IACP Awards  

The International Association of Chinese Pathologists (IACP) gives out two major Awards in recognition of achievements of pathologists.

 IACP Best Abstract Award

Pathology trainees of Chinese ethnic origin who have first-authored research abstracts accepted for presentation at the USCAP Annual Meeting are automatically eligible for the IACP Best Abstract Award. Three awards are given each year. The winners receive a permanent commemorative plaque, a stipend, and permanent recognition at IACP website.

INFORMATION:

IACP is once again pleased to offer the Best Abstract Awards (BAA) for the best scientific paper presented at the USCAP annual meeting.  Other sponsoring societies may join IACP to recognize achieved Chinese pathologists in training at this important platform.  The awardees will receive a permanent recognition plaque and a small stipend.  All winners will have their names perpetually displayed on our web site.

ABSTRACT AWARD COMMITTEE: The IACP Abstract Award Committee consists of a panel of reviewers from all sponsoring societies.  It is currently chaired by Dr. Ie-Ming Shih (see below for correspondence).

ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible for award consideration, you must be a first-author of a USCAP-accepted abstract (for either poster presentation or plenary talk), a resident, fellow, or student of Chinese ethnic origin.  You need not be a member of IACP, and eligibility is not dependent on your age or the location of your institution.  The abstract must be original work (at least 50% of work completed by the person seeking award).  All withdrawn abstracts or abstracts that undergo a major change between submission and presentation are disqualified.

APPLICATION: There are two mechanisms for participation.  First, Pathology trainees are encouraged to e-mail a short note to Dr. Dengfeng Cao (DCao@path.wustl.edu)  stating the interest for the IACP Abstract Award Committee to consider their abstracts.  Secondly, the Abstract Award Committee will try its best to solicit entry from all Chinese first authors and trainees identified from the published abstracts in Modern Pathology.  The process is as follows

• Identify first-authors of USCAP-accepted abstracts who are Chinese by their last names (those who wish to be considered but have non-Chinese last names should feel free to contact IACP for proper recognition);

• Contact these authors by phone or e-mail to confirm their trainee status and to obtain approval to be considered for BAA;

• Assign abstracts to reviewers for in-depth evaluation according to criteria set forth by the Committee Chair;

• Committee Chair collects all evaluations, selects the top three abstracts and reports to the Executive Committee;

• Commemorative plaques with names of awardees made;

• IACP President contacts and invites awardees to the IACP annual meeting or another occasion where the awards will be announced.

PAST AWARD WINNERS:

2004: Dengfeng Cao, MD.

2005: Zong-Ming Eric Chen, MD, PhD, Cheng Cameron Yin, MD, Ph.D, Jun Zhang, MD

2006: Chien-Feng Li, MD, Shien Micchelli, MD, Elsa Li Ning, MD.

2008: Wang Cheung, MD, Jason Cheng, MD, Yihong Wang, MD.

2009: Yanxia Li,  MD, PhD, Hui Guan, MD, Mei Li, MD, PhD, Bo Han, MD

 IACP Outstanding Chinese Pathologis Award  

This award was established in 2005 and given out the first time in 2006. For every award, an ad hoc committee is formed by members of the IACP which is also responsible for nominating the candidates. This award is given to a pathologist who has outstanding contribution to the Chinese pathology community and also to the pathology community world wide.

 2006 Award Winner:  Dr. John K.C. Chen, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China, S.A.R. Dr. Chan is an internationally well-known expert in surgcial pathology particularly in the classification and studies of hematopoietic neoplasms. Dr. Chan has published many publication including the AFIP fascicles. (Click here to read message from Dr. Chen)

For questions regarding IACP’s Best Abstract Award, contact our Executive Vice President, Dr. Kar-Ming Fung (karmiing-fung@ouhsc.edu).