IJMSC Awards
IJMSC articles within each calendar year are in contention for 2 awards. The Herndon Award for Outstanding IJMSC Article is in honor of Robert M. Herndon, the founding editor of IJMSC. The paper's corresponding author is given $1000. The Promise Award for the best article first-authored by an early-career investigator is given in memory of past IJMSC editor Lael A. Stone and carries a $500 prize.
The decision process starts with the editor in chief selecting appropriate articles published in the previous year and sending them to a judging panel of 3 to 4 peers. Judges do change occasionally, and those with potential conflicts of interest are to recuse themselves as applicable. The panel is known to each other but are asked not to discuss the articles or ratings during the process. Each judge individually rates the articles based on criteria for original research and nonresearch articles. The scores from all of the judges are tallied to determine the winning article.
2023 Herndon Award Recipients
This year's winning article is “Validity and Reliability of the Scale to Report Emotional Stress Signs–Multiple Sclerosis (STRESS-MS) in Assessing Abuse and Neglect of Adults With Multiple Sclerosis.” The article was published in the January/February 2022 issue (Volume 24, Issue 1) of IJMSC. Elizabeth H Morrison, MD, MSEd, the paper's corresponding author, was on-hand to receive the award. Her coauthors were Dara Sorkin, PhD; Laura Mosqueda, MD; and Napatkamon Ayutyanont, PhD.
2023 Promise Award Recipients
This year's winning article is “Validity and Reliability of the Scale to Report Emotional Stress Signs–Multiple Sclerosis (STRESS-MS) in Assessing Abuse and Neglect of Adults With Multiple Sclerosis.” The article was published in the January/February 2022 issue (Volume 24, Issue 1) of IJMSC. Elizabeth H Morrison, MD, MSEd, the paper's corresponding author, was on-hand to receive the award. Her coauthors were Dara Sorkin, PhD; Laura Mosqueda, MD; and Napatkamon Ayutyanont, PhD.
Previous Award Winners
2022
Herndon Award: An At-Home Positive Psychology Intervention for Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis: A Phase 1 Randomized Controlled Trial (link to https://doi.org/10.7224/1537-2073.2020-020)
Melanie E. Freedman, BS; Brian C. Healy, PhD; Jeff C. Huffman, MD; Tanuja Chitnis, MD; Howard L. Weiner, MD; Bonnie I. Glanz, PhD
Published in the May/June 2021 issue (Volume 23, Issue 3)
Promise Award: James D. Sessford, PhD
Effect of Group Counseling Plus Tailored Exercise on Mobility Function in Multiple Sclerosis (link to: https://doi.org/10.7224/1537-2073.2019-066)
Published in the March/April 2021 issue (Volume 23, Issue 2) of IJMSC.
2021
Herndon Award: iCAMS: Assessing the Reliability of a Brief International Cognitive Assessment for Multiple Sclerosis (BICAMS) Tablet Application (link to https://doi.org/10.7224/1537-2073.2018-108)
Meghan Beier, PhD; Kevin Alschuler, PhD; Dagmar Amtmann, PhD; Abbey Hughes, PhD; Renee Madathil, PhD; and Dawn Ehde, PhD
Published in the March/April 2020 issue (Volume 22, Issue 2).
Promise Award: Kedar K.V. Mate and Nancy E. Mayo
Clinically Assessed Walking Capacity Versus Real-World Walking Performance in People with Multiple Sclerosis (link to: https://doi.org/10.7224/1537-2073.2019-047)
Published in the May/June 2020 issue (Volume 22, Issue 3) of IJMSC.
