Awards Overview & Recent Winners


Each year, the Division honors members for award-winning research papers, and for excellence in teaching, research and service to the Division. Announcements about the nomination process for the teaching, service and research awards are made each Spring. The awards are presented at the HCMD business meeting during the annual Academy of Management conference.

HCM Division Research Awards Nomination for 2025: The AOM HCM Research Committee will seek nominations for the "Early Career Achievement Award", "Mid-Career Achievement Award", and the "Keith G. Provan Distinguished Scholar Award" sometime in late Fall 2024/Winter 2025.  Please be on the look out for details and deadlines in the HCM Newsletters. 




     



HCM Division Awards

  

2024 Winners

1. Best Paper Submitted to Annual Meeting

This award is given to the paper judged to be the Best Paper submitted to the HCM program of the annual Academy of Management meeting. The award is sponsored by the Foundation of the American College of Healthcare Executives and comes with a certificate of recognition and $500 check from ACHE, and an award plaque from the Division. Based on the numerical ratings given all submissions by the program reviewers, the top 10 percent of the papers are considered for this award. A committee headed by the Program Chair and comprised of selected members of the Executive Committee and the previous year's winner of the award (first author), selects the winner. [See the Archive of Award Winners]

 

“Effects of a Real-Time Information-Based Intervention on Physicians prescribing Behavior”

Olivia Zhao, Harvard University

Anna Sinaiko, Harvard University

2. Best Student Paper Submitted to Annual Meeting

This award, sponsored by AUPHA, is given to the paper judged to be the best paper with a current student, as of the annual meeting submission date, listed as either the sole author or the first author on a multi-author paper. The “student” self-designation, which is selected by the submitter at the time of submission, will be used to identify eligible papers. Papers that are identified as eligible for the HCM Division Outstanding Paper Based on a Dissertation award will not be eligible for the HCM Division Best Student Paper award; however, papers reporting on dissertation-related research will be eligible. A committee headed by the Program Chair and comprised of selected members of the Executive Committee and the previous year's winner of the award, selects the winner. [See the Archive of Award Winners]
 

 

“Post-Acute Transitions for Traditional Medicine Beneficiaries with Serious Mental Illness”

Taylor Iris Bucy, University of Kansas Medical Center

Dori Amelie Cross, University of Minnesota

3. Outstanding Paper Based on a Dissertation

This award, sponsored by AUPHA, is given to the paper judged to be the best paper based upon a dissertation. The paper must be sole authored. The award is sponsored by the HCM Division and comes with a $500 cash award and an award plaque from the Division.  Authors of eligible papers are encouraged to identify their papers for consideration of this award during the Academy’s paper submission process. A committee headed by the Program Chair and comprised of selected members of the Executive Committee and the previous year's winner of the award, selects the winner.  [See the Archive of Award Winners]

 

 

“Expertise or Expert Teams: Team Familiarity, Expertise, and Performance in the Emergency Department”

Alexandra Bray

University of Pennsylvania

4. Best Health Care Management Theory to Practice Award

This award, sponsored by the Health Care Management division, is intended to encourage papers relevant to the practicing health care manger by clearly addressing research questions relevant to the translation of theory to health administration or management practice. The winners receive an award plaque and a cash prize from the Division. Authors of eligible papers should identify their papers for consideration of this award during the Academy’s paper submission process. A committee headed by the Program Chair and comprised of selected members of the Executive Committee, and the previous year's winner of the award (first author) selects the winner.  [See the Archive of Award Winners]

“The Frame Matters: Leaders' Optimistic Realism During Crisis”

Michaela Kerrissey, Harvard University

Ingrid Nembhard, University of Pennsylvania

Amy C. Edmondson, Harvard University

5. Best International Paper Award

This award is given to the paper judged to be the best international paper submitted to the HCM Division. The award is sponsored by the HCM Division and comes with a cash award and an award plaque from the Division. Eligible papers must be self-identified and identified by the Program Chair as international or Carolyn Dexter Award nominees. The HCM Best International Paper will be submitted to AOM as the HCM Division nominee for the Dexter Award. Authors of eligible papers are encouraged to identify their papers for consideration of this award during the Academy’s paper submission process. A committee headed by the Program Chair and comprised of selected members of the Executive Committee and the previous year's winner of the award, selects the winner. [See the Archive of Award Winners]

