The AAPA Award Committee (composed of all members of the Board of Directors) chose the following presenters for the 2021 Akira Nakamura Award at the 2021 AAPA Annual Conference in Moscow, Russia.

The Akira Nakamura Award is the best paper award in the AAPA Annual Conference.  

They are as follows:

1. For Students:

Title: Grassroots mirroring under the new crown pneumonia epidemic: does community resilience affect residents' response? --- The Case of Shenzhen City    

Authors: Xu Jing，Zeng Zhenjian，Xi Zhenhua，Peng Zhencong，Xu Yuanyuan

2. For Scholars:

Title: COVID-19 Outbreak as Digital Laboratory and Citizens’ Co-production

- Considering accountability and trust

Author: Dr. Hiroko Kudo