This award is established to recognize a training fellow who, in his/her first two years of fellowship, has distinguished him or herself in an area of clinical research. Any rheumatology fellow who is training in an accredited training program in the US or Canada is eligible in the beginning of his or her third year of fellowship. The Executive Committee members will review pediatric rheumatology abstracts submitted to the ACR Annual Meeting. The award recipient will receive a certificate and an honorarium presented during the pediatric rheumatology business meeting held during the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting. The award will also be announced in the AAP Section on Rheumatology newsletter.

2007
Ankur Kamdar, MD
Abstract entitled, "Outcome of Pediatric Lupus Nephritis After IV Cyclophosphamide: 36 Month Follow-Up of an Extended 9 Month Induction Protocol".

2006
Sponsored by an educational grant from Wyeth
Edward Behrens, MD
Abstract entitled, "Occult Macrophage Activation Syndrome in Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis."

2005
Bita Arabshahi, MD
Abstract entitled, "Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Arthritis: Incidence, Diagnosis, and Predictors of Active Disease in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis"

2004
Sponsored by an educational grant from Wyeth
Jennifer Weiss, MD
Abstract entitled, "Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Change in SELENA SLEDAI Score with Disease Flare

2003
Sponsored by an educational grant from Wyeth
Susanne Benseler, MD
Abstract entitled, "Primary CNS Vasculitis in Children"

2002
Sponsored by an educational grant from Wyeth
Anne Marie Brescia, MD
Abstract entitled, "Prolonged Synovitis in Pediatric Lyme Disease: A Study on Clinical and Laboratory Predictors"

2001
Sponsored by an educational grant from Wyeth
Deborah Levy Miller, MD
Abstract entitled, "Thromboembolism in Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Patients with Antiphospholipid Antibodies"