Awards Grants & Recognition - Awards
One way AMWA recognizes the achievements of outstanding women in medicine is through our awards program. By highlighting the successes and accomplishments of women physicians and medical students, we recognize them as role models for the physicians of the future.
Bertha Van Hoosen Award
Elizabeth Blackwell Medal
Lila A. Wallis Women's Health Award
Woman in Science Award
To submit a nominee:
Fill out a nomination form and send it in with the nominees CV to associatedirector@amwa-doc.org by December 15, 2010 for consideration for 2011 awards. Nominations received after current year's deadline will be considered for the following year.
2010 Award Recipients to be announced at the 95th Anniversary Gala, March 27, 2010
2009 Award Recipients
Elizabeth Blackwell Award- Nancy Nielson, MD, PhD
Bertha Van Hoosen Award- Roberta Rubin, MD
Women in Science- Mary Guinan, MD
Lila Wallis Women's Health Award- Holly Thacker, MD
Camille Mermod- Shawn Fowler
Anne C. Carter Student LeadershipAward- Misty Richards
President's Recognition Award- Janice Werbinski, MD
Internatioal Women in Medicine Hall of Fame
The International Women in Medicine Hall of Fame was conceived by Omega C. Logan Silva, MD, president of the American Medical Women's Association (2000-2002). The Annual Gala event occurred 2001-2004. The Hall of Fame was revived in 2010 as part of the president's banquet and awards ceremony. The International Women in Medicine Hall of Fame was initially planned as an annual fund raiser for AMWA and as a venue to honor women who had made outstanding contributions to the health of their country or the world. The inductee could be a first in an important area of health education or in a area of clinical work, research or academic achievement in medicine. The induction could be contemporary (candidate must be present) or posthumous.
Dr. Silva was assisted by a very able committee consisting of the following physician members at various times for the four Galas: Drs. Doris Bartuska, Constance Battle, Marjorie Braude, Elinor Christiansen, Roselyn Payne Epps, Clarita Herrera, Edel Hondl, Anita Johnson, Debra Judelson, Roberta Rubin, Susan Sklar, and Joan Treuer. Read the full history here.
2010 Inductees (March 27, 2010):
Linda A. Randolph, MD, M.P.H- Linda A. Randolph, MD, MPH is President and CEO of the Developing Families Center, Inc. (DFC), an innovative model of collaboration between three private non-profit agencies-the Family Health & Birth Center, the Healthy Babies Project and the United Planning Organization's Early Childhood Development Center providing a continuum of health, social services and supports and child development services at one site to childbearing and childrearing families of Wards 5,6,7 & 8 in the District of Columbia. Read full bio here.
Diana Zuckerman, Ph.D.- Diana Zuckerman is the President of the National Research Center for Women & Families, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research and education organization that works to improve policies and programs that affect the health and safety of adults and children. She is a frequently quoted and nationally respected expert on health and health policy issues. She has testified several dozen times, including testimony before Congress, the Canadian Parliament, FDA Advisory Committees, EPA meetings, and the FDA Science Board. In 2008 and 2009, she was listed as a possible FDA Commissioner in the Obama Administration by MSNBC and other media. Read full bio here.
