Nominations open for early career physician awards
Do you know an exceptional mentor who champions underrepresented individuals in medicine? Is there an early-career physician in your practice leading impactful quality improvement projects? Are you part of a team making a difference through community initiatives that address health disparities?
Nominations are open for the 2025 Section on Early Career Physicians awards, recognizing the work of the Academy’s early career physician members. Award recipients will be honored at the 2025 AAP National Conference & Exhibition in Denver. The award provides full general registration and a $1,000 honorarium.
The deadline is April 6 to nominate yourself or a colleague for the Advancement in Research Award, the Excellence in Education Award and the Leadership in Advocacy Award.
New book explores social drivers of health
Social Drivers of Health: Implications for Clinical Practice will help those who care for children’s physical and mental health learn to identify and address social drivers of health (SDOH), sometimes referred to as social determinants of health.
Edited by Sandra F. Braganza, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, and Kevin Fiori, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., FAAP, this new book that offers real-world guidance that can be implemented easily in a variety of settings. Expert contributors present evidence-based tools to screen for SDOH, as well as strategies on how to care for children and families affected by different social stressors.
Visit shopAAP to buy the print book and save on the e-book.
Balanced, evidence-based style of parenting
In his new book, leading adolescent health expert Kenneth R. Ginsburg, M.D., M.S.Ed., FAAP, offers an evidence-based parenting action plan that lays the foundation for the kind of relationship in which parents will be welcomed as a guide in childhood, throughout adolescence and beyond.
Lighthouse Parenting presents a balanced approach intended to help children have greater academic success, higher levels of emotional well-being, increased resilience, fewer behavioral risks and reduced emotional distress.
Visit shopAAP to order a copy and learn about bulk discounts.
