11th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Vienna, 7th-10th May 2009
 
   

Young Investigator Award

 

EAPC is pleased to announce the name of the winners of the EAPC Young Investigators Award 2009

1st Prize: Jenny van der Steen – The Netherlands
2nd Prize: Catherine Walshe – UK
3rd Prize: Martin Fegg – Germany

The evaluation panel was composed by the EAPC board members:
Prof. Sheila Payne, Dr. Per Sjøgren and Dr. Maria Nabal, who expressed that it has been a difficult decision with many strong applicants.

The following were the criteria which must be evident in the applications:

  • A strong interest in research in palliative care
  • How candidates link research ideas to EAPC research priorities
  • Evidence of academic development
  • Evidence of clinical and/or applied development
  • Quality of application – detail, methods of research, relevance to palliative care.
  • An obvious work plan showing personal development
  • Evidence of supervision and post graduate training
  • Environment candidates have worked in
  • Contribution to EAPC
  • Evidence of publication
  • Evidence of ability to do a presentation (plenary) in English

The set of criteria to the evaluation of the applications was simple rating scale:
0. no evidence,
1. some evidence,
2. strong evidence, for each of the suggested pointed. 

The EAPC thanks all the applicants for applying and look forward to welcome all you in Vienna. 

Click here to view the list of the applicants.