NHPHA Annual Meeting AwardsRoger Fossum AwardThe Roger Fossum Award is a lifetime achievement award that is presented to a senior public health individual who has made significant contributions to public health throughout their career.
Past recipients include: 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 Prior to 2003, the Roger Fossum Lecturer Award was presented to the chosen keynote speaker at the Annual Meeting held in April of each year. 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 The Rising Star AwardThe RISING STAR AWARD honors a public health professional who has been in the field less than five (5) years and has both contributed to public health and has demonstrated significant potential - a rising star in the field! 2019 Kelley is a Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS) focused on preventing substance misuse and suicide. Her role is to support the prevention work happening throughout the Winnipesaukee Public Health Region. Kelley was selected