USPRA Announces 2010 Awards of Distinction Recipients
Thursday, March 4, 2010
USPRA Announces 2010 Awards of Distinction Recipients
We are pleased to announce the recipients of USPRA’s 2010 Awards of Distinction, to be presented at the 35th Annual Conference in Boise, Idaho, June 14-17:
• The 2010 recipient of the Isaiah Uliss Award is Sherry Jenkins-Tucker, director of the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network. Sherry has worked diligently to assure that all individuals with a mental illness have opportunities for personal growth and recovery, to promote the CPRP among her peers, and she has been a champion in the fight against stigma.
• The 2010 recipient of the John Beard Award is Dr. David Carroll, Director of Recovery Services, Office of Mental Health services, US Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Carroll's enthusiasm and unwavering support of the Local Recovery Coordinator initiative has been the key factor to date in helping the Veterans Administration to successfully transform into a recovery-oriented system.
• The 2010 recipient of the Irv Rutman Award is Dennis Rice, CEO of Alternatives, Unlimited, Inc. in Whitinsville, Massachusetts. Always ahead of the curve, Dennis Rice has provided a rehabilitation and recovery vision for his agency since 1980, when the agency began its long standing affiliation with the Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.
• The 2010 recipient of the Armin LoebAward is Dr. Dori Hutchinson, Director of Services, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston University. Since launching her career, Dori Hutchinson has focused on the physical health of individuals in recovery, developing and evaluating state-of-the-science programs to affect health and wellness. This is reflected in the majority of her peer reviewed publications which examine specific topics, but also provide the framework for necessary reform and restructuring of physical health care services for people in recovery.
• The 2010 recipient of the Carol T. Mowbray Early Career Research Award is Dr. Margaret (Peggy) Swarbrick, Director of the Institute for Wellness and Recovery Initiatives, Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey, Inc. Peggy reflects so many of Carol Mowbray’s qualities as a person, researcher and a mentor in the field of Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Peggy’s research centers on the critical issue of wellness.
We personally invite you to attend the 35th Annual Conference Awards Reception on the evening of Monday, June 14 to lend your applause and congratulations to these select individuals for their outstanding contributions to the field of psychiatric rehabilitation.
If you haven’t already registered for the conference, please do so by downloading a registration form (our online registration system has been temporarily disabled while we transition into a new and improved website and database system) and faxing it to our office at 410-789-7675. You can also register by phone at 410-789-7054.Congratulations again to the 2010 Awards of Distinction recipients!