In 2019 the KBS Society wanted to show their appreciation of Professor Sharon Wilsnack’s outstanding service to international work in the field over many years through GENACIS and other international collaborative projects. Sharon was recognised and honoured at the Utrecht meeting with a written and spoken laudation and a small gift. Following this the Society established the award to recognise collaboration, support and capacity of researchers in the field of social and epidemiological research.
The purpose of the award is to recognise outstanding and exemplary contributions to the advancement of international collaborations on social and epidemiological alcohol research on alcohol.
The scope of this field is broadly defined to include, for instance, historical and policy studies, epidemiology and other public health research, studies of the ecology and functioning of treatment systems, and studies in ethnography, economics, psychology, sociology and other social sciences carried out in the interest of public health and welfare. The contributions should include sustained efforts in building cross-national research networks or collaborative studies, as well as a substantial publication record as an author or co-author in the field. The collaborations will not necessarily have been within the Kettil Bruun Society, and an awardee is not necessarily a Kettil Bruun Society member. The plaque of the Award is presented to the awardee in connection with the annual meeting of the Kettil Bruun Society.
Awardees
| 2019 | Sharon Wilsnack |
| 2020 | Juergen Rehm |
| 2021 | Not awarded |
| 2022 | Maristela G Monteiro Anne-Marie Laslett |
| 2023 | Not awarded |
| 2024 | Kim Bloomfield |
| 2025 | Sally Casswell Tonda Hughes |
Call for Nominations
This is a call for nominations for the 2026 Award, which should be submitted to the Selection Committee for the award by 15 February, 2026. A nomination may be made by any member of the Kettil Bruun Society. It should include a statement of the candidate’s contributions to the advancement of international research collaboration in the field, and a curriculum vitae of the candidate. It should be copied by email to each of the five members of the selection committee, as here identified:
- Anne-Marie Laslett, a.laslett@latrobe.edu.au,
- Gillian Shorter g.shorter@qub.ac.uk,
- Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye, naz@musph.ac.ug,
- Taisia Huckle, T.Huckle@massey.ac.nz
- Kate Graham, kgraham@uwo.ca