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Vogel Award


2025 Vogel Award 

James W. Varni, PhD, Texas A&M University

Congratulations Dr James W. Varni, named as recipient of the 2025 Vogel Award. Dr. Varni is receiving the award for his paper “Pain, pain interference, social and school/work functioning in youth with spinal cord injury: A mediation analysis.”

Dr James W. Varni is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning, Center for Health Systems & Design, College of Architecture, and Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station campus. He has developed and validated the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) Generic Core Scales and over 30 Disease-Specific Modules including the Spinal Cord Injury Module with colleagues. Dr. Varni has 298 peer-reviewed research publications list in PubMed.

The Vogel Award is given annually for the best paper by a clinician or researcher involved in Pediatric SCI Rehabilitation in the preceding calendar year.

The award honors Lawrence C. Vogel, MD, a recognized world expert on SCI in children. For the past 30 years, Dr. Vogel served as Medical Director of the SCI Program at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Chicago. He is also a past president of ASIA.

Vogel Award submissions are accepted in January & February each calendar year.


Rules and Eligibility:

Self-nominations will not be accepted. Nominees do not have to be members of ASIA. The following individuals are not eligible for the Vogel Award: ASIA President, President-Elect, Past Presidents, Research and Awards Committee Chair, and Vice Chair.


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