Maurice Wood Award for Lifetime Contribution to Primary Care Research

Overview

The Maurice Wood Award for Lifetime Contribution to Primary Care Research is given annually to honor a researcher who has made outstanding contributions to primary care research over the course of a lifetime. Scientists from all nations, working in all professional fields and scientific disciplines, are eligible to receive the Wood Award, which is presented at the NAPCRG Annual Meeting. The award is named in honor of Maurice Wood, a pioneer in primary care research and founder of NAPCRG.

The 2023 Call for nominations closed on June 12, 2023.

The Maurice Wood Award for Lifetime Contribution to Primary Care Research is selected by NAPCRG's Past Presidents and Current President.

Recipients

2022 - Kevin Grumbach, MD, California, US (Presentation coming soon)

2021 - Arch G. Mainous III, PhD, Florida, US (Presentation)

2020 - Paul Stephen Little, MD, MSc, Southampton, UK (Presentation)

2019 - William R Phillips, MD, MPH, Washington, US (Presentation)

2018 - Kurt Stange, MD, PhD, Cleveland, Ohio

2017 - Moira Stewart, PhD, Ontario, Canada

2016 - Allen Dietrich, MD, New Hampshire, US

2015 - Leif Solberg, MD, Minnesota, US 

2014 - George (Ed) Fryer, Jr., PhD, Arkansas, US 

2013 - William Hogg, MD, Ottawa, Canada 

2012 - Stephen Zyzanski, PhD, Ohio, US 

2011 – David Katerndahl, MD, Texas, US 

2010 – Larry Culpepper, MD, MPH, Massachusetts, US

2009 – Ann C Macaulay CM, MD, FCFP, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 

2008 – Chris van Weel MD, PhD, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 

2007 – Carol P Herbert, MD, CCFP, Ontario, Canada  

2006 - Ann-Louise Kinmonth, MD, Cambridge, UK 

2005 - Henk Lamberts, MD, PhD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 

2004 - Larry Green, MD, Colorado, US 

2003 - Michael Klein, MD, Vancouver, British Columbia

2002 - Walter Rosser, MD, Kingston, Ontario 

2001 - Ian R McWhinney, MD, Ontario, Canada 

2000 - Barbara Starfield, MD, MPH, FRCGP, Maryland, US 

1999 - Kerr White, MD, Virginia, US 

1998 - Jack Medalie, MD, MPH, Ohio, US  

1997 - Frans J A Huygen, MD, The Netherlands  

1996 - Martin Bass, MD, Ontario, Canada 

1995 - Curtis Hames, MD, Georgia, US 

Nominations
Nominee Criteria:

  • The nominee can be from any nation, profession or scientific discipline.
  • The nominee must be a primary care or family medicine researcher.
  • The nominee must be living at the time of nomination.

Nominations will be held for three years. Annual updates to nomination materials are solicited and highly encouraged.

Submit your nomination here!

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If you have questions about the Maurice Wood Award, contact napcrgoffice@napcrg.org.

The Wood Award is supported by donations from friends of primary care research across North America and around the world, including NAPCRG members, the Department of Family Medicine in the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University and the Medical College of Georgia Foundation Hames Endowment.

Selection
Nominees will be evaluated on:

  • Overall body of lifetime work
  • Personal research achievements
  • Contributions to building primary care research

Nominations will be held for three years. Annual updates to nomination materials are solicited and highly encouraged.

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If you have questions about the Maurice Wood Award, contact napcrgoffice@napcrg.org.

The Wood Award is supported by donations from friends of primary care research across North America and around the world, including NAPCRG members, the Department of Family Medicine in the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University and the Medical College of Georgia Foundation Hames Endowment.

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