The Sewell Travel Award for Public Health (STAPH) Committee has awarded stipends to librarians to participate in the APHA Annual Meeting. Visit the APHA Annual Meeting Website and its linked online program for more information about the conference.
The award covers the cost of APHA membership and conference registration and a small stipend to assist with travel, lunch/coffee with mentor, per diem, etc.
The late Dr. Winifred Sewell worked with several professional associations during her long career in medical and pharmacy librarianship/information technology. This led to her appreciation of the key role that librarians and information professionals can play in raising the quality of health care. Convinced that interacting with public health and pharmacy colleagues would forge a much deeper understanding of the users’ roles and needs, she established the Grace and Harold Sewell Memorial Fund, Inc. to provide financial support to librarians and information providers who plan to attend the annual meetings of the American Public Health Association and the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. The first stipends were awarded in 2001.
The Fund aims to increase librarians’ effectiveness at providing reliable/relevant information to health care professionals in the fields of public health and pharmacy. To achieve this purpose, the Fund awards funds to librarians and other information professionals to cover association membership/registration and assist with travel and per diem expenses of attending and/or participating in activities of the American Public Health Association (APHA).