The Lee Salk Distinguished Service Award

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This award recognizes outstanding contributions to the Society of Pediatric Psychology or to the field of pediatric psychology generally.Examples of types of significant contributions include:

• Public or political advocacy or leadership
• Significant and extensive prevention or intervention program development, implementations, and dissemination
• Development and implementation of significant and influential service or training models; professional leadership in other professional or public organizations that benefit the field of pediatric psychology.
• Substantial influential production of scholarship that is not necessarily empirical

The award is not given in recognition of those usual or expected contributions to SPP provided by its elected officials.  However, it can be given to a previous executive committee member to recognize organization contributions substantially beyond those expected.

Nominations may be made by sending a current curriculum vitae and letter describing the nominee's qualifying characteristics.  The deadline for nominations is December 1.  Send nominations to:

Lori Stark, Ph.D.
Division of Behavioral Medicine
and Clinical Psychology MC 3105
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnett Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45229-3026
Email:   lori.stark@cchmc.org