Board of Regents (BOR) Excellence in Preventive Medicine Science Awards
The BOR Excellence in Preventive Medicine Science Awards recognizes significant scientific achievements of a preventive medicine physician and trainees. Launched in 2022, the BOR Scientific Excellence Fund recognizes three trainees for outstanding poster presentations and an outstanding physician for career long achievements in science.
Scientific Excellence Award
Criteria is based on original research/scholarship, high quality science, evidence of dissemination of results, and high impact of science on the practice of preventive medicine.
2025 Recipient
Scientific Excellence Poster Award
Criteria is based on experimental design, conclusions supported by data and statistical methods used, degree of originality and independence, presentation of poster (clarity), discussion with presenter, and relevance to the practice of preventive medicine and likelihood to advance the field. First, second and third place awardees announced at the Awards ceremony, on the last day of the conference.
2025 Recipients
- FIRST PLACE – Kyla Sherwood, MD MS; HIV and Syphilis Co-screening in Patients Tested for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea
- SECOND PLACE – Annika Nungra, DO; An Intervention to Improve Completion of Reproductive Goals Assessments to Prevent Unintended Pregnancies in Newark, New Jersey
- THIRD PLACE – Marco Tori, MD, MSc; Heat Related Illness Surveillance, South Carolina, 2024
2024 Recipients
- First Place: Catherine Brett, MD, MPH, FACPM
- Second Place: Melissa Wardle, MPH, PhD(c)
- Third Place: Edward Anslem, MD