Sponsored by Hazelden's Butler Center for Research, the Dan Anderson Research Award recognizes a single published article by a researcher who has advanced the scientific knowledge of addiction recovery. The award is named after the late Dan Anderson, Ph.D., one of the major architects of the Minnesota Model of treatment. The recipient will receive an award, a $2,000 honorarium, and travel expenses to Hazelden for the award presentation.

William Fals-Stewart, Ph.D., professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, has earned the 2007 Dan Anderson Research Award for his study that documents the benefits of partner involvement in the treatment of female alcoholics. Sponsored by the Butler Center for Research at Hazelden, the award honors a single published article by a researcher who has advanced the scientific knowledge of addiction recovery.

Other Dan Anderson Research Award recipients  

• 2006 - Rudolph Moos, Ph.D., Department of Veterans Affairs 
• 2005 - Reid K. Hester, Ph.D., Behavior Therapy Associates, LLP 
• 2004 - Stephanie S. O'Malley, Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine 
• 2003 - Howard A. Liddle, Ed.D., University of Miami School of Medicine 
• 2002 - Robert J. Meyers, Ph.D., University of New Mexico 
• 2001 - Bankole Johnson, Ph.D., University of Texas 
• 2000 - Henri Begleiter, Ph.D., State Univ. of New York 
• 1999 - Richard Longabaugh, Ed.D., Brown University 
• 1998 - Dace Svikis, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University 
• 1997 - Michael C. Fiore, M.D., M.P.H., University of Wisconsin 
• 1996 - Stephen T. Higgins, Ph.D., University of Vermont

Research Award nominations must be sent by October 1, 2008 to:

Research articles nominated for this award must be:

• Based on the nominee's own original research that is creative and innovative, offering new perspectives for addiction treatment, or a review based on the culmination of several years of the nominee's own research conducted during a distinguished career
• Published within the past two years in a peer-reviewed professional journal
• Based on basic or applied research that has direct applicability to improving the understanding of addiction recovery (animal studies do not qualify)

Submissions should exemplify the above criteria and consist of a letter of nomination, a reprint of the nominated research article, and the nominee's curriculum vita. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

For additional information email butlerresearch@hazelden.org.