Minnesota Public Health Association Awards

2025 Nominations due May 5th!

Deadline for the 2025 MPHA Award nominations has been extended to Monday, May 5th.

Please consider recognizing an outstanding public health practitioner!

Submit a nomination

Congratulations to the 2024 Award Recipients!

The MPHA 2024 Awards were presented at the Annual Business Meeting and Awards ceremony on June 25, 2024. Congratulations to all of our award winners! 

Albert Justus Chesley Award: Ellen Saliares

Paul and Sheila Wellstone Public Health Achievement AwardChera Sevcik

Laura Waterman Wittstock Racial Justice and Health Equity Award: Kris Rhodes

B. Robert Lewis AwardRep. Alicia 'Liish' KozlowskiOjibwe name Ozaawaa Anakwad, or "Yellow Cloud"

Harvey G. Rogers Environmental Health Leadership Award: Jessica Nelson

Dr. Harold “Hal” Leppink Scholarship: Taylour Blakeman

Student Achievement Award: Bilsuma Adema

Read the press release here.

Background

The MPHA awards are a great opportunity to acknowledge the commitment and contributions of public health colleagues. Please consider submitting nominations for any or all of the awards throughout the year.  

Questions? Please email MPHA Leadership Committee.