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Awards
IJERPH 2022 Travel Awards
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) will be awarding four Travel Awards for junior scientists. The applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee consisting of senior scholars from the IJERPH Editorial Board.
This award provides financial support for the winners to attend an international conference in the field of environmental and public health studies to be held in 2022, in order to hold a presentation, present a poster, or both.
Candidate Requirements:
– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students.
– Plans to attend an international conference in 2022 (oral presentation or poster).
Required Application Documents:
– Information of the conference the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract that will be submitted.
– Curriculum Vitae and list of publications.
– Justification letter describing the focus of the research (max. 800 words).
– Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status as a postdoctoral fellow/PhD student.
The winners (four awardees) will each be awarded 500 CHF and a certificate.
Please submit your applications for the IJERPH 2022 Travel Awards online by 30 December 2021. Prizes will be awarded at the end of February 2022 and announced on the IJERPH website.
IJERPH 2021 Best Paper Awards
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the “IJERPH 2021 Best Paper Awards” for research and review articles published in IJERPH from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021. Three reviews and three research articles will each receive an award. The papers will be selected after thorough evaluation by the journal’s Award Committee led by the EiC, and the winners will be announced in January 2023.
Eligibility for the Awards:
– Papers published in IJERPH from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.
Selection Criteria:
The papers will be selected by the journal’s Award Committee according to the following criteria (data source: Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)):
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Relevance to the journal’s field;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citation and download rates in 2022.
Prizes:
Each winner (the corresponding author) will receive a certificate, and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in IJERPH in 2023. Additionally, each winner will receive a prize based on the award class:
- First place (one review paper and one research paper): CHF 500 each;
- Second place (one review paper and one research paper): CHF 300 each;
- Third place (one review paper and one research paper): CHF 200 each.
The winners will be announced on the journal website in January 2023.
Kind regards,
IJERPH Editorial Office
IJERPH 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Awards (500 CHF)
Dear colleagues,
On behalf of the editor-in-chief, Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou, we wish to acknowledge our reviewers who so generously give their time to review the papers submitted to IJERPH by presenting an award to the reviewers who have demonstrated their dedication, professionalism, and timeliness in reviewing manuscripts for IJERPH.
What are the pre-requisites to be eligible for this award?
- All of the reviewers for IJERPH in 2021 will be automatically included.
Select Criteria:
- Number of review reports (only first review reports are considered);
- Review quality based on the rating given in SuSy;
- Review speed.
What will the winners receive?
The Committee will select thirty-two dedicated reviewers to receive Recognition Awards for Manuscript Review and select eight persons to receive the Outstanding Award for Excellence in Manuscript Review.
- The Recognition Awards for Manuscript Review will consist of:
- An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge before the end of March 2023;
- A certificate.
- The Outstanding Award for Excellence in Manuscript Review will consist of:
- CHF 500;
- An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge before the end of March 2023;
- A certificate.
When will the winners be announced?
- The winners will be announced in February 2022 on the journal website.
How can I make myself eligible?
- If you have not yet reviewed papers for IJERPH, but would like to do so, you can register as a reviewer at the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/volunteer/profile/edit.
Kind regards,
IJERPH Editorial Office
IJERPH 2021 Young Investigator Award (2,000 CHF)
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that IJERPH is now inviting nominations for the 2021 Young Investigator Award. This prize will be given to one young investigator in recognition of their excellence in the field of environmental science and public health research. All nominations will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou.
The Award will consist of:
− CHF 2000 (Swiss Francs);
− The option to publish one paper free of charge in IJERPH after peer review before the end of March 2023;
− An engraved plaque.
Eligibility and Requirements:
− Must have a PhD degree;
− Must be 35 years of age or below or have received their PhD no more than 10 years prior to 31 December 2021;
− Must have produced ground-breaking research and made a significant contribution to the advancement of research field;
− Candidates must be nominated by senior scientists.
List of Documents for Nomination:
– Detailed Curriculum Vitae, including an updated publication list and a list of the researcher’s own research grants;
− Birth certificate or other proof of age;
− Scanned copy of doctorate certificate;
− Signed nomination letters from two established senior scientists.
Schedule
– Nomination deadline: 31 December 2021;
– Winners announcement: 31 March 2022.
How to submit nominations?
The nominations must be submitted online.
