Obesity

The Obesity Society

Atkinson-Stern Award for Distinguished Public Service

Due Date Month: July  
Purpose: Recognizes an individual or organization whose work has significantly improved the lives of those affected by obesity, whether through research, public policy, patient care, or other means.
Eligibility Criteria: Must be a TOS member
Nominator Eligibility: Two TOS members
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The George A. Bray Founders Award

Due Date Month: July 
Purpose:Recognizes an individual for significant contributions that advance the scientific or clinical basis for understanding or treating obesity and for extensive involvement with The Obesity Society.
Eligibility Criteria: Must be a TOS member
Nominator Eligibility: Two TOS members
BU Recipients: 2007 – Barbara Corkey

The George A. Bray Master’s Thesis Award

Due Date Month: July 
Purpose: Recognizes one student for their master’s thesis that was successfully defended by the date of application submission.
Eligibility Criteria: Must be a TOS member
Nominator Eligibility: Two TOS members
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The George A. Bray Doctoral Dissertation Award

Due Date Month: July 
Purpose:Recognizes one student for their doctoral dissertation that was successfully defended by the date of application submission.
Eligibility Criteria: Must be a TOS member
Nominator Eligibility: Two TOS members
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The Friends of Albert (Mickey) Stunkard Lifetime Achievement Award

Due Date Month: July 
Purpose: Designed to recognize people who, like Mickey Stunkard, have made a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the field of obesity in terms of scholarship, mentorship, and education.
Eligibility Criteria: Must be a TOS member
Nominator Eligibility: Two TOS members
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Thomas A. Wadden Award for Distinguished Mentorship

Due Date Month: July 
Purpose: Honors a mid-career or senior TOS member for distinguished mentorship of the Society’s early career investigators.
Eligibility Criteria: Must be a TOS member
Nominator Eligibility: Two TOS members
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The George L. Blackburn Award

Due Date Month: July 
Purpose: An obesity medicine specialist who has taken and passed ABOM certification, started a successful clinical practice and research program in Obesity Medicine, and who is a role model for the “Train the Trainer” strategy to increase Obesity Prevention and Treatment in the United States.
Eligibility Criteria: Must be a TOS member
Nominator Eligibility: Two TOS members
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Ethan Sims Young Investigator Award

Due Date Month: March 
Purpose: Recognizes excellence in research by young investigators based on their submitted abstracts and presentation during ObesityWeek.
Eligibility Criteria: Must be a TOS member
Nominator Eligibility: Two TOS members
BU Recipients: 2001 – Kirsten Davison

Oded Bar-Or Award

Due Date Month: July 
Purpose: Recognizes significant contributions to basic and applied pediatric obesity research that have resulted in major advances in scientific understanding of etiology, prevention, and treatment.
Eligibility Criteria: Must be a TOS member
Nominator Eligibility: Two TOS members
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WW Student Travel Award

Due Date Month: March 
Purpose:Recognizes student excellence with an emphasis on behavioral research.
Eligibility Criteria: Must be a TOS member
Nominator Eligibility: Two TOS members
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The Foster Schauer International Travel Award

Due Date Month: March 
Purpose: Provided to non-US, early career investigators or students who present at ObesityWeek.
Eligibility Criteria: Must be a TOS member
Nominator Eligibility: Two TOS members
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Rolls Simons Travel Award

Due Date Month: March 
Purpose: Is part of The Obesity Society’s commitment to young investigators in the field of obesity research.
Eligibility Criteria: Must be a TOS member
Nominator Eligibility: Two TOS members
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Early Career Travel Award

Due Date Month: March 
Purpose: Supports early career investigators in their efforts to contribute to the field of obesity.
Eligibility Criteria: Must be a TOS member
Nominator Eligibility: Two TOS members
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