Bert Shapiro Award

Dr. Bert I. Shapiro
NIH MSTP Director
1995–2011

NACST Excellence Award Established 2015

The Dr. Bert Shapiro Award

Named in honor of Dr. Bert Shapiro, longtime NIH MSTP Program Director, who encouraged collaboration among MD-PhD programs and ceaselessly advocated for their support from 1995 to 2011.

Purpose

To recognize an individual or organization that has made outstanding contributions to physician-scientist training on the national level for a sustained period of time.

Eligibility

Any MD-PhD program administrator, director, or other individual or organization that has made significant, sustained contributions to physician-scientist training — actively engaged, or no more than 2 years removed from such a role.

Criteria

Leadership, innovation, collegiality, participation at the national level, commitment, and duration of service. Both administrators and directors are expected to be honored over time.

Award

The honoree receives a suitable plaque. Their program receives a $500 award in the honoree's name, funded by the Association. Presented annually at the NACST meeting.

Selection process: The President-elect forms a subcommittee of equal numbers of administrators and directors from the Association Steering Committee. The subcommittee may solicit nominations from Association members or devise another means to develop a slate of nominees, then selects one honoree.