Joseph E. and Nancy O. Whitley Award

Abstract Submission Deadline is October 5, 2007, 12:00 pm (noon) Central Time
Manuscript Submission Deadline is January 7, 2008
Both an abstract and manuscript must be submitted to be eligible for the award.

A certificate and a $1,000 honorarium in honor of Joseph E. Whitley, MD, and his wife, Nancy O. Whitley, MD, are awarded annually to the person who submits the best paper on education in radiology. The winner will be required to present his or her paper at the AUR Annual Meeting.

This award recognizes the contributions of the Whitley's to the field of education in radiology. Dr. Joseph E. Whitley served as chair of the Department of Radiology at the University of Maryland in Baltimore and received the AUR Gold Medal in1989. His contributions to teaching methods in radiology were seminal and helped establish the field. Dr. Nancy O. Whitley continued his work and made many contributions of her own; she received the AUR Gold Medal in 1994.

Whitley Award competition has been a vital factor in helping the AUR establish itself as the premier forum for educational research and innovation in radiology. The growth in the number and quality of the Whitley Award submissions continues to enhance the mission of the AUR.

The AUR Education Committee urges all interested persons to consider submission for the 2008 award. Only AUR members are eligible for this award. To be eligible, the paper must deal predominantly with education in radiology and should contain unique material. The education described may be at any level, including undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate. All submitted manuscripts will be concurrently considered for publication in Academic Radiology and should therefore follow the format prescribed in the journal's Guidelines for Authors, including the copyright transfer. The manuscript cannot be simultaneously under consideration for presentation, publication or award by any other group. The criteria for evaluation will include the originality of the concept, clarity of the manuscript, experimental design, validity of outcome, and significance.

Abstracts of manuscripts must also be submitted separately for consideration of presentation during the scientific sessions of the AUR meeting. Abstracts must adhere to the abstract deadline of October 5, 2007 12:00 pm (noon) Central Time and will undergo the same peer review process as other abstracts.

Submissions of the manuscript for the Whitley Award should be made through the ACADEMIC RADIOLOGY online, electronic submission system.

By accessing the website http://ees.elsevier.com/arad authors will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of the various files. When submitting a manuscript to Elsevier Editorial System, authors need to provide an electronic version of their manuscript. For this purpose original source files, not PDF files, are required and should be submitted as word documents with .tif figures (300 DPI for half-tones and 800-1200 DPI for line-art).The author should specify the category designation for the manuscript of Whitley Award, and choose a set of classifications from the prescribed list provided online. Authors may send queries concerning the submission process, manuscript status, or journal procedures to the Editorial Office. Once the submission files are uploaded, the system automatically generates an electronic (PDF) proof, which is then used for reviewing. All correspondence will be by e-mail.

The winner of the 2008 Whitley Award will be notified in February 2008.

For more information, contact the AUR Office by phone at 1-630-368-3730 or email at AUR@rsna.org

Past Joseph E. and Nancy O. Whitley Award Recipients