2020 Engel and Payer Awards

Congratulations to Dennis Novack, MD, FACH recipient of the 25th annual George Engel Award For Outstanding Research Contributing to the Theory, Practice and Teaching of Effective Health Care Communication and Related Skills.

Dennis Novack MD FACH

Congratulations to Elaine Wittenberg, PhD, FACH recipient of the 19th annual Lynn Payer Award For Outstanding Contributions to the Literature on the Theory, Practice and Teaching of Effective Health Care Communication and Related Skills.

Elaine Wittenberg PhD



These awards were presented at the 2020 ACH Healthcare Communication Virtual Research Forum June 26-27, 2020.

 

2021 Engel and Payer Award Nominations

Nomination Deadline: April 30, 2021

Nominations for the Engel and Payer Awards should be submitted electronically and can be submitted at any time.

Nominees for the 2021 awards should be available to attend ICCH 2021
taking place October 17-20, 2021 in Rio Mar, Puerto Rico if they are selected as an awardee. 
Awardees will be recognized in a general session at ICCH.  

Awardees are provided travel expense reimbursement for travel to the course/conference
where they accept their award, along with complimentary registration.

The Engel Award is presented annually for outstanding research contributing to the theory, practice and teaching of effective healthcare communication and related skills.

Dr. George L. Engel was an internist with psychoanalytic training whose articulation of the "biopsychosocial model" in the 1970s and widespread recognition in the 1980s had a profound impact on the clinical approach to patients, the medical interview and the patient-doctor relationship.

Submit a nomination for the Engel Award

Please send a nomination letter that clearly outlines why you believe the nominee should receive the award and attach a copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae. You may send in your nominations for either one or both awards.
 
Criteria for Engel Award:
  • Interpretations or applications of the research make a difference to the practice and/or teaching of effective healthcare communication.
  • Original and innovative research.
  • Topic of importance to the enhancement of relationship-centered healthcare.
  • Scholarly and rigorous methodologies.
  • No conflict of interest in funding of research.
  • Nominees should be available to attend ENRICH/Forum taking place June 26-28, 2020 in Austin, Texas if they are selected as an awardee.  Awardees will be recognized in the general session.

Submit to:
Nominations for the Engel Award should be submitted electronically here.

Previous Recipients: Engel Award
  • 2020 - Dennis Novack
  • 2019 - Barbara Bokhour
  • 2018 - Gregory Makoul
  • 2017 - Mary Catherine Beach
  • 2016 - Doug Maynard
  • 2015 - Robert Arnold
  • 2014 - Richard Kravitz
  • 2013 - James A. Tulsky
  • 2012 - Richard Street
  • 2011 - William Miller and Stephen Rollnick
  • 2010 - David Hatem
  • 2009 - Dean Schillinger
  • 2008 - Lisa Cooper
  • 2007 - Mack Lipkin
  • 2006 - Thomas Inui
  • 2005 - Peter Maguire
  • 2004 - Wendy Levinson
  • 2003 - Jozien Bensing
  • 2002 - Geoffrey Williams
  • 2001 - Bob Smith
  • 2000 - Sam Putnam
  • 1999 - Richard Frankel
  • 1998 - George Engel
  • 1997 - Debra Roter
  • 1996 - Barbara Korsch

The Payer Award is presented annually for outstanding contributions to literature on the theory, practice and teaching of effective healthcare communication and related skills.

Lynn Payer was a journalist and served as managing editor of Medical Encounter for over a decade. She was the author of the classic book Medicine and Culture and wrote hundreds of news stories and features during her career.

Submit a nomination for the Payer Award

Please send a nomination letter that clearly outlines why you believe the nominee should receive the award and attach a copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae. You may send in your nominations for either one or both awards.
 
Criteria for Payer Award*
  • The awardee has written and/or developed: Scholarly reviews that synthesize or clarify healthcare communications theory.
  • Concepts or models that enhance health care communications and the patient-clinician relationship.
  • Applications of research or empirical theory to teaching and assessment methodologies to enhance health care communication and the patient-doctor relationship.
  • Nominees should be available to attend ENRICH/Forum taking place June 26-28, 2020 in Austin, Texas if they are selected as an awardee.  Awardees will be recognized in the general session.
*Exclusion Criteria: A Payer award nominee whose written work has primarily been original contributions to the research literature may be considered for the Engel Award.


Submit to:
Nominations for the Payer Award should be submited electronically here.

Previous Recipients: Payer Award
  • 2020 - Elaine Wittenberg
  • 2019 - Evelyn van Weel-Baumgarten
  • 2018 - Calvin Chou
  • 2017 - Adriaan Visser
  • 2016 - Fred Platt
  • 2015 - Jonathan Silverman, Juliet Draper, and Suzanne Kurtz  
  • 2014 - Tony Suchman
  • 2013 - William T. Branch
  • 2012 - Adina Kalet
  • 2011 - David Pendleton, Theo Schofield, Peter Tate and Peter Havelock
  • 2010 - Walter Baile
  • 2009 - Anthony Back
  • 2008 - Paul Haidet
  • 2007 - Richard Frankel and Howard Beckman
  • 2006 - Rita Charon
  • 2005 - Ronald Epstein
  • 2004 - Timothy Quill
  • 2003 - Gregory Makoul
  • 2002 - Dennis Novack
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