STFM Best Research Paper Award

The STFM Research Committee is now accepting nominations for the 2010 STFM Best Research Paper Award, to be presented at the upcoming Annual Spring Conference in Denver.

The award is intended to recognize the best research paper published by an STFM member in a peer-reviewed journal between July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009.

The 2010 winning paper will be presented at the STFM Annual Spring Conference in British Columbia, April 24-28, 2010. 

The STFM Research Committee bases the award selection on the quality of the research and its potential impact.

A copy of the paper and a nomination letter that documents the potential effect of the paper and its importance to patients’ health and well-being should be sent electronically to Kay Frank at kfrank@stfm.org by November 16, 2009.

Contact Kay Frank, STFM, with questions at 800-274-2237, ext. 5402 kfrank@stfm.org.   

The 2009 winning paper:

"Timing of Repeat Colonoscopy," by Alex Kirst, MD, MS; Resa Jones, MPH, PhD; Steven Woolf, MD, MPH; Sara Woessner, MD; Daniel Merenstein, MD; J. William Kerns, MD; Walter Foliaco, MD; Paul Jackson, MD (Am J Prev Med 2007;22(6): 471-78).

List of Previous Winners