Public health professionals deserve to be recognized for their achievements. This occurs on the state and national level.

CPHA Awards

Each year, CPHA selects 4 people to receive one of four awards that are presented during the CPHA Annual Meeting or a mid-year meeting. A Call for Award Nominees typically will go out two months before the event.

C.-E.A. Winslow Award

The C.-E.A. Winslow Award is presented to a public health professional that has demonstrated leadership and achievement in practice, research and /or education. The award commemorates Charles-Edward Amory Winslow (1877-1957), a pioneer in public health and medicine, who is credited with founding the second oldest school of public health in the country at Yale University. Among the most widely quoted health leaders during his lifetime, Dr. Winslow believed that equal in weight with scientific ideas about health and disease was a commitment to social justice – that social ills must be the first conquest in the "conquest of epidemic disease.”

Ira V. Hiscock Award

The Ira V. Hiscock Award is presented annually to a Connecticut layperson or organization that has made notable contributions to the advancement of public health through public service, education, advocacy and/or leadership. Ira Hiscock was an internationally recognized epidemiologist and a public health professor at Yale University who inspired generations of students.

Ira V. Hiscock Award Winners

Charles G. Huntington III Award

The Charles G. Huntington III Award is presented annually to a Connecticut health care practitioner who has demonstrated public health leadership and a commitment to the health and well-being of populations. Charles Huntington was a leader, a role model, a dedicated humanist, a steadfast public health advocate and a caregiver of the first order. He was a leader in the physician assistant profession, a leader of the Connecticut Public Health Association for many years, and at the time of his death, was Associate Dean and Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

  Charles G. Huntington III Award Winners

The Michael J. Perlin Student Award

The Michael J. Perlin Student Award recognizes a current graduate or undergraduate student enrolled in an accredited public health program who demonstrates, through student activities and/or community service, a commitment to leadership, volunteerism, and the highest educational standards. At the time of his passing, Perlin was Professor Emeritus of Public Health at Southern Connecticut State University, where he distinguished himself as a respected educator, colleague and public health advocate. During his 41 years in education-the majority spent at Southern Connecticut State University as a Professor of Public Health-Perlin was known as an energetic and ingenious teacher, who left an indelible mark on countless students. He was the 2009 recipient of the C.E.A. Winslow Award.

 Michael J. Perlin Student Award Winners

APHA Awards

The American Public Health Association recognizes public health professionals through 9 awards, each given our during the APHA Annual Meeting. A Call for Nominations goes out about 6 months before the Annual Meeting.

Sedgwick Memorial Medal - awarded for distinguished service and advancement of public health knowledge and practice.

APHA Award for Excellence - given each year to a living individual in recognition of his/her exceptionally meritorious contribution to the improvement of health of the people.

David P. Rall Award for Advocacy in Public Health - awarded to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to public health through science-based advocacy.

Milton and Ruth Roemer Prize for Creative Local Public Health Work - awarded to a local health officer of a county, city or other unit of local government, in recognition for outstanding creative and innovative public health work.

Sidel-Levy Award for Peace - awarded to an APHA member who has made outstanding contributions to preventing war and promote international peace.

Martha May Eliot Award - honors extraordinary health service to mothers and children; to bring such achievement to the eyes of related professional people and the public; to stimulate young people in the field to emulate efforts resulting in such recognition; and to add within the profession and in the eyes of the public to the stature of professional workers in the field of maternal and child health.

Helen Rodriguez-Trias Social Justice Award - awarded to a person who has distinguished herself/himself professionally by working toward social justice for underserved and disadvantaged populations.

Jay S. Drotman Memorial Award - recognizes the career of a promising young public health professional or student.

Student Assembly Public Health Mentoring Award - recognize the essential role of mentoring in public health and leadership development.