2025 Award Recipient
Mike Stoots, EdD, MPH
East Tennessee State University College of Public Health
The ASPPH Teaching Excellence Award recognizes faculty who demonstrate outstanding contributions to public health teaching and mentorship.
Nominations should include a description of the nominee’s outstanding contributions in:
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:
All nominations must contain the following materials:
$1,000 Cash Prize
Complimentary registration and travel reimbursement for the ASPPH Annual Meeting
Formal recognition at the ASPPH Awards Luncheon
Commemorative award trophy
Each nomination is reviewed by a dedicated selection committee composed of:
Nominations are scored using a standardized rubric based on:
The committee ranks candidates and forwards a recommendation to ASPPH leadership, who determine final awardees.
Laura E. Liang, DrPH, MPH, CHES, CPH
Rutgers School of Public Health
Dawn L. Comeau, PhD, MPH
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
Catherine Sherwood-Laughlin, HSD, MPH
Indiana University School of Public Health - Bloomington
Michael Kramer, PhD
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
Karin B. Yeatts, PhD
University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health
Jaime A Corvin, PhD, MSPH, CPH
University of South Florida College of Public Health
Matthew Fox, DSc, MPH
Boston University School of Public Health
Deborah A. McFarland, PhD, MPH
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
Leona Kay Bartholomew EdD, MPH
University of Texas School of Public Health
Joel Lee DrPH, MPH
University of Georgia College of Public Health
Melissa Begg ScD
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Robin Sawyer PhD, MEd
University of Maryland School of Public Health
Nancy Kane DBA, MBA
Harvard University School of Public Health
Marie Diener-West PhD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Mark Robson PhD, MPH, MS
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Public Health
Lisa Sullivan PhD
Boston University School of Public Health
Richard Riegelman MD, PhD, MPH
George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Lu Ann Aday PhD, MS
University of Texas School of Public Health
David G. Kleinbaum PhD
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health