The Evolution, Medicine, & Public Health Foundation invites nominations for the Omenn Prize of $5000 to be awarded in April 2014 for the best article published in 2013 in any scientific journal on a topic related to evolution in the context of medicine and public health.
The prize, provided by the generosity of Gilbert S Omenn, will be awarded to the first author of the winning article. Nominations, including a brief statement in the body of the email (max. 250 words), a copy of the article (if distribution is permitted) or abstract and article link, must be submitted by 5pm, 28 February, 2014 US Eastern Standard Time to [email protected] . Authors are encouraged to nominate their own articles, but nominations of articles by others are also welcome.
Any relevant peer-reviewed article is eligible, but the prize is intended for work that uses evolutionary principles to advance understanding of a disease or disease process. The prize committee will give priority to articles with implications for human health, but many basic science or theoretical articles have such implications.
The Prize Committee is chaired by Allen Rodrigo, and its members are Carl Bergstrom and Sarah Tishkoff. Papers by committee members, their students and lab group members are not eligible, and articles by their co-authors or close associates are subject to special conditions.
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