Unsung Heroes in Public Health

Friends in Public Health:

For a fifth consecutive year, The CPH Foundation is reaching out to those working in public health to find, highlight, and applaud the best and brightest in the disease control and prevention arena. Too often, public health is relegated to the back bench. While lifesaving work, science, and research is put into action 24-7 by our nation's public health leaders, most Americans don't realize the all the important work done by public health experts to keep them safe from disease, injury, infection, and more. These awards are meant to highlight this work and to bring their service to light here in Washington, DC.

In each of the past 4 years, the CPH Foundation has flown our winners to the Nation's Capitol to commended and applauded their efforts at a congressional reception. We introduced our winners to legislators and policy leaders during a day of meetings so their work can be better understood. We cannot wait to do it again!

The stories our Unsung Heroes tell serve as examples of the type of work being done at the local, state, and international level by public health leaders across the nation each and every day.

Nomination forms are due into our office no later than Monday, Novmember 3, 2014. Our two public health award nomination forms can be found here (one form is used for both awards), while our media nomination form can be found at this link. More information on all three awards can be found below.

We anticipate holding a reception in Washington in early December. More details will follow.

Please let us take a moment to thank AbbVie, our 2014 Unsung Heroes of Public Health Awards sponsor - and the the Heroes Award sponsor for the second year in a row. AbbVie's support continues to make our recognition of these tremendous public health heroes possible.