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2026 ASPPH Award Nominations Open Now through Friday, October 3 at 11:59 PM PT
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2025 ASPPH AWARD WINNERS


2025 Award Recipient

Amanda K. Gilmore, PhD

Georgia State University School of Public Health

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The ASPPH Early Career Research Excellence Award recognizes early-career investigators making significant research contributions.

Criteria for Award


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

  • Innovation and leadership in public health research 
  • Early scholarly accomplishments with measurable impact 

Eligibility


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: 

 

  • Full-time assistant or associate professor at an ASPPH-member, CEPH-accredited school/program 
  • Within 10 years of final formal training (excluding postdoctoral research) 
  • 5–10 years of public health research experience 

Required Materials


All nominations must include: 

  • 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


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

Chantel L. Martin, PhD, MSPH

University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health

2023

Lauren E. McCullough, PhD MSPH

Emory University Rollins School of Public Health

2022

Amanda Fretts, PhD, MPH

University of Washington School of Public Health

2021

Joseph Lewnard, PhD

University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health

2020

Rachel R. Hardeman, PhD, MPH

University of Minnesota School of Public Health

2019

Brandon Marshall, PhD

Brown University School of Public Health

2018

Olivia A. Wackowski, PhD, MPH

Rutgers School of Public Health

2017

Stephanie Brooke Wheeler, PhD, MPH

University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health

2016

Matthew Freeman, PhD, MPH

Emory University Rollins School of Public Health

20142015

Solveig Cunningham, PhD, MSc

Emory University Rollins School of Public Health

2013

Jared M. Baeten, MD, PhD

University of Washington School of Public Health

2012

Dana Dolinoy, PhD, MSc

University of Michigan School of Public Health

2011

Lauren Wise, ScD

Boston University School of Public Health

2010

Jane Kim, PhD, MSc

Harvard University School of Public Health

2009

Lia Fernald, PhD, MBA

University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health