2011 Joseph R. Rodarte Award for Scientific Distinction

Awards

The RSF Planning Committee is very pleased to announce the Joseph R. Rodarte Award for Scientific Distinction in honor of the late Joe Rodarte, M.D.

Dr. Rodarte was a distinguished member of the American Thoracic Society and of the Assembly on Respiratory Structure and Function. He was an international leader in the fields of respiratory physiology and pulmonary medicine and made invaluable contributions to our scientific and medical communities. We are proud to honor his memory with an award designated for an established investigator who has made distinguished contributions in the fields of respiratory medicine or physiology.

The award will consist of $500 and a plaque, to be presented at the RSF Assembly awards dinner in Denver on May 16, 2011. We are indebted to CareFusion for their generous support of this award. While the award may be used at the recipient's discretion, it will not be possible to additionally support travel or hotel/subsistence while in New Orleans.

This notice is to encourage nominations for the award. Nominees will be eligible according to the following criteria.

Please note the firm deadline for receipt of complete nominations, which is Tuesday March 1st, 2011 via email to rsf@thoracic.org .

The candidate should be an established investigator with recognized and distinguished scientific achievement in the area of respiratory structure and function.
This award is normally given to an RSF Assembly member, but suitable candidates from other ATS Assemblies will be considered.
The award will be for sustained overall accomplishment and contributions to respiratory physiology and medicine over the duration of the candidate's career

The candidate's CV with publications list and a nominator's letter are required for nomination. This letter will be very important and should clearly lay out the importance and impact of the candidate's accomplishments and achievements in the fields of respiratory physiology and medicine. Supporting letters are welcome.

All materials should be sent in a single package via email to rsf@thoracic.org Thursday, April 1st, 2010 with the subject line to read “2011 Joseph R. Rodarte Award”. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.

The Assembly Planning committee will select, from those nominees fulfilling eligibility criteria, the awardee, based on the candidates excellence and distinction, without regard to nationality. The awardee will be expected to attend the RSF Dinner as the Assembly's guest on Monday, May 16th so that the award may be presented.

Previous Rodarte Awardees:

2002 - Jeffery Fredberg, PhD (Harvard University)
2003 - Peter Paré, MD (University of British Columbia)
2004 - Shared: Charlie Irvin, PhD (University of Vermont)
Gary Sieck, PhD (Mayo Clinic)
2005 - Newman Stevens, MD (University of Manitoba)
2006 - Wayne Mitzner, PhD (Johns Hopkins University)
2007 - Rolf Hubmayr, MD (Mayo Clinic)
2008 - Solbert Permutt, MD (Johns Hopkins)
2009 - Peter D. Wagner, MD (University of California At San Diego Medical Center
2010 - Julian Solway, MD (University of Chicago)
2011 - Susan J. Gunst, PhD (Indiana University School of Medicine)