Closed Awards
IJERPH 2021 Academic Conference Grants
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that the following two conference applicants who have been selected as the winners of the IJERPH 2021 Academic Conference Grants. Under the global epidemic, academic exchanges have been greatly restricted, and many academic conferences have been forced to cancel or transform into online platforms. Therefore, to maximize the promotion of academic exchange and give the academic community the most possible support, IJERPH specially set up this grant to encourage or commend innovation in global academic exchange.
Conference Name: GCSE 2022 Annual Conference
Conference Organizer: Global Council for Science and the Environment
Conference Link: https://www.gcseglobal.org/conference/conference-vision
Conference Name: 2021 IAPHS Conference “Racism, Power, and Justice: Achieving Population Health Equity”
Conference Organizer: Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science
Conference Link: https://iaphs.org/conference/
The two winners will each receive a 2000 CHF grant to promote academic exchange in any form.
Please join us in congratulating the winners of the IJERPH 2021 Academic Conference Grants.
Kind regards,
IJERPH Editorial Office
IJERPH 2021 Travel Awards
Dear Colleagues,
As Editor-in-Chief of IJERPH, I am pleased to announce the winners of the IJERPH Travel Awards for 2021.
The awards go to:
Dr. Danila Azzolina, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Research Support Unit (USR), the Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy.
Dr. Kelvin Fong, an environmental epidemiologist and postdoctoral associate in Michelle Bell's Group at Yale University, USA.
Mr. Levi Frehlich, a PhD student from Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada.
Dr. Garyfallos Konstantinoudis, an MRC Skills Development Research Fellow at the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and part of the MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, UK.
With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating papers. On behalf of the assessment committee, I would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.
Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou
Editor-in-Chief, IJERPH
IJERPH 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Award Winners
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that the following referees (in alphabetical order by surname) have been selected to receive the “IJERPH 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Awards”. The Journal Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to warmly acknowledge the time and energy that reviewers have dedicated to checking the manuscripts submitted to IJERPH. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.
The Outstanding Awards for Excellence in Manuscripts Review
(500 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free of charge and a certificate):
| Dr. Naser Alsharairi, Australia | Prof. Dr. Rogelio Gonzalez, Mexico |
| Dr. Jeffrey Hugh Gamble, Taiwan | Professor Ainhoa Ulibarri Ochoa, Spain |
The Recognition Awards for Manuscripts Review
(An offer to publish a paper free of charge and a certificate):
| Dr. Oriol Abellan-Aynes, Spain | Prof. Dr. Roy McConkey, UK |
| Dr. Raul Alegria-Moran, Chile | Dr. Diogo Monteiro, Portugal |
| Professor Asrat Amnie, USA | Dr. Qin Xiang Ng, Singapore |
| Dr. Antonio Baldassarre, Italy | Dr. Anuli Njoku, USA |
| Dr. Joanna Baran, Poland | Dr. Matias Noll, Brazil |
| Dr. Valder Cordeiro Barbosa Filho, Brazil | Dr. Nieves Fátima Oropesa Ruiz, Spain |
| Dr. Sartaj Ahmad Bhat, Japan | Professor Haozhi Pan, China |
| Prof. Dr. Michał Bronikowski, Poland | Prof. Dr. Basilio Pueo, Spain |
| Dr. Francesco Campa, Italy | Dr. Alberto Quílez-Robres, Spain |
| Professor Ren-Fang Chao, Taiwan | Dr. Daniela R. Recchia, Germany |
| Dr. Chong Chen, Japan | Prof. Dr. Jacobo A. Rubio-Arias, Spain |
| Dr. David Cobos-Sanchiz, Spain | Dr. Jozef Simenko, UK |
| Dr. Luis Miguel Dos Santos, Korea | Dr. Yao Song, China |
| Prof. Gianluca Esposito, Italy | Prof. Dr. María M. Morales Suárez-Varela, Spain |
| Professor Gabriel González Valero, Spain | Dr. Iffath Syed, Canada |
| Dr. Kulothungan Gunasekaran, USA | Dr. Raúl Tárraga Mínguez, Spain |
| Dr. Andree Hartanto, Singapore | Professor Alexander Testa, USA |
| Prof. Dr. David Hewson, UK | Prof. Ines Testoni, Italy |
| Dr. Mojtaba Kaviani, Canada | Dr. Rodrigo Valenzuela, Chile |
| Dr. Álvaro Francisco Lopes De Sousa, Brazil | Dr. Shubin Yu, China |
Kind Regards,
Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou, IJERPH
IJERPH 2020 Young Investigator Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the IJERPH 2020 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Ioar Rivas.
