Some of public health’s most passionate advocates were recognized during the 2024 GPHA Annual Meeting and Conference in Jekyll Island during the presentation of section awards and the Sellers-McCroan Award.
Congratulations to all of these public health champions!
- Al Dohany Community Service Award: Danielle Sayre
- Kathy Milner Health Education and Promotion Award: Mecca Mason
- Jules S. Terry Memorial Award: Valerie Fraley
- Fred Agel Governance Award: Chris Tsavatewa, DSc, MP
- Academic Section Award: Sherry Farr
- Communications Excellence Award: Valerie Crow
- Rosemarie B. Newman Nutrition Extra Mile Award: Lisa Murray
- Administration Outstanding Service Award: Melinda Bryant
- Applied Epidemiologist of the Year Award: Mareike Haaren
- Stancliff Boone Communicable Disease Specialist Award: Marie Paul-David
- Environmental Health Specialist of the Year Award: Gina Smith
- Early Career Environmental Health Specialist of the Year Award: Linda Marrazzo
- J. Patrick O’Neal Safety and Health Preparedness Award: Susan Beckham
- Maggie Kline Nursing Award: Virginia Russell
- Ruth B. Freeman Nursing Award for Population Health: Chrissa Shaffer
- Lillian D. Wald Public Health Nursing Award: Lupita Maria Trejo Lozaro
- Barfield Nursing Award: Kimberly Allen, MS, PhD
- President Award Recipients: Angie Peden, MPH
- Sellars-McCroan Award Recipients: Team Members of Georgia Public Health Laboratories, 2020-2023