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Submissions of Abstracts Invited for the 2012 Mark S. Ehrenreich Prize in Healthcare Ethics Research

The Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics at the University of Southern California, in conjunction with the International Association of Bioethics, is pleased to invite scholars who have proposed a paper for presentation at the 11th World Congress of Bioethics to submit an abstract to be considered for the 2012 Mark S. Ehrenreich Prize in Healthcare Ethics Research. Submissions are subject to the following conditions:

• Only one submission is permitted per person, but a single paper may have more than one author.
• The principal author must hold a relevant doctoral or professional degree (PhD, MD, JD, DrPH, MHP, MPA, MBA, or MS or MA in Nursing or Genetic Counseling). As one aim of the prize is to give early recognition to outstanding scholars who are beginning a career in healthcare ethics, special consideration will be given to younger authors.
• Submitted abstracts (500 words maximum) should describe the issue, methods, and conclusions of a completed but not yet published research project in the broad field of healthcare ethics (which includes the ethical issues arising in public health, health policy, and practice in the health protections and in all phases of biomedical research). Abstracts submitted for the Ehrenreich Prize should follow the format specified for the World Congress (at http://bioethicsrotterdam.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/instructies-abstractsjuni2011-web1.pdf).
• Abstracts (and papers) must be written in English. In order to encourage submission papers from all regions, judges will make allowance for scholars whose native language is not English.
• Abstracts must be received by 5 December 2011. Submission as an e-mail attachment (in WORD or WordPerfect) is preferred (to mmiller@law.usc.edu), but abstracts may also be submitted by mail or express delivery to the Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics, USC Gould School of Law, 699 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90089-0071 USA.
• Finalists, who will be notified by 1 February 2012, will be invited to provide a copy of their full paper for review. Papers must reach the Center by 28 February 2012 to be considered for the Prize.
• To be eligible to receive the prize, at least one author of the paper must be registered for, and scheduled to present the paper at, the 11th World Congress.

The winner (who will receive a prize of US $1500) and runner-up (who will receive US $500) will be notified of the selection panel's decision by 30 April 2012. The Ehrenreich Prizes will be presented during the course of the 11th World Congress in Rotterdam, 26-29 June 2012.

Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics
University of Southern California
699 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0071 USA
phone: (213) 740-2541
fax: (213) 740-5502
e-mail: mmiller@law.usc.edu