Lilienfeld Student Prize Paper

Abraham Lilienfeld was a founder of and key contributor to modern chronic disease epidemiology. To honor his memory, the SER makes an annual award of $1,000 plus travel expenses to the SER meeting for the best submitted paper by a student in a doctoral program with a concentration in epidemiology.

Please bring this competition to the attention of potential applicants. The winner will present his or her research in the SER Annual Meeting in a plenary session. The paper will be considered for early publication in the American Journal of Epidemiology. The work must have been completed during the two years prior to the June 2010 meeting in Seattle, WA and must be unpublished at the time of the Annual Meeting. The applicant need not be a student at the time of the submission. No prize will be awarded if the review committee decides that none of the manuscripts is of superior quality.

Electronic copy (in English) must be RECEIVED no later than February 5, 2010. Authors must include their telephone number, address and current position, a statement indicating the date the work was completed, their academic doctoral advisor’s name and signature, and the name of their department chair or head. Email papers in PDF to: Mary Haan (Mary.Haan@ucsf.edu) and Sue Bevan (suzannebevan@comcast.net)