Louise Floyd and the Project CHOICES teamwere the winners of the 2008 Charles C. Shepard Science Award in the category of Prevention and Control for their publication, "Preventing Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies: A Randomized Controlled Trial" which was published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine in January 2007. Project CHOICES has found that brief motivational counseling sessions can help women reduce their risk for an alcohol-exposed pregnancy either by decreasing alcohol use, by use of more effective contraception, or both. In this study, women who received the motivational counseling were twice as likely to reduce their risk compared with those who did not receive counseling.
The Shepard Award ceremony took place at 10:00 a.m. OD Friday, June 6, 2008, at the Tom Harkin Global Communications Center at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Award winners all received plaques honoring their work.
nce 1985, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) have presented the Charles C. Shepard Science Award to authors of the most outstanding peer-reviewed research paper published by CDC/ATSDR scientists during the preceding year. The award recognizes scientific achievement at CDC/ATSDR and honors the memory of Dr. Charles C. Shepard, whose career was marked by the pursuit of scientific excellence.
The Charles C. Shepard science awards is the preeminent honor recognizing excellence in science at CDC/ATSDR. Inaugurated in 1986, the award is named in honor of Charles C. Shepard, M.D. The internationally recognized microbiologist served as chief of the Leprosy and Rickettsia Branch at CDC for more than 30 years, until his death on February 18, 1985. Although Dr. Shepard's contributions to science and public health were prodigious, perhaps his greatest legacy is the influence, both personal and professional, that he had, and continues to have, on his many friends and colleagues.
Their award was one of three given in the areas of endeavor: Assessment and Epidemiology; Laboratory and Methods; and Prevention and Control. The Sobells partnered with Ken Johnson, M.D. of the Health Professions Division and others on this project.
Authors: Floyd RL, Sobell M, Velasquez MM, Ingersoll K, Nettleman M, Sobell L, Mullen PD, Ceperich S, von Sternberg K, Bolton, B, Skarpness, B, Nagaraja, J, Johnson, K.
Preventing alcohol-exposed pregnancies: A randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2007;32(1):1-10.
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