Society for Medical Decision Making

We need your help in identifying and celebrating outstanding contributions to our society and fields. Do you know someone whose work should be recognized by the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM)?

Make it happen!

Please nominate individuals that SMDM can celebrate in the following areas:

• Outstanding Paper by a Young Investigator

• The SMDM Young Scholars Award in Health Policy in Honor of Sandy Schwartz

• The SMDM International Young Scholars Award in Honor of Murray Krahn

• The John M. Eisenberg Award for Practical Application of Medical Decision-Making Research

• The Career Achievement Award

• The Award for Distinguished Service

Nomination deadline: 28 January 2025

How to nominate:

• Complete the award nomination form linked below.

• Submit the form, along with a letter of support and the candidate’s CV through the link below.

• Submit a separate nomination form for each candidate you are nominating.

• Ensure all nominations are received by 28 January 2025.

2025 Award Nomination Form

The Awards Committee requests that letters of support highlight specific achievements and contributions of the nominee that warrant recognition by SMDM. We are committed to inclusivity and aim to reflect the diversity of our field in our recognitions.

Each nomination will be reviewed by the Awards Committee to ensure they meet the criteria for the respective awards. All nominees will be notified of the decisions following the SMDM Board's approval. Award recipients will be honored at the 2025 SMDM Annual Meeting in June.

If you have any questions, please email info@SMDM.org.

2025 SMDM AWARDS

Career Achievement Award

The Career Achievement Award recognizes senior investigators who have contributed significantly to the field of medical decision making. Nominees need not be members of SMDM.

Questions to stimulate your thinking about worthy nominees:

• In your own research or teaching, whose contributions do you rely on?

• How does the nominee’s career demonstrate leadership and impact in the field of medical decision making?

SMDM Award for Distinguished Service

This award recognizes service to SMDM in terms of leadership, role in the operations of the Society, and contributions to the scientific and educational activities of the Society. The nominee must be a member of SMDM.

Questions to stimulate your thinking about worthy nominees:

• Who comes to mind as a person to call on for help if you need to get something accomplished for SMDM?

• Who has gone above and beyond for SMDM?

• Who demonstrates efforts to promote a welcoming atmosphere for SMDM?

• Who provides unique and vital service(s) for SMDM?

• Who do you think demonstrates efforts to promote a welcoming atmosphere or fosters a diverse, inclusive global research culture in our society?

John M. Eisenberg Award for Practical Application of Medical Decision Making Research

This award recognizes sustained leadership in translating medical decision-making research into practice, including taking exceptional steps to communicate the principles and/or substantive findings of medical decision-making research to policy makers, or clinical decision makers, or the general public. The nominee need not be a member of SMDM.

Questions to stimulate your thinking about worthy nominees:

• When you come across a good idea in your work or practice, embodying solid medical decision-making principles, who has worked to bring that idea into practice?

• Who, for example, successfully informed medical guideline development or implementation of innovative technologies in health care or public health?

• This award also addresses mid-career individuals who have demonstrated the impact of their work, for example, impactful diversity and equity research.

Outstanding Paper by a Young Investigator

The award was conceived as a means of recognizing outstanding work and assisting the recipient in the promotion process.

• The nominee must be the first author of the paper.

• The nominator must be a member of SMDM.

• The paper nominated must appear in a peer-reviewed journal with a publication date of 2023. Online journals qualify, provided they are peer-reviewed.*

• Papers will be judged for their importance and originality.

• The nomination must include a copy of the article preferably in pdf format, including complete journal citation. A letter of support explaining the importance of the paper is required.

*This award is limited to a paper published in the calendar year prior to the award (journal must be dated in 2023 for the 2024 award). The nominee must be in the first six (6) years of full-time employment after the end of “training”; however, that is defined within the country and field of the nominee.

Questions to stimulate your thinking about worthy nominees:

• In the past year, what paper did you notice as being an impressive contribution?

• Does this paper make you think, “This person has promise”?

• Does this paper make you think, “The addressed topic was critically needed, requires increased attention for sustainable health care, or contributes to DEI research”?

The SMDM Young Scholars Award in Health Policy
Presented in honor of Sandy Schwartz

This award is given in honor of Sandy Schwartz for his commitment to mentorship in the field of health policy and his support of young scholars in the Society for Medical Decision Making. The SMDM Young Scholars Award recognizes a promising Scholar who is new to or early in their career in the field of Medical Decision Making but has the potential for impact and leadership in the field and in the Society of Medical Decision Making. Through this award we aim to support young scholars with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and scientific disciplines to become future leaders in SMDM. The nominee must be a member of SMDM.

The SMDM International Young Scholars Award
Presented in honor of Murray Krahn

This award is given in honor of Murray Krahn for his commitment to mentorship and international collaboration in the field of Health Technology Assessment and his support of young international scholars in the Society for Medical Decision Making. The SMDM Young Scholars Award recognizes a promising Scholar who is new to or early in their career in the field of Medical Decision Making but has the potential for impact and leadership in the field and in the Society of Medical Decision Making. Through this award we aim to support young scholars with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and scientific disciplines to become future leaders in SMDM. The nominee must be a member of SMDM. Preference is given to nominees who engage in international collaboration and/or reside in LMIC (low- and middle-income countries).