Maurice Wood Award
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 a founder of NAPCRG.
NAPCRG solicits nominees for the annual Wood Award from members and other professionals. To nominate an individual for the 2020 Wood Award, complete the nomination form at the link below, upload a CV and a letter describing the nominee’s contributions to primary care research and state why the person should be a candidate. Nominations must be received by August 31, 2020.
Nominee Criteria:
- The Nominee can be from any nation, profession or scientific discipline.
- The Nominee should be a primary care or family medicine researcher.
- The Nominee must be living at the time of nomination.
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 five years. Annual updates to nomination materials are solicited and highly encouraged.
If you have questions about the Maurice Wood Award, contact Priscilla Noland, via email pnoland@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 and the Georgia Health Sciences University's Department of Family Medicine in the Medical College of Georgia and the Medical College of Georgia Foundation Hames Endowment.
1995 - Curtis Hames, MD, Georgia, US
1996 - Martin Bass, MD, Ontario, Canada
1997 - Frans J A Huygen, MD, The Netherlands
1998 - Jack Medalie, MD, MPH, Ohio, US
1999 - Kerr White, MD, Virginia, US
2000 - Barbara Starfield, MD, MPH, FRCGP, Maryland, US
2001 - Ian R McWhinney, MD, Ontario, Canada
2002 - Walter Rosser, MD, Kingston, Ontario
2003 - Michael Klein, MD, Vancouver, British Columbia
2004 - Larry Green, MD, Colorado, US
2005 - Henk Lamberts, MD, PhD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2006 - Ann-Louise Kinmonth, MD, Cambridge, UK
2007 – Carol P Herbert, MD, CCFP, Ontario, Canada
2008 – Chris van Weel MD, PhD, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2009 – Ann C Macaulay CM, MD, FCFP, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2010 – Larry Culpepper, MD, MPH, Massachusetts,
US 2011 – David Katerndahl, MD, Texas, US
2012 - Stephen Zyzanski, PhD, Ohio, US
2013 - William Hogg, MD, Ottawa, Canada
2014 - George (Ed) Fryer, Jr., PhD, Arkansas, US
2015 - Leif Solberg, MD, Minnesota, US
2016 - Allen Dietrich, MD, New Hampshire, US
2017 - Moira Stewart, PhD, Ontario, Canada
2018 - Kurt Stange, MD, PhD, Cleveland, Ohio
2019 - William R Phillips, MD, MPH, Seattle, US
William (Bill) Phillips, MD, MPH offered an inspiring, not-to-be-missed speech in accepting the The Maurice Wood Award for Lifetime Contribution to Primary Care Research at the 2019 NAPCRG Annual Meeting in Toronto. If you missed it, or if you would like to recapture the moment, you can now view a video of the presentation here. You can also view presentation slides here.
Bill is a family physician in Seattle and a pioneer in interdisciplinary practice and inter-professional training with a focus on partnering with patients. His broad interests include practice-based research, patient-doctor communication, suffering, healing and preventive medicine. He helped found the Annals of Family Medicine, serving on the editorial team for 18 years, and as editor in 2019. He also served as NAPCRG's President from 1995-1997.
The Wood Award is supported by donations from friends of primary care research across North America and around the world, including NAPCRG members and the Georgia Health Sciences University's Department of Family Medicine in the Medical College of Georgia and the Medical College of Georgia Foundation Hames Endowment.