Richard P Wenzel, MD, MSc
awards

Richard P. Wenzel has received numerous awards for research and teaching
1971 Sir Henry S. Wellcome and Medal Prize for 1971 The paper was entitled, “Acute Respiratory Disease: Clinical and Epidemiologic Observations of Military Trainees” (Presented December 7, 1971 at the Annual Convention of Military Surgeons). The award consisted of a silver medal, scroll and honorarium. It was established by Sir Henry S. Wellcome in 1916 and is awarded annually by the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. The award is sponsored by the trustees of the will of the late Sir Henry S. Wellcome L.L.D. F.R.S. for the best essay on a subject of the author's choosing that relates to military medicine.
1974 Major Louis Livingston Seaman Prize For notable article published in Military Medicine, presented in San Diego, California October 28, 1974 at the Association of Military Surgeons. The article was entitled “Malaria in Vietnam (I Corps Sector): Review of 214 cases including EEG patterns of 19 acutely ill patients.”
1978 Annual award of the Virginia Association of Practitioners of Infection Control for Contributions to APIC, Virginia
1985-1986 Senior International Fellowship- NIH Fogarty Center of National Institutes of Health for work per formed at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
1990 Burlington Northern Foundation Faculty Achievement Award For excellence in teaching. This is an annual award given by The University of Iowa Council on Teaching for outstanding teaching, scholarship, and service over a career.
1994 Abbott Achievement Award for Outcomes Research Infectious Diseases Society of America. The $50,000 award is designed to support the work of an individual initiating a project to advance a cause important to infectious disease physicians and to the Society.
1994 Regents Award for Faculty Excellence This award is given annually to a member of the University for excellence in service, research, and teaching, specifically for a “sustained record of excellence across the spectrum of faculty endeavors.”
1994-1996 Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists Granted in recognition of past accomplishments in research and teaching. These research awards--$65,000--including invitations to undertake prolonged periods of research in the Federal Republic of Germany - are intended to promote long-term specialized cooperation between foreign and German researchers and their institutes.
1997 Woodward Award and Lecture U.S. Navy Occupational Health and Prevention Annual Workshop This award included a lecture to 2,100 delegates given to recognize “vision and leadership in Public Health and Preventive Medicine.”
1997 Society for Healthcare Epidemiology (SHEA) Annual Lecturer and Award In recognition of extraordinary career contribution to Infection Control and Healthcare Epidemiology. St. Louis, April
1999 James D. Bruce Memorial Award Presented by the American College of Physicians - American Society of Internal Medicine for "distinguished contribution in Preventive Medicine"
1999 Thomas E. O'Brien, MD Memorial Lecture Award for Excellence in Medicine. In recognition of outstanding lifetime achievements in the field of Medicine. INOVA/Fairfax Health System 14 November 1999
2001-2002 Contemporary Clinical Medicine "Great Teacher" - named by the National Institute of Health; Special Lecture - 14 Nov 2001.
2002 Awarded Mastership of the American College of Medicine
2002 University of Iowa Distinguished Achievement Award from the Department of Internal Medicine. Presented to former or current faculty every two years, the award is given to an extraordinary scientist and mentor.
2003 Jefferson Medical College's Distinguished Alumni Award. This is an annual award given to an alumnus and the highest accolade given by the Alumni.
2004 W. Robert Irby Award for leadership in philanthropy, presented by the MCV Foundation. July 9th.

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