2025 Award Recipient
Amanda K. Gilmore, PhD
Georgia State University School of Public Health
The ASPPH Early Career Research Excellence Award recognizes early-career investigators making significant research contributions.
Nominations should include a description of the nominee’s outstanding contributions in:
Nominees must be full-time faculty members at the level of either assistant or associate professor 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 include:
$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.
Chantel L. Martin, PhD, MSPH
University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health
Lauren E. McCullough, PhD MSPH
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
Amanda Fretts, PhD, MPH
University of Washington School of Public Health
Joseph Lewnard, PhD
University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health
Rachel R. Hardeman, PhD, MPH
University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Brandon Marshall, PhD
Brown University School of Public Health
Olivia A. Wackowski, PhD, MPH
Rutgers School of Public Health
Stephanie Brooke Wheeler, PhD, MPH
University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health
Matthew Freeman, PhD, MPH
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
Solveig Cunningham, PhD, MSc
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
Jared M. Baeten, MD, PhD
University of Washington School of Public Health
Dana Dolinoy, PhD, MSc
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Lauren Wise, ScD
Boston University School of Public Health
Jane Kim, PhD, MSc
Harvard University School of Public Health
Lia Fernald, PhD, MBA
University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health