Congratulations to the 2022 Award Winners!
2022 J. Michael McGinnis Leadership Excellence Award Winner
Sandro Galea
Sandro Galea, a physician, epidemiologist, and author, is dean and Robert A. Knox Professor at Boston University School of Public Health. Read more
2022 Stephanie Robert Mentoring Award Winner
Alexander Tsai
Alexander Tsai, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is founding Co-Editor in Chief of the journal Social Science and Medicine – Mental Health. Read more
2022 Milbank Quarterly Early Career Award
Merlin Chowkwanyun
Merlin Chowkwanyun is the Donald Gemson Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and a Core Faculty member at the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. He is the author of All Health Politics is Local: Community Battles for Medical Care and Environmental Health and works on community health, environmental health governance, racial health inequity, and health activism. Read more
2022 IAPHS Postdoctoral Award
Kathryn Leifheit
“Expiring Eviction Moratoriums and COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality”
Kathryn Leifheit, PhD MSPH is a social epidemiologist who studies social policies as levers to improve population health and promote health equity. In particular, her research focuses on housing policies and evictions as determinants of health for children and communities. Read more
2022 IAPHS Student Award
Tongtan Chantarat
“Multidimensional Structural Racism Predicts Birth Outcomes for Black and White Minnesotans”
Dr. Tongtan (Bert) Chantarat is a research scientist at the Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity at the University of Minnesota. Read more
2022 IAPHS Public Engagement Award
Seward Vaccine Equity Project
Elizabeth Wrigley-Field
The Seward Vaccine Equity Project (SVEP) is an all-volunteer community vaccination project in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis. Read more
