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Thomas A. Hazinski Distinguished Service Award 

Established by the SPR Council in 2002, the Thomas A. Hazinski Distinguished Service Award honors an individual who has provided exceptional, long-term service to the Society for Pediatric Research® (SPR). This award celebrates dedicated leadership, commitment, and contributions that have advanced SPR’s mission and strengthened the pediatric research community. 

Selection Process 

  • Nominees are identified and recipients are selected by the SPR Council 
  • This award is presented annually at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting 
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Current Recipient

SPR is pleased to announce that Shetal Shah, MD, FAAP has been named the 2025 Thomas A. Hazinski Distinguished Service Award recipient. This prestigious award recognizes Dr. Shah’s outstanding service to the Society. Dr. Shah, a Professor of Neonatology in the Division of Neonatology, Stem Cell Liaison at the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital of New York Medical College, is widely respected for his advocacy and contributions to advancing child health research. 

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Shetal Shah, MD, FAAP
Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, New York Medical College  

  • 2024 | Hannah C. Glass, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital 
  • 2023 | David Hunstad, Washington University School of Medicine 
  • 2022 | Michelle A. Gill, Washington University 
  • 2021 | Anna Penn, Columbia University Irving Medical Center 
  • 2020 | No awardee: PAS 2020 was cancelled. 
  • 2019 | Carlton Bates, University of Pittsburgh 
  • 2018 |Kate Ackerman, University of Rochester 
  • 2017 | Vivek Balasubramanian, University of Wisconsin/American Family Children’s Hospital 
  • 2016 | Kate Culliton, APS/SPR Central Office 
  • 2015 | Catherine Gordon, Hasbro Children’s Hospital and Brown University 
    and Barbara Anagnostelis, APS/SPR Central Office 
  • 2014 | Thomas P. Shanley, MICHR 
  • 2013 | Elena Fuentes-Afflick, University of California, San Francisco 
  • 2012 | Jana M. Wells, SPR Central Office 
  • 2011 | Charles V. (Skip) Smith, Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute 
  • 2010 | Alan H. Jobe, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center 
  • 2009 | Gail Demmler-Harrison, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital 
  • 2008 | Karen Hendricks 
  • 2007 | Kathy A. Cannon, APS/SPR Central Office 
  • 2006 | Thomas Hazinski, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 
  • 2005 | Samuel Hawgood, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco 
  • 2004 | Thomas N. Hansen, Children’s Hospital 
  • 2003 | Myron Genel, Yale University 
  • 2002 | Debbie Anagnostelis, APS/SPR Central Office