2020
Herndon Award: Effects of Treadmill Training on Muscle Oxidative Capacity and Endurance in People with Multiple Sclerosis with Significant Walking Limitations
T. Bradley Willingham, Jonathan Melbourn, Marina Moldavskiy, Kevin K. McCully, and Deborah Backus
Published in July/August 2019 (Volume 21, Issue 4)
2019
Herndon Award: Evaluation of a Novel Preference Assessment Tool for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Nananda F. Col, Andrew J. Solomon, Vicky Springmann, Carolina Ionete, Enrique Alvarez, Brenda Tierman, Christen Kutz, Idanis Berrios Morales, Carolyn Griffin, Long H. Ngo, David E. Jones, Glenn Phillips, Ashli Hopson, and Lori Pbert
Published in November/December 2018 (Volume 20, Issue 6)
2018
Herndon Award: Psychometric Properties of a Clinical Strength Assessment Protocol in People with Multiple Sclerosis
Mark M. Mañago, Jeffrey R. Hebert, and Margaret Schenkman
Published in September/October 2017 (Volume 19, Issue 5)
2017
Herndon Award: Screening Tools for Anxiety in People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review
Brittany Litster, Kirsten M. Fiest, Scott B. Patten, John D. Fisk, John R. Walker, Lesley A. Graff, James M. Bolton, Jitender Sareen, James J. Marriott, Lindsay I. Berrigan, Charles N. Bernstein, Ryan Zarychanski, Alexander Singer, Carol A. Hitchon, Christine A. Peschken, and Ruth Ann Marrie
Published in November/December 2016 (Volume 18, Issue 6)
2016
Herndon Award: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial of Duloxetine for Central Pain in Multiple Sclerosis
Theodore R. Brown and April Slee
Published in March/April 2015 (Volume 17, Issue 2)
2015
Herndon Award: A Systematic Review of Stress-Management Interventions for Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Alison K. Reynard, Amy Burleson Sullivan, and Alexander Rae-Grant
Published in Fall 2014 (Volume 16, Issue 3)
2014
Herndon Award: Attributional Style and Depression in Multiple Sclerosis: The Learned Helplessness Model
Gray A. Vargas and Peter A. Arnett
Published in Summer 2013 (Volume 15, Issue 2)
2013
Herndon Award: Tests of Information Processing Speed: What Do People with Multiple Sclerosis Think About Them?
Lisa A.S. Walker, Amy Cheng, Jason Berard, Lindsay I. Berrigan, Laura M. Rees, and Mark S. Freedman
Published in Summer 2012 (Volume 14, Issue 2)
2012
Herndon Award: Potential Benefits of Nintendo Wii Fit Among People with Multiple Sclerosis
Matthew Plow and Marcia Finlayson
Published in Spring 2011 (Volume 13, Issue 1)
2011
Herndon Award: Impact of Resistance Training on Balance and Gait in Multiple Sclerosis
Mary L. Filipi, M. Patricia Leuschen, Jessie Huisinga, Lorene Schmaderer, Jeanna Vogel, Daryl Kucera, and Nick Stergiou
Published in Spring 2010 (Volume 12, Issue 1)
2010* (co-winners)
Herndon Award: Disease and Demographic Characteristics Associated with Unemployment Among Working-Age Adults with Multiple Sclerosis
Kurt L. Johnson, Alyssa M. Bamer, and Robert T. Fraser
Published in Fall 2009 issue (Volume 11, Issue 3)
Herndon Award: Effect of Physical Comorbidities on Risk of Depression in Multiple Sclerosis
Ruth Ann Marrie, Gary Cutter, Tuula Tyry, Denise Campagnolo, and Timothy Vollmer
Published in Winter 2009 issue (Volume 11, Issue 4)
2010*
Herndon Award: Comorbidity and Health-Related Quality of Life in People with Multiple Sclerosis
Sharon A. Warren, Karen V.L. Turpin, Sheri L. Pohar, C. Allyson Jones, and K.G. Warren
Published in Spring 2009 issue (Volume 11, Issue 1)
*Note: The last-listed 2010 winner was not for the same competition as the previous two 2010 winners. The date range of eligible papers had been extended to the Spring 2009 issue.