2022 Academic Pediatric Association Global Health Research Award

20 December, 2021

Dear CHIFA members,

Please share the information below about this exciting opportunity for junior health care professionals working in developing countries to present their research at the 2022 PAS meeting:

2022 APA Global Health Research Award

Purpose: To promote clinical research in the areas of primary care pediatrics, common child health problems, child health services, and pediatric education in developing countries. The winner will be invited to digitally present their research at the 2022 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting in Denver, CO (April 22-25 2022).

Eligibility Criteria: Any child health professional who is a foreign national currently living outside of the U.S. or Canada is eligible. Preference will be given to junior child health professionals from and working in developing countries that might otherwise not have the opportunity to present their work at international meetings. The submitter must be the first author and the leader in conducting the research. The abstract must be in English and represent previously unpublished work. To receive the award the winner must present their research including a slide presentation in the English language. 

Nomination Process: Abstracts must follow the format outlined below.

The body of the abstract (excluding title and authors and funding source) must be no greater than 400 words in length:

Title: Abstracts must be titled and include all authors

Background: Concisely explain the importance of the health problem addressed by your research

Objective(s): Briefly describe the main objective(s) of your research.

Methods: Describe how you conducted your study including the type of study design, population included, specific methods and statistical tests used.

Results: Describe the results of your study and the statistically significant differences found. 



Conclusions: State the most important conclusion(s) of your study, the relevance to the understanding of the health problem you are addressing and the potential impact on global child health. 

Please indicate your project funding source(s) at the end of your abstract. The methods and results sections are very important in evaluating your work; please be as complete as possible. Please submit only an abstract; accompanying papers will result in disqualification for this award.

You must complete the information page via redcap survey at

https://redcap.kumc.edu/surveys/?s=MKENET3P8X

and email separate PDFs for your abstract and Curriculum Vitae (CV) to

tsmith AT kumc.edu<mailto:tsmith AT kumc.edu>. You will receive a confirmation email upon submission. Please email If you have any questions to tsmith AT kumc.edu<mailto:tsmith AT kumc.edu>.

All submissions must be received by 11:59 PM EST on 17 January 2022.

T. Ryan Smith, MD

Mirzada P. Kurbasic, MD, MSCR, FAAP

CHIFA Profile : Mirzada Kurbasic is Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Louisville, United States. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on International Child Health, a member of the AAP International Community Access to Child Health (ICATCH) Committee, the Chair of the AAP International Elective Award Program, a member of the Academic Pediatric Association (APA) Global Health Task Force and Co-Chair of the APA Global Health Special Interest Group. Professional interests: Global Child Health, Global Health Education. mirzada.kurbasic AT louisville.edu