Nomination Instructions for the William K. Bowes, Jr., Award in Medical Genetics

Nominations are postponed until 2022 due to Covid restrictions.

Nominations may be made by any healthcare or scientific professional with whom the candidate has had extensive working experience. This may include, but need not be limited to, physicians, scientists or other health care professionals.

Those wishing to nominate a candidate are encouraged to do so by completing the online nomination form. Alternatively, a letter may be sent to the Award Committee identifying the candidate and providing full contact information for the nominee.

The Award Committee will contact each nominee about his/her nomination. The nominee will then be responsible for assembling and providing to the Award Committee materials that detail why the nominee merits consideration. Two sealed letters of recommendation from persons other than the original nominator must be mailed directly to the Award Committee. These should address how the writer is familiar with the nominee, provide a description of the accomplishments of the nominee, and make a case for why the writer believes the candidate is suitable for the Award.

The nominee must provide the Award Committee with his/her curriculum vitae and any other materials deemed worthy of review and consideration.

The nominee should provide a PDF of one published article he/she feels best represents his/her work.

The candidates will be notified of the decision. No written reports will be provided.

Review of candidates and final selection of the Award recipient will be made by an Award Committee of nationally and internationally renowned scientists and business leaders.

Award Committee:

Scott T. Weiss, M.D., M.S., Partners HealthCare Personalized Medicine, Harvard Medical School (Chair)
Arthur L. Beaudet, M.D., Luna Genetics
Uta Francke, M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine
Bruce R. Korf, M.D., Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham
Cynthia Morton, Ph.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Heidi Rehm, Ph.D., Massachusets General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
David Valle, M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Stephen T. Warren, Ph.D., Emory University School of Medicine