Call for SPP Faculty Awards
The Lee Salk Distinguished Service Award
This award recognizes outstanding contributions to the Society of Pediatric Psychology or to the field of pediatric psychology generally. Examples of types of significant contribution include:
- Public or political advocacy or leadership
- Significant and extensive prevention or intervention program development, implementation, and dissemination
- Development and implementation of significant and influential service or training models; professional leadership in other professional or public organizations that benefit the field of pediatric psychology
- Substantial influential production of scholarship that is not necessarily empirical
The Logan Wright Distinguished Research Award
The Logan Wright Distinguished Research Award recognizes excellence and significant contributions in establishing the scientific base of pediatric psychology. The importance of this research award becomes more evident as the field moves from the intuitive to an empirical base.
The Martin Levin Mentorship Award
The Martin P. Levin Mentorship Award honors faculty in pediatric psychology who mentor students in an exemplary way, providing professional advice and guidance through various phases of the graduate program.
Routh Early Career Award in Pediatric Psychology
The Routh Early Career Award is designed to recognize significant contributions of a member of SPP to the field of pediatric psychology. To qualify for the award, an SPP member must have received his or her PhD no longer than seven years prior to the APA meeting date in which the honor is awarded. The Early Career Award reflects contributions to the field of pediatric psychology in research, clinical training, and service.