Public health

TAFP created the TAFP Public Health award in 2004 modeled after the AAFP Public Health Award to honor work in Texas. Past winners include Dr. Eduardo Sanchez and Dr. Olga Duchicela. Dr. Sanchez was nominated and received the 2005 AAFP Public Health Award.

Nominations are being accepted for the 2008 TAFP Public Health Award. Nominees may be physicians working in public health or going beyond their patient community to have an impact on public health, or non-physicians who have an extraordinary impact on the public health of Texans. Nominations must come from a TAFP member.

Nomination Requirements

• Completed nomination form,
• Typed copy of a current curriculum vitae,
• A written narrative describing the nominee’s public health activity and impact, and
• Letter of recommendation from the nominator.

The Commission on Membership and Member Services will judge submissions.

Awards will be presented at the TAFP Annual Session in Houston, Texas, July 16-20, 2008.

Questions should be addressed to Kathy McCarthy at kmccarthy@tafp.org or call (512) 329-8666, ext 14

Nominations must be received by TAFP by February 11, 2008.

Please mail nominations to:

Kathy McCarthy
Texas Academy of Family Physicians
12012 Technology Boulevard, Suite 200
Austin, Texas 78727