URUGUAY MEDICAL JOURNAL AWARD

ROEMMERS LABORATORY 2001 ACT

Abstract

In Montevideo, on the eleventh day of November two thousand and two, the Tribunal made up of Prof. Dr. Gaspar Catalá on behalf of the Faculty of Medicine, Prof. Dr. Carlos Gómez Ahedo on behalf of the Medical Union, meets of Uruguay and Prof. Dr. Yamandú Sica Blanco on behalf of the Editorial Board of the Medical Journal of Uruguay, in order to issue its decision and award the prizes.
The Tribunal evaluated the papers published in Vol. 17, Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Year 2001, taking into account the provisions of the Bases that state: "The Tribunal will pay special attention to the originality, methodological quality of the design as well as its applicability and importance as an epidemiological and medical contribution, at the national level", resolves unanimously to grant:

URUGUAY MEDICAL JOURNAL AWARD
ROEMMERS LABORATORY 2001

FIRST PRIZE for the work "Prevalence of hepatitis A in children from 2 to 14 years of age and in the working population from 18 to 49 years of age in Montevideo, Uruguay" Authors: Dr. Alicia Montano, Dr. Raúl Barañano, Dr. Beatriz Lageard, Dr. Gastón Moratorium, Dr. Hugo Dibarboure, Dr. Albert García, Dr. Mabel González Torres, Dr. María Catalina Pirez, Dr. José Carlos Russi Cahill, Dr. Héctor Chiparelli, Dr. Ana María Ferrari, Dr. Elbio Ceballos, Dr. Myriam Dibarboure, Dr. Nelson Suárez, Dr. Gonzalo Giambruno and Dr. Susana Fazzio

SECOND PRIZE for the work "Cerebrovascular Attack: a prospective epidemiological study at the Hospital de Clínicas de Montevideo". Authors: Dr. Patricia Braga, Br. Alicia Ibarra, Dr. Isabel Rega, Dr. Liliana Servente, Br. Daniel Benzano, Dr. Carlos Ketzoian and Dr. Matías Pebet.
For the record, this Act is signed, in the place and on the date indicated above.

Prof. Dr. Gaspar Catala
Prof. Carlos Gomez Ahedo
Prof. Dr. Yamandú Sica Blanco