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Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2024 Feb 1;28(3):383–390. doi: 10.1007/s10995-024-03901-x

Table 2.

National maternal and child health epidemiology award recipients by award category, 2000–2021

Year/Level Award Title and Recipient
Greg Alexander Award for Advancing Knowledge
2021 Wanda Barfield, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2018 Eugene Declercq, Boston University
2016 Carol J. Rowland Hogue, Emory University
2014 KS Joseph, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
2012 Laura Schieve, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2012 Matthew Gillman, Harvard University
2011 Paul Newacheck, University of California, San Francisco
2010 Gopal Singh, Health Resources and Services Administration
2009 Allen Wilcox, National Institutes of Health
2008 Patricia O’Campo, University of Toronto
2007 Michael Kramer, McGill University
2006 James Collins, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago
2005 Mark Klebanoff, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
2004 David Savitz, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2003 Michael Kogan, Health Resources and Services Administration
2002 Nigel Paneth, Michigan State University
2001 Greg Alexander, University of Alabama at Birmingham
2000 Milton Kotelchuck, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Effective Practice—Community, State, and National Levels
2021
 Community Level Theresa Seagraves, Franklin County Public Health
 State Level Massachusetts Racial Equity Strategic Pathway Implementation Team (RESPIT), Massachusetts Department of Public Health
 National Level Childbirth Connection
2020
 State Level Dara Daneen Mendez, University of Pittsburgh
 National Level The National Survey of Children’s Health Team
2018
 Community Level Aileen Duldulao, Multnomah County Health Department
 State Level Puerto Rico Department of Health’s Division of Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Puerto Rico Department of Health
2016
 Community Level Audrey M. Stevenson, Salt Lake County Health Department, Massachusetts Oral Health Steering Committee
2014
 State Level Bruce Cohen, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
 State Level Massachusetts Pregnancy to Early Life Longitudinal (PELL) Data System Team, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
 National Level Marion MacDorman, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2012
 State Level Donald Hayes, Family Health Services Division, State of Hawaii
2011
 Community Level Center for Women’s Health, Trover Health Systems
 State Level C. Meade Grigg, Florida’s Office of Health Statistics and Assessment, State Registrar of Vital Statistics
 State Level Isabelle Horon, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
2010
 State Level Kenneth Rosenberg, Oregon Public Health Division
 National Level Maternal Health Team for 2009 Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2009
 Community Level Priscilla Guild, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
 State Level Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Unit, Section of Women’s, Children’s, and Family Health, Division of Public Health, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
2008
 Community Level Institute for Health, Policy, and Evaluation Research, Duval County Health Department
 National Level CityMatCH, University of Nebraska Medical Center
2007
 Community Level Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, Nashville-Davidson Health Department
 State Level Wanda Barfield, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 National Level Carrie Shapiro-Mendoza, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2006
 State Level Douglas Paterson, Michigan Department of Community Health
 National Level Stephanie Ventura, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2005
 Community Level Los Angeles County STD Program
 State Level Richard Lorenz, Oklahoma State Department of Health
 National Level Stella Yu, Health Resources and Services Administration
2004
 Community Level Carol Brady, Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition
 State Level Paul Buescher, North Carolina Division of Public Health
 National Level Laura Kann, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2003
 Community Level Countryside Lead Prevalence Study Team
 State Level Garland Land, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
 National Level Larry Edmonds, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2002
 Community Level Carolyn Slack, Columbus Health Department
 State Level Gilberto Chavez, California Department of Health Services
 State Level New Mexico and Navaho PRAMS Collaborative
National Level Carol Hogue, Emory University
2001
 Community Level Kathy Carson, Public Health Seattle-King County
 State Level Bao-Ping Zhu, Michigan Department of Community Health
 National Level Hani Atrash, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2000
 Community Level Pinellas County Healthy Start
 State Level Aaron Roome, Connecticut Department of Public Health
 National Level Arden Handler, University of Illinois at Chicago
Outstanding Leadership
2021 Audra Robertson Meadows, University of California at San Diego
2020 David Goodman, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
2016 Margaret A. Honein, National Center on Birth Defects and Development Disabilities
2014 Deborah Allen, Bureau of Child, Adolescent, and Family Health, Boston Public Health Commission
2012 Christina Bethell, Oregon Health and Sciences University
2009 Donna Peterson, College of Public Health, University of South Florida
2008 William Hollinshead III, Rhode Island Department of Health
2006 Jeffrey Gould, Stanford University
2005 Jose Cordero, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2004 Magda Peck, University of Nebraska Medical Center
2003 William Sappenfield, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2002 Deborah Klein Walker, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
2001 Peter van Dyck, Health Resources and Services Administration
2000 Claude Earl Fox, Health Resources and Services Administration
Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring
2020 Daniel Asmamaw Enquobahrie, University of Washington
2016 Kristin M. Rankin, University of Illinois at Chicago
2012 Michelle Williams, Harvard University
2009 Donna Strobino, Johns Hopkins University
2007 Russell Kirby, University of Alabama at Birmingham
2005 Deb Rosenberg, University of Illinois at Chicago
Early Career Professional Achievement a
2020 Meagan Robinson, Virginia Department of Health
2020 Kristin Palmsten, Health Partners Institute
2018 Catherine Vladutiu, Maternal and Child Health Bureau
2018 Sharyn Parks Brown, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2016 Michael Grady Smith, South Carolina Bureau of MCH
2016 Ashley H. Hirai, Maternal and Child Health Bureau
2014 Susanna Visser, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2012 Lisa Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh
2011 Reem Ghandour, Health Resources and Services Administration
2010 Amina Alio, University of South Florida
2009 Brian Castrucci, Georgia Division of Public Health
2008 Stephen Blumberg, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2007 Charlan Kroelinger, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2006 Jihong Liu, University of South Carolina
2005 Stephanie Schrag, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2004 Kay Tomashek, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2003 Michael Lu, University of California at Los Angeles
2002 Joann Petrini, National March of Dimes Foundation
2001 Cande Ananth, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
2000 Wendy Struchen, Pinellas County Healthy Start
Zena Stein and Mervyn Susser Award for Lifetime Achievement
2020 Donna M. Strobino, Bloomberg School of Public Health, John Hopkins University
2018 Marie Clare McCormick Harvard University
2016 Roger Rochat, Emory University
2014 Walter Rogan, National Institutes of Health
2009 Bernard Guyer, Johns Hopkins University
2007 Irvin Emanuel, University of Washington
2006 David Erickson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2005 Zena Stein and Mervyn Susser, Columbia University
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Previously entitled, “Young Professional Achievement’ award