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2026 ASPPH Award Nominations Open Now through Friday, October 3 at 11:59 PM PT
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2025 Award Recipient

Mike Stoots, EdD, MPH

East Tennessee State University College of Public Health

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The ASPPH Teaching Excellence Award recognizes faculty who demonstrate outstanding contributions to public health teaching and mentorship.

Criteria for Award


Nominations should include a description of the nominee’s outstanding contributions in:

  • Development of impactful educational resources, methodologies, and evidence-based assessments
  • Innovative leadership in academic public health instruction
  • Exceptional mentorship across degree levels
  • Contributions to teaching outside traditional programs (e.g., continuing education, public outreach)
  • Scholarly contributions to pedagogy and national leadership in teaching
  • Recognition as a national/global leader in education

Eligibility


Nominees must be full-time faculty from an ASPPH-member, CEPH-accredited school or program of public health. View the list of ASPPH-member institutions. The nominee must have the following:

 

  • Full-time faculty with a primary teaching appointment in an ASPPH-member, CEPH-accredited school/program
  • Minimum 10 years of teaching experience

 

Required Materials


All nominations must contain the following materials: 

  • Contact information for both the nominee and nominator
  • An overview statement (max. 800 words) summarizing the nominee’s qualifications and impact
  • The nominee’s curriculum vitae
  • Two letters of support, preferably highlighting the nominee’s contributions across multiple dimensions

Award Details


$1,000 Cash Prize

Complimentary registration and travel reimbursement for the ASPPH Annual Meeting

Formal recognition at the ASPPH Awards Luncheon

Commemorative award trophy

Review & Selection Process


Each nomination is reviewed by a dedicated selection committee composed of:

  • Previous award recipients
  • ASPPH Section leaders
  • Reviewers nominated by deans of ASPPH-member institutions

Nominations are scored using a standardized rubric based on:

  • Overall impact
  • Promise to improve public health
  • Strength of supporting letters
  • Quality of experience as outlined in the CV

The committee ranks candidates and forwards a recommendation to ASPPH leadership, who determine final awardees.

Past Winners


2024

Laura E. Liang, DrPH, MPH, CHES, CPH

Rutgers School of Public Health

2023

Dawn L. Comeau, PhD, MPH

Emory University Rollins School of Public Health

2022

Catherine Sherwood-Laughlin, HSD, MPH

Indiana University School of Public Health - Bloomington

2021

Michael Kramer, PhD

Emory University Rollins School of Public Health

2020

Karin B. Yeatts, PhD

University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health

2019

Jaime A Corvin, PhD, MSPH, CPH

University of South Florida College of Public Health

2018

Matthew Fox, DSc, MPH

Boston University School of Public Health

2017

Deborah A. McFarland, PhD, MPH

Emory University Rollins School of Public Health

2016

Leona Kay Bartholomew EdD, MPH

University of Texas School of Public Health

2015

Joel Lee DrPH, MPH

University of Georgia College of Public Health

2013

Melissa Begg ScD

Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

2012

Robin Sawyer PhD, MEd

University of Maryland School of Public Health

2011

Nancy Kane DBA, MBA

Harvard University School of Public Health

2010

Marie Diener-West PhD

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

2009

Mark Robson PhD, MPH, MS

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Public Health

2008

Lisa Sullivan PhD

Boston University School of Public Health

2007

Richard Riegelman MD, PhD, MPH

George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services

2006

Lu Ann Aday PhD, MS

University of Texas School of Public Health

2005

David G. Kleinbaum PhD

Emory University Rollins School of Public Health