Riegelman Award for Excellence

Congratulations to the 2024 ASPPH Award Winners

2024 Award Recipient

Jennifer M. Griffith, DrPH, MPH

Texas A&M University’s School of Public Health

The Riegelman Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Public Health Education recognizes faculty who have made exemplary efforts to start or sustain an undergraduate program, collaborated with community partners and other disciplines, and garnered respect and enthusiasm from students. Named for Dr. Richard and Mrs. Linda Riegelman, the award was established to encourage and recognize excellence in teaching public health to undergraduate students.

Criteria for Award

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

Demonstration of innovative leadership for enhancing excellence, health equity, and inclusiveness in undergraduate academic public health education.
Exemplary efforts to start or sustain an undergraduate program.
Innovative teaching techniques using advanced technology.
Relationships with practice partners in the community.
Collaboration with other disciplines.
Relationships with CEPH-accredited graduate schools or programs of public health; and
Teacher evaluations by students.

Eligibility

Nominees must be full-time faculty with a primary appointment at an Undergraduate Network for Academic Public Health member program.
Undergraduate Network members include ASPPH graduate schools and programs that offer BA/BS in public health or related degree, CEPH accredited undergrad institutions, and non-CEPH accredited institutions.