{"id":10807,"date":"2020-02-14T17:21:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T22:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/facdev-medicine\/?page_id=10807"},"modified":"2020-02-18T16:40:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T21:40:19","slug":"obesity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/facdev-medicine\/dom-opportunities\/grants-awards\/recognition-opportunities\/obesity\/","title":{"rendered":"Obesity"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Obesity Society<\/a><\/h2>\n

Atkinson-Stern Award for Distinguished Public Service<\/span><\/h4>\n

Due Date Month:<\/strong>\u00a0July\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nPurpose:\u00a0<\/strong>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.
\nEligibility Criteria:\u00a0<\/strong>Must be a TOS member
\nNominator Eligibility:\u00a0<\/strong>Two TOS members
\nBU Recipients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The George A. Bray Founders Award<\/h4>\n

Due Date Month:<\/strong>\u00a0July\u00a0<\/span>
\nPurpose:<\/strong>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.
\nEligibility Criteria:\u00a0<\/strong>Must be a TOS member
\nNominator Eligibility:\u00a0<\/strong>Two TOS members
\nBU Recipients:\u00a0<\/strong>2007 – Barbara Corkey<\/p>\n

The George A. Bray Master\u2019s Thesis Award<\/h4>\n

Due Date Month:<\/strong>\u00a0July\u00a0<\/span>
\nPurpose:\u00a0<\/strong>Recognizes one student for their master\u2019s thesis that was successfully defended by the date of application submission.
\nEligibility Criteria:\u00a0<\/strong>Must be a TOS member
\nNominator Eligibility:\u00a0<\/strong>Two TOS members
\nBU Recipients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The George A. Bray Doctoral Dissertation Award<\/h4>\n

Due Date Month:<\/strong>\u00a0July\u00a0<\/span>
\nPurpose:<\/strong>Recognizes one student for their doctoral dissertation that was successfully defended by the date of application submission.
\nEligibility Criteria:\u00a0<\/strong>Must be a TOS member
\nNominator Eligibility:\u00a0<\/strong>Two TOS members
\nBU Recipients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Friends of Albert (Mickey) Stunkard Lifetime Achievement Award<\/h4>\n

Due Date Month:<\/strong>\u00a0July\u00a0<\/span>
\nPurpose:\u00a0<\/strong>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.
\nEligibility Criteria:\u00a0<\/strong>Must be a TOS member
\nNominator Eligibility:\u00a0<\/strong>Two TOS members
\nBU Recipients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thomas A. Wadden Award for Distinguished Mentorship<\/h4>\n

Due Date Month:<\/strong>\u00a0July\u00a0<\/span>
\nPurpose:\u00a0<\/strong>Honors a mid-career or senior TOS member for distinguished mentorship of the Society\u2019s early career investigators.
\nEligibility Criteria:\u00a0<\/strong>Must be a TOS member
\nNominator Eligibility:\u00a0<\/strong>Two TOS members
\nBU Recipients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The George L. Blackburn Award<\/h4>\n

Due Date Month:<\/strong>\u00a0July\u00a0<\/span>
\nPurpose:\u00a0<\/strong>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 \u201cTrain the Trainer\u201d strategy to increase Obesity Prevention and Treatment in the United States.
\nEligibility Criteria:\u00a0<\/strong>Must be a TOS member
\nNominator Eligibility:\u00a0<\/strong>Two TOS members
\nBU Recipients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ethan Sims Young Investigator Award<\/h4>\n

Due Date Month:<\/strong>\u00a0March\u00a0<\/span>
\nPurpose:\u00a0<\/strong>Recognizes excellence in research by young investigators based on their submitted abstracts and presentation during ObesityWeek.
\nEligibility Criteria:\u00a0<\/strong>Must be a TOS member
\nNominator Eligibility:\u00a0<\/strong>Two TOS members
\nBU Recipients:\u00a0<\/strong>2001 – Kirsten Davison<\/p>\n

Oded Bar-Or Award<\/h4>\n

Due Date Month:<\/strong>\u00a0July\u00a0<\/span>
\nPurpose:\u00a0<\/strong>Recognizes significant contributions to basic and applied pediatric obesity research that have resulted in major advances in scientific understanding of etiology, prevention, and treatment.
\nEligibility Criteria:\u00a0<\/strong>Must be a TOS member
\nNominator Eligibility:\u00a0<\/strong>Two TOS members
\nBU Recipients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

WW Student Travel Award<\/h4>\n

Due Date Month:<\/strong>\u00a0March\u00a0<\/span>
\nPurpose:<\/strong>Recognizes student excellence with an emphasis on behavioral research.
\nEligibility Criteria:\u00a0<\/strong>Must be a TOS member
\nNominator Eligibility:\u00a0<\/strong>Two TOS members
\nBU Recipients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Foster Schauer International Travel Award<\/h4>\n

Due Date Month:<\/strong>\u00a0March\u00a0<\/span>
\nPurpose:\u00a0<\/strong>Provided to non-US, early career investigators or students who present at ObesityWeek.
\nEligibility Criteria:\u00a0<\/strong>Must be a TOS member
\nNominator Eligibility:\u00a0<\/strong>Two TOS members
\nBU Recipients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rolls Simons Travel Award<\/h4>\n

Due Date Month:<\/strong>\u00a0March\u00a0<\/span>
\nPurpose:\u00a0<\/strong>Is part of The Obesity Society\u2019s commitment to young investigators in the field of obesity research.
\nEligibility Criteria:\u00a0<\/strong>Must be a TOS member
\nNominator Eligibility:\u00a0<\/strong>Two TOS members
\nBU Recipients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Early Career Travel Award<\/h4>\n

Due Date Month:<\/strong>\u00a0March\u00a0<\/span>
\nPurpose:\u00a0<\/strong>Supports early career investigators in their efforts to contribute to the field of obesity.
\nEligibility Criteria:\u00a0<\/strong>Must be a TOS member
\nNominator Eligibility:\u00a0<\/strong>Two TOS members
\nBU Recipients:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Obesity Society Atkinson-Stern Award for Distinguished Public Service Due Date Month:\u00a0July\u00a0\u00a0 Purpose:\u00a0Recognizes 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:\u00a0Must be a TOS member Nominator Eligibility:\u00a0Two TOS members BU Recipients: The George A. Bray […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14042,"featured_media":0,"parent":10723,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/facdev-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10807"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/facdev-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/facdev-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/facdev-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/facdev-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10807"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/facdev-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10808,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/facdev-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10807\/revisions\/10808"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/facdev-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/facdev-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}