Dr. Ioar Rivas is an Assistant Research Professor of ISGlobal, the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain. Dr. Rivas’s research interests are in indoor and ambient air quality, air pollutants monitoring, atmospheric chemistry, exposure to air pollutants, environmental epidemiology, air pollution and neurodevelopment, and air pollution and children’s health. Dr. Rivas received her PhD in 2015 and has an outstanding publication record, comprising 46 publications in peer-reviewed international journals. Ioar Rivas’s Scopus Scientific Citations number 1968 and her Hirsch index is 24. Her record on awarded fellowships is also impressive, as she has been awarded two Marie Curie’s Fellowship and a Marie Curie co-fund within the last five years, which highlight the excellence of her research. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Ioar Rivas for her outstanding achievements.
As the awardee, Dr. Ioar Rivas will receive an honorarium of 2000 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before 31 December 2021 in IJERPH after peer-review, and an engraved plaque.
We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominations.
Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou
Editor-in-Chief, IJERPH
IJERPH 2020 Travel Award
Dear Colleagues,
As Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, I am pleased to announce the winner of the IJERPH Travel Award for 2020.
The award has been granted to: Dr. Chenghao Wang, a postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, who is working on stochastic modeling of atmospheric diffusion and its application to urban air quality issues.
With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winner on their accomplishment.
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou
IJERPH 2019 Outstanding Reviewer Awards (500 CHF)
Dear Colleagues,
The IJERPH Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and effort committed by reviewers in evaluating manuscripts submitted to IJERPH. It is because of their outstanding contributions that the high scientific quality and quick turnaround of the journal is maintained.
The following referees (in alphabetical order by surname) have been selected to receive the “IJERPH 2019 Outstanding Reviewer Award” in appreciation of the high number, timeliness, and quality of their reviews in 2019.
The Outstanding Awards for Excellence in Manuscripts Review:
- Mr. Andrew Gray, University of Otago, New Zealand
- Dr. Daniel López-López, University of A Coruña, Spain
- Dr. Jennifer L. Scheid, Daemen College, USA
- Dr. Casey J. Thomas, University of California, USA
The Recognition Awards for Manuscripts Review:
- Dr. Naser Alsharairi, Griffith University, Australia
- Dr. Karl Andriessen, The University of Melbourne, Australia
- Dr. Cynthia Blanton, Idaho State University, USA
- Dr. Jed Boardman, King’s College London, UK
- Dr. Matthew Browning, Clemson University, USA
- Dr. Marica Cassarino, University College Cork, Ireland
- Professor Guillermo A. Cañadas-De La Fuente, University of Granada, Spain
- Professor Mariusz Duplaga, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland
- Dr. Fernando Fajardo-Bullón, University of Extremadura, Spain
- Dr. Tommaso Filippini, University of Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
- Dr. Francesca Gorini, Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica del CNR, Italy
- Dr. Sarkawt Hama, University of Surrey, UK
- Professor Gaetano Isola, University of Catania, Italy
- Professor Dorota Kaleta, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
- Dr. Otto Lam, University of Manitoba, Canada
- Dr. Paul Links, Lawson Health Research Institute, Canada
- Dr. Ciro Manzo, "Mariano Lauro" Hospital, Italy
- Dr. Ángel Romero Martínez, University of Valencia, Spain
- Dr. Ryan McGrath, North Dakota State University, USA
- Dr. Amin Mojiri, Hiroshima University, Japan
- Professor Diogo Monteiro, Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior, Portugal
- Dr. Natale Musso, University of Genoa Medical School, Italy
- Dr. Raul Navarro, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
- Dr. Luís Novo, University of Aveiro, Portugal
- Dr. Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi, North Carolina A&T State University, USA
- Dr. Félix Zurita Ortega, University of Granada, Spain
- Dr. Ahmad Reshad Osmani, The University of Memphis, USA
- Dr. Van Park, The University of California at San Francisco, USA
- Professor María Del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes, Universidad de Almeria, Spain
- Dr. Prashanth Rawla, SOVAH Health, USA
- Dr. Gianluca Serafini, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy
- Professor Nikolaos Stilianakis, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission, Italy
- Professor María M. Morales Suárez-Varela, University of Valencia, Spain
- Dr. Mariusz Szóstak, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
- Professor Ines Testoni, University of Padova, Italy
- Dr. Sergio A. Useche, Universitat de Valencia, Spain
- Dr. Luigi Vimercati, University of Bari Medical School, Italy
- Dr. Peter Winwood, University of South Australia, Australia
- Dr. Shirley Wyver, Macquarie University, Australia
- Professor Jun Yoshinaga, University of Tokyo, Japan
IJERPH Editorial Office
IJERPH 2019 Young Investigator Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2019 IJERPH Young Investigator Award is Dr. Peng Jia.
