ASPPH Welch-Rose Award

2026 ASPPH Award Nominations Open Now through Friday, October 3 at 11:59 PT

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2025 Award Recipient: ASPPH Welch-Rose Award for Excellence in Academic Public Health Service

Donna J. Petersen, ScD, MHS, CPH, FAAAS

University of South Florida College of Public Health

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2025 Award Recipient: ASPPH Welch-Rose Award for Distinction in Public Health

William E. Bertrand, PhD

Tulane University Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

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The ASPPH Welch-Rose Award recognizes exemplary leadership and scholarship in public health. The award honors individuals in one of two distinct categories:

Distinction in Public Health – honoring individuals who have made lifetime contributions to improving the health of the public.
Excellence in Academic Public Health Service – honoring individuals who have made extraordinary and enduring contributions to advancing public health education.

This prestigious award pays tribute to Drs. Wickliffe Rose and William Henry Welch, whose 1915 report laid the foundation for the modern structure of academic public health and continues to shape the field today.

Criteria for Award

Nominees should demonstrate:

Innovative leadership in public health practice or education
Significant and sustained impact on academic public health or a lifetime record of service to the field

Eligibility

Affiliation with a CEPH-accredited institution is not required
Current ASPPH primary representatives and deans are not eligible for consideration

Required Materials

Nominations may be submitted by any public health professional. The Award Selection Committee may also solicit nominations directly.

Each nomination must include:

Full contact information for both the nominee and the nominator.
An overview statement (max. 800 words) outlining the nominee’s distinguished contributions, specifying either:
- Extraordinary impact on academic public health, or
- A lifetime of public health service.