Nominate someone you believe deserves this honor of The Herbert W. Nickens Award!

The award is for an individual who has made outstanding contributions to promoting justice in medical education and health care equity in the United States.

Dr. Herbert W. Nickens’ passionate leadership contributed greatly to focusing national attention on the need to support underrepresented racial as well as ethnic minorities in medicine.

Benefits

The awardee receives the Nickens Award and a $10,000 prize.

The awardee will also present the Nickens Lecture at Learn Serve Lead 2022: The AAMC Annual Meeting in Nashville, TN.

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Selection Criteria

Nominees from a wide range of fields are encouraged, including medicine, dentistry, education, law, nursing, pharmacy, public health, and social and behavioral sciences. Nominees will be evaluated on the following criteria:

• Exemplary contributions to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion, with a focus on promoting social justice and health equity in the health professions.
• Also, evidence of accomplishment through an interprofessional approach and/or collaborative practice.
• Contributions have had a significant national impact on vulnerable and/or underrepresented populations, above and beyond one’s own institution.
• In addition, demonstrates standards of professional ethics and scientific integrity.

Required Documents

The nomination packet must include:

• Nominee’s curriculum vitae, including current address.
• One nomination letter that explains the nominee’s qualifications for the award by:
  • Highlighting specific work in the United States to promote social justice and health equity in the health professions; and
  • Including at least two brief testimonials interwoven into the letter that support their contributions to promoting social justice and health equity in the health professions.

Note: The letter must have double-space, have one-inch margins, be in Times New Roman 12-point font, and also must not exceed six pages.

The committee will not review additional materials.