ASPPH Welch-Rose Award

2025 Award Recipient: ASPPH Welch-Rose Award for Excellence in Academic Public Health Service

Donna J. Petersen, ScD, MHS, CPH, FAAAS

University of South Florida College of Public Health

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2025 Award Recipient: ASPPH Welch-Rose Award for Distinction in Public Health

William E. Bertrand, PhD

Tulane University Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

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The ASPPH Welch-Rose Award recognizes the highest standards of leadership and scholarship in public health and honors individuals in two categories:

Distinction in Public Health – individuals who have made lifetime contributions to the improvement of the health of the public
Excellence in Academic Public Health Service – individuals who have made extraordinary and lasting contributions to advancing education in public health

The award also honors Drs. Wickliffe Rose and William Henry Welch, whose seminal 1915 report continues to serve as a central reference point for the design of academic public health.

Criteria for Award

The Welch-Rose Award is given annually to an individual to honor their lifetime of public health service and/or for their extraordinary contributions to the academic public health community,

Eligibility

Demonstration of innovative leadership for enhancing excellence, health equity, and inclusiveness in public health
Any individual who has made a significant and lasting contribution to academic public health, or a lifetime contribution to the field of public health
The nominee does not necessarily need to be a current or past faculty member of a CEPH-accredited school or program.
Current ASPPH deans and primary representatives will not be considered.

Required Materials

Nominations can be submitted by any public health professional. The Award Selection Committee may also solicit nominations. The nomination package must contain the following materials:

Nominee and nominator contact information
An overview statement identifying either the extraordinary contributions to the academic public health community of the nominee or lifelong service in public health (limit 800 words)