD | Sheila A. Lukehart, PhD | ||
| 1990 | Julius Schachter, PhD | Willard Cates, Jr.,MD/Jack Kirby/Jack Spencer | ||
| 1989 | Paul J. Wiesner, MD | Frank Plummer, MD | ||
| 1988 | John C. Hume, MD | |||
| 1987 | J.David Oriel, MD | Richard S. Stephens, PhD | ||
| 1986 | ||||
| 1985 | James N. Miller, PhD | Eric Sandstrom, MD | ||
| 1984 | E.Russell Alexander. MD | Lawrence Corey, MD | ||
| 1983 | King K. Holmes, MD, PhD | Steven Margolis, PhD | ||
| 1982 | R. Duncan Catterall, MD | Daniel C. William, MD | ||
| 1981 | James W. Curran, MD | |||
| 1980 | Harry Pariser, MD | Franklyn N. Judson, MD | ||
| 1979 | Claude Nicol, CBE, FRCP | William M. McCormack, MD | ||
| 1978 | Thomas B. Turner, MD | |||
| 1977 | Nicholas J. Fiumara, MD | |||
| 1976 | Angelo F. “Jack” Marino | Thomas J. Fitzgerald, PhD | ||
| 1975 | Rudolph H. Kampmeier, MD | Paul J. Wiesner, MD | ||
| 1974 | Herman Beerman, MD | Thomas M. Buchanan, MD | ||
| 1973 | Genevieve Stout | |||
| 1972 | William J. Brown, MD | Joseph Forish |