Awards
Announcing the 2026 ASPPH Excellence Award Winners
ASPPH is honored to celebrate the 2026 Excellence Award Winners, recognizing extraordinary individual achievement across teaching, research, practice, student services, and undergraduate public health education. These distinguished leaders reflect the depth of talent and commitment across our member schools and programs and exemplify the innovation and dedication that drive academic public health forward.
ASPPH Harrison C. Spencer Award for Outstanding Community Service
2026 Winner
Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
ASPPH Welch-Rose Award for Excellence in Academic Public Health Service
2026 Winner
Patricia A. Gabow, MD, MACP
Denver Health
ASPPH Welch-Rose Award for Distinction in Public Health
2026 Winner
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
ASPPH Teaching Excellence Award
2026 Winner
Christine M. Arcari, PhD, MPH
Tulane University Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
ASPPH Research Excellence Award
2026 Winner
Gregory D. Kirk, MD, MPH, PhD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
ASPPH Practice Excellence Award
2026 Winner
Paul J. Fleming, PhD, MPH
University of Michigan School of Public Health
ASPPH Student Services Excellence Award
2026 Winner
Erica Whitiker Valenzuela, EdD, MA
Tulane University Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
ASPPH Early Career Teaching Excellence Award
2026 Winner
R. Tyler Derreth, PhD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
ASPPH Early Career Research Excellence Award
2026 Winner
Fan Li, PhD
Yale School of Public Health
Riegelman Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Public Health Education
2026 Winner
Denise Nelson-Hurwitz, PhD
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
2025 Award Winners
Special Recognition Award
2025 Winner
Mark Mioduski, MPA
Cornerstone Government Affairs
