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Hispanic Officers Advisory Committee’s Call for Nominations for the Juan Carlos Finlay
Award
Deadline Date 1 March 2007 |
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The Juan Carlos Finlay Award was established by the Hispanic Officers Advisory Committee
(HOAC) to honor individuals, organizations, and groups who through work performance
and other activities have demonstrated leadership in the development of programs,
methods, or initiatives that improve health services for Hispanics. This award was
named after Juan Carlos Finlay (1833-1915), a Cuban physician and epidemiologist
who discovered that the mosquito was the vector of “fiebre amarilla” or yellow fever.
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Nominations for the Juan Carlos Finlay Award should describe the specific accomplishments
of the candidate (individual or organization) in one or more of the following areas:
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- Leadership in their area of expertise as it pertains to Hispanic health care issues;
- Accomplishments in Hispanic health care development, management, and/or improvement;
and/or
- Organization and/or implementation of activities/programs that significantly improve
Hispanic access to health care and health care services.
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Complete nomination information and forms are available on the HOAC Web site and
must be submitted no later than 1 March 2007.
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The Juan Carlos Finley Award will be presented at the 2007 U.S. Public Health Service
(USPHS) Scientific and Training Symposium (formerly the USPHS Professional Conference)
in June in Cincinnati, OH.
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For additional assistance or information, please contact:
LCDR Jeasmine Aizvera
Chair, HOAC Awards Subcommittee
NIH Clinical Center
Bldg. 10-CRC, Room 2-3581
10 Center Drive, MSC 1160
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: 301-496-5968
jaizvera@cc.nih.gov
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