Diana Bowman, LLB, PhD, from the University of Michigan, has been named the 2013 recipient of the John D. Thompson Prize for Young Investigators. The Prize was established in honor of John D. Thompson, a professor of health administration at Yale University who set standards that are without peer - in teaching, commitment to learning, collegial relationships, and health services research. The Prize is awarded to faculty from AUPHA full member programs whose work contributes to knowledge in health services. Dr. Bowman will be awarded the Prize on June 20th during AUPHA’s 2013 Annual Meeting in Monterey, California.
Dr. Bowman was nominated by Kyle L. Grazier, PhD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Bowman is an Assistant Professor in the Risk Science Center and Development of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health at the University of Michigan. Her work to date has focused heavily on the regulation and public health impact of new technologies, including nanotechnologies, and she is considered to be one of the leading commentators in the world. Most recently, her work has expanded to include the role of regulation and law in the public health domain more generally. She has published over fifty peer-related journal papers, thirty book chapters, and is the co-editor of four books.
Dr. Bowman holds a Bachelor of Science in Physiology, a Bachelor of Laws, and a PhD, all from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. She also holds a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice and was admitted to practice as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia, in 2011.
The Australian Government has used Dr. Bowman’s research as the basis for reviewing and amending several administrative frameworks associated with nanotechnologies, and bodies such as the United Kingdom’s House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, in their examination of nanotechnologies in food, have cited her work. As a result, the general significance of her work in analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of existing regulatory regimes has not only had a theoretical dimension, but has had significant policy implications within Australia, the European Union, and the United States.
As of February 2013, Dr. Bowman has co-edited four books, published 48 peer-reviewed journal papers and 31 refereed book//report chapters, many of which have been co-authored. This work has appeared in leading international journals, including Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Materials, Law & Policy, Regulation & Governance, the Annals of Health Law, Columbia Science and Technology Law Journal, Jurimetrics, and the Medical Journal of Australia. She had seven manuscripts under development as of March 2013, each falling under the broad umbrella of law and public health.
"I am honored and humbled to be named the recipient of the 2013 John D. Thompson Prize for Young Investigators by the Association of University Programs in Health Administration.” says Dr. Bowman of her selection. “In being awarded this Prize, I follow in the sizeable footsteps of the previous recipients–many of whom I am privileged to be able call my colleagues at The University of Michigan–each of whom have established the benchmark for excellence in our field. This honor is not mine alone; it is to be shared with my phenomenal colleagues and collaborators, as well as the students who challenge me each and every day. Special mention must go to Professor Kyle Grazier, for believing in me enough to nominate me for this Prize, and to Professor Peter Jacobson, for simply being the best mentor any junior faculty member could have. I would also like to thank the AUPHA and members of the Selection Committee for bestowing this honor on me.”
Dr. Bowman was selected as the 2013 Thompson Prize winner by a selection committee chaired by Sherril Gelmon, PhD, Portland State University. Nominations for the 2013 Thompson Prize will be solicited in the fall and winter for submissions by spring 2014. In order to be eligible for the Prize, the nominee must be a faculty member at a Full Member Program of AUPHA, have been awarded a PhD no more than six years prior to consideration, and have not yet achieved tenure. The Prize is intended to serve as a benchmark for pre-tenure work. For additional information, visit AUPHA’s website at www.aupha.org.