EUSPR awarded four prizes plus two runner up prizes at their 7th Conference which was held in Berlin, Germany in 2016.

Award winners:

President’s Award – Avalon de Bruijn and colleagues

Prize: Certificate, plaque and one year’s free EUSPR membership. The President’s award winner will be invited to give the Society Lecture the following year

For an outstanding Prevention Science Research Paper in the past year.

Selection by:

• EUSPR President (Prof David Foxcroft, Oxford Brookes University, UK),
• President Elect (Dr Jeremy Segrott, DECIPHer Centre at Cardiff University, Wales, UK)
• Past President (Prof Harry Sumnall, Liverpool John Moores University, UK)
• Past President (Prof Rosaria Galanti, Karolinska Institutet, SW)

EUSPR Sloboda Medal – Gregor Burkhart

Prize: Certificate and medal and one year’s free EUSPR membership

For sustained contribution to the development of Prevention Science in Europe and internationally.

Nominations will be requested from the EUSPR membership with the final decision to be made by the EUSPR Awards Committee.
 

Leading European Prevention Science Practitioner Honour – Amador Calafat

Prize: Certificate, plaque and one year’s free EUSPR membership

For outstanding leadership of the adoption and implementation of evidence based prevention strategies, including support for further high quality research evaluation.

Nominations will be requested from the EUSPR membership with the final decision to be made by the EUSPR Awards Committee.

 
Early Career Researcher Prize – Aniek van Herwaarden

Prize: Certificate, plaque, and one year’s free EUSPR membership

For outstanding promise based on a paper or poster presentation at the Society annual meeting.

Selection by the EUSPR Awards Committee.

For the 2016 award, “early career” includes those who entered the prevention field through first job or commencing doctoral studies in 2008 or later; as well as current Masters and Doctoral students in a prevention-related discipline.

Early Career Researcher Prize 2nd place – Martha Canfield

Early Career Researcher Prize 3rd place – Nicole Gridley

Accommodation and Travel guidance

Our EMCDDA co-organisers in Lisbon have provided a handy travel and accommodation guide based upon their previous experiences of hosting conferences and meetings. Please note that neither the EMCDDA, nor EUSPR, take any responsibility for your booking choices, experiences and stay. You are also advised to check with independent review websites before making your final booking. Alternatively, please use a website such as TripAdvisor to research and select your hotel.

All our suggestions are within the city centre, but please check the precise locations to ensure that they meet your needs.

The travel guide includes directions on how to reach the EMCDDA at Praça Europa, which is next door to the EMSA-EMCDDA Conference Centre, where the main conference is being held.

Accommodation and travel guide

You can also visit Lisbon’s official tourism page for travel guidance at:

Lisbon tourism website

You can also visit Airbnb or HostelWorld who have many accommodation listings in Lisbon. Please remember to take due care and diligence when booking any private accomodation.

Transferring from Lisbon airport

Lisbon is a safe and friendly city, but like many cities, sometimes visitors can unexpectedly pay more than locals for taxis from the airport. If you have enough time, and not too much luggage, then the Metro or Aerobus are convenient modes of transport (please see the Travel Guide above). If you decide to get a taxi then we would recommend avoiding the taxi queues at Arrivals, and instead walking to the Departures drop off area and getting a taxi from there, or using a service like Uber, which will also pick you up from Departures.