ASPPH is now accepting nominations for the Harrison C. Spencer Award for Outstanding Community Service award, and faculty and staff recognition and service awards that will be conferred at the 2019 ASPPH Annual Meeting March 20-22, 2019 in Arlington, VA. Nominees for individual awards must be full-time faculty/staff from an ASPPH-member CEPH-accredited school or program of public health.
We are currently accepting nominations for the following awards:
- Harrison C. Spencer Award for Outstanding Community Service
This award honors an ASPPH-member school or program with a long-standing, major institutional commitment to engage with communities to improve public health and recognizes exceptional community service initiatives that address community needs. The award was established by the ASPPH Board of Directors to recognize Dr. Harrison C. Spencer, the late President and CEO of the Association, and his lifelong commitment to community service and social justice.
- ASPPH Teaching Excellence Award
For graduate public health faculty who are noted for their excellence in teaching, research, and mentorship. It is designed to bring visibility to one outstanding faculty member and to reward him or her for leading students toward distinction in public health research, teaching, and practice.
- ASPPH Academic Public Health Practice Excellence Award
For graduate public health faculty who advance and integrate scholarly public health practices within research, teaching, and service.
- ASPPH Early Career Public Health Research Award
For an early-career investigator who is a graduate public health faculty member within 10 years of her or his formal training. The nominee should have exemplary and documented scholarly accomplishments that advance public health research and improves the health of the communities served.
- ASPPH Early Career Public Health Teaching Award
For graduate public health faculty who are in the early stages of their professional careers and are noted for their excellence in teaching, research, and mentorship.
- ASPPH Student Services Excellence Award
For faculty and staff at an ASPPH-member CEPH-accredited school or program of public health who have been innovative and forward-thinking in student services and/or who have gone above and beyond in working with applicants and students.
The application deadline for the ASPPH Awards is 11:59 p.m. Pacific on Friday, October 12.
Nomination guidelines and more information about the awards can be found on the ASPPH website. Questions regarding the nomination process may be directed to awards@aspph.org.
