Allison Kempe, MD, Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Allison Kempe, MD, MPH, was honored with the AcademyHealth Child Health Services Research Interest Group Advisory Committee’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award in Child Health Services Research. Dr. Kempe’s 40-year career has placed a strong emphasis on childhood translational research, reducing health disparities and training the next generation of child health researchers. She was the founding director of the Adult and Child Center for Outcomes Research and Delivery Sciences, a campus-wide program providing training, mentorship and support to researchers, and she has mentored hundreds of new investigators, training them in her rigorous approach to high-quality research. Dr. Kempe was nominated for the award by her former mentee, Andrea Jimenez-Zambrano, PhD, MPH, who wrote: “The transformative impact of [Dr. Kempe’s] mentorship extends far beyond individual achievements, resonating across institutions and communities. Through her guidance, a legacy of excellence in child healthcare research has been cultivated, leaving a lasting impression on the field.”