 

“It Does Not Add Up: A Mixed-Methods Study of Collaborative Healthcare Networks”

Maike Vanessa Tietschert, Erasmus University

Daan Westra, Maastricht University

 

6. Outstanding Reviewer Award

This award recognizes the members who go above and beyond the call of duty in their efforts reviewing papers and symposium proposals submitted to the Academy’s annual program. The Program Chair determines the selection committee, and approximately ten reviewers are chosen each year as Outstanding Reviewers, on the basis of the quality and comprehensiveness of their reviews. Winners are recognized at the Division’s annual business meeting and receive a certificate of appreciation.[See the Archive of Award Winners]

 

Daniele Mascia, Luiss Guido Carli University

Mitchell Tang, Harvard University

Brian Hilligoss, University of Arizona

Sara Singer, Stanford University

Leeann Comfort, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Eva Lilie Josephine Pattyn, University of Ghent

Wardah Qureshi, HRM

Anand Bhardwaj, McGill University

Christy Harris Lemak, University of Alabama (Birmingham)

Sasmira Matta, University of Pennsylvania

7. Myron D. Fottler Exceptional Service Award

This award is considered by many to be the most distinguished award given by the HCM Division. It was established to recognize a member of the Division who has provided extraordinary service to HCM and to the profession. It is not an annual award; rather it is given only when the Division identifies a suitable nominee who meets the following requirements:

The individual must have dedicated at least ten years to the Health Care Management Division and to the profession, and must have established a consistently strong presence in the Division over a long period of time.

The individual must have served as a meaningful mentor, not only to colleagues and students at his or her own university but also to others in HCMD.

If the individual has served as a Division officer, he or she must have continued active participation in the Division long after serving as a Division officer (this requirement automatically exempts anyone for consideration while a current officer).

Nominations for this award are solicited by the Division chair-elect every Spring term/semester. In the years when an award is given, the winner will be announced at the annual meeting and recognized during the Division’s business meeting and awards ceremony. [See the Archive of Award Winners]

 

Nir Menachemi, Indiana University Indianapolis 

8. Excellence in Teaching Award

This award, which was established in 2005, recognizes innovative and outstanding teaching that takes place in our classrooms and provides the opportunity to encourage, recognize and reward the work of excellent, dedicated and inspiring teachers. Nominations are sought from the membership, and each nominee must meet be a University level academic staff, tenured or on full-time contract, and must have been employed in a teaching position for at least three years within higher education. [See the Archive of Award Winners]

 

Peter F. Martelli, Suffolk University

9. HCM Early Career Achievement Award

The HCM Early Career Achievement Award, established in 2022, recognizes the distinguished contributions to the field of health care management (HCM) by an early career scholar. The Award is given to an individual whose scholarly contributions have advanced research, theory, and practice within the health care field within the first seven years following doctoral degree completion. Anonymous nominations will not be accepted, but individuals may self-nominate. [See the Archive of Award Winners]

 

Alden Lai, New York University

10. HCM Mid-Career Achievement Award

The HCM Mid-Career Achievement Award, established in 2022, recognizes the distinguished contributions to the field of health care management by a mid-career scholar. The Award is given to an individual whose scholarly contributions have advanced research, theory, and practice within the health care field and is in the period between early career and full professorship. Mid-career is defined for this award as the period spanning seven years following doctoral degree completion (early career) until Full Professorship or equivalent. Anonymous nominations will not be accepted, but individuals may self-nominate. [See the Archive of Award Winners]

 

Jennifer Hefner, Ohio State University

11. Keith G. Provan Distinguished Scholar Award

This award recognizes a member of the HCM division who has developed a record of high-quality scholarly research in health care management. The research may be traditional or innovative, but it must demonstrate conceptual and methodological rigor. The award winner will receive a plaque and recognition at the AOM Annual Meeting. The winner will also give a keynote presentation during the AOM Annual Meeting as part of the Health Care Management Division’s programming.  [See the Archive of Award Winners]

 

Martin P. Charns, Boston University