Dr. Peng Jia is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Earth Observation Science at the University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands. Dr. Jia’s research interests primarily focus on applying spatial, location-aware, statistical, and artificial intelligence technologies to conduct epidemiologic research on the basis of large-scale cohorts and biobanks. He is also an expert in planning health-care resource allocation and optimizing hierarchical health-care systems on the basis of electronic medical records. His healthcare research has been granted the 2015 Outstanding Article of the Year Award by the U.S. AHRQ. Dr. Jia received his PhD in 2015 and has an outstanding publication record, comprising 90 papers with an accumulated Impact Factor of more than 600, and delivered over 60 invited presentations. He coined the term “Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology” and founded the International Initiative on Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology (ISLE) to facilitate this interdisciplinary area. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Peng Jia for his outstanding achievements.
As the awardee, Dr. Peng Jia will receive an honorarium of 2000 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free-of-charge without a fixed deadline in IJERPH after peer-review, and an engraved plaque.
We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the abundant excellent nominations.
Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou
Editor-in-Chief, IJERPH Editorial Office
IJERPH 2019 Travel Award
Dear Colleagues,
As the Chair of the Travel Award Evaluation Committee, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2019 IJERPH Travel Award.
The members of the Evaluation Committee were very impressed with the high level of work presented, and after careful consideration, the Travel Award has been granted to Ms. Milkie Vu, a Ph.D. student at Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA, who is working on ecological and socio-cultural determinants of health and well-being among racial and ethnic minorities, immigrants, and refugees, with an emphasis on cancer prevention and control.
The winner will receive 800 Swiss Francs to be used to attend and participate at any academic conference in 2019.
We would like to congratulate the winner and thank the selection committee for their excellent work in selecting the winner from such a large number of excellent candidate profiles.
Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou
IJERPH Editorial Office
Editor-in-Chief
Dear Colleagues,
The IJERPH Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and effort committed by reviewers in evaluating manuscripts submitted to IJERPH. It is because of their outstanding contributions that the high scientific quality of the journal, and quick turnaround, is maintained.
The following referees (in alphabetical order by surname) have been selected to receive the “IJERPH 2018 Outstanding Reviewer Award” in appreciation of the high number, timeliness, and quality of their reviews in 2018. Each of them will receive 500 CHF, a free IJERPH publication in 2019, and a Certificate of Appreciation:
- Professor Gianluca Serafini, University of Genoa, Italy
- Professor Gabriela Topa, National University of Distance Education, Spain
- Dr. Lih-Ming Yiin, Tzu Chi University, Taiwan
IJERPH Editorial Office
IJERPH 2018 Young Investigator Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2018 IJERPH Young Investigator Award is Dr. Bach Tran. Dr. Tran will receive an award of 2000 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free of charge without a fixed deadline in IJERPH, and an engraved plaque.
Dr. Bach Tran is an Associate Professor of Public Health at Hanoi Medical University and Johns Hopkins University. His research interests primarily focus on applying decision analytic modeling to inform the development and evaluation of health technologies and policies. His current work centers on determining cost-effective interventions, assessing health service innovations, and strengthening health systems. Dr. Tran received his Ph.D. degree in 2011 and worked as a postdoctoral research fellow (2012–2013) at the University of Alberta. Dr. Tran’s track record of achievements is impressive for a young investigator at this stage of his career. So far, he has published more than 180 papers and has delivered over 50 invited presentations.
We would like to thank all the applicants in various fields of study for their participation and the Award Committee members for reviewing the numerous high-quality applications received.
Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou
IJERPH Editorial Office
Editor-in-Chief