THE ROBERT J. GLASER AWARD
Nominate someone you think deserves recognition by the GIM community for SGIM’s highest award!
The Robert J. Glaser Award Recognizes outstanding contributions to research, education, leadership and mentoring in generalism in medicine and is presented at the SGIM Annual Meeting as a feature of a plenary session. This award is supported by grants from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, the Commonwealth Fund, and many individual contributions.
Who Should be Nominated?
Nominee must be a SGIM member.
An outstanding record as an investigator, educator, or both in generalism in medicine, as described below:
Research: The nominee will have demonstrated a depth of research in topics of relevance to the practice of generalism in medicine, including, but not limited to:
- Health services research, clinical epidemiology, and the social sciences as they relate to clinical medicine;
- Descriptive and analytic clinical research. General internal medicine need not be the primary discipline;
- A focus on the whole patient, groups of patients, or the process and outcomes of medical care; and the findings of the research will have significantly enhanced the field;
- Recipients will generally have been researchers for at least 10-15 years, with consistent contributions over this time period.
Education: The nominee will have a long record of major contributions to education in the field of generalism in medicine. These activities include, but are not limited to:
- The promotion of ambulatory care and other general internal medicine activities as primary foci for education of students, fellows and residents;
The formulation of educational policy on the broadest level in the field of general internal medicine; - The establishment of innovative educational programs that have served as models elsewhere;
- Contributions to the literature either through writings on the subject of education or in the form of textbooks relevant to the field of general internal medicine; and
- The training of future leaders in the field.
Leadership and General Personality to include, but are not limited to:
Mentorship to include, but not limited to:
- Generative mentorship
- Mentorship across varied disciplines
The nominee will also demonstrate ongoing and consistent SGIM contributions.
What Do I Need to Nominate?
- A formal nomination letter, two single-spaced pages or less, stating why this person should receive the Glaser award.
- A current copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae.
2022 Robert J. Glaser Award Winner
Karen Freund, MD, MPH
