2019 Section on Uniformed Services (SOUS) Abstracts Program

Submissions are now being accepted for the Scientific Awards Competition (SAC) for 2019. As part of the call for abstracts, six scientific awards will be given to honor research efforts by Uniformed Pediatricians.

The awards are:

• The Ogden Bruton Award (certificate of merit): for the best paper by a Uniformed Pediatrician on either basic science research or research on the development, evaluation, or application of an emerging technology in pediatrics.
• The Andrew Margileth Award (certificate of merit): for the best pediatric paper by a Uniformed Pediatrician documenting clinical findings or assessing clinical diagnostic studies, therapeutic regimens, and outcomes leading to improved quality of health care for children.
• The Howard Johnson Award (certificate of merit): for the best paper by a Uniformed Resident (of any specialty) on a pediatric topic.
• The Leo Geppert Innovation Award (certificate of merit): for the Uniformed Pediatrician with the best paper outlining a Quality Improvement or Patient Safety innovation affecting the care of pediatric patients, including (but not limited to) innovations in practice management, primary prevention, or educational interventions.
• The Leo Geppert Case Award (certificate of merit): for the best case report by a Uniformed Pediatrician. It is the only category that accepts case reports.
• The Val G. Hemming Award (certificate of merit and a travel award per individual command's approval): for the USUHS, HPSP, or ROTC medical student submitting the best paper on a pediatric-related topic in clinical or basic science research.

You are only allowed to submit to one category per abstract. If you are unsure which category to submit, contact Ashley Maranich, MD, FAAP, SAC Chairperson at ashley.m.maranich.mil@mail.mil.

MOC Part 4 credit is available for qualified accepted abstracts describing quality improvement projects. These abstracts may be eligible for free MOC Part 4 credit through the AAP’s Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Portfolio. Additional details are available here.

If you created an account in a different program, you may use the same username and password. If this is your first time submitting, please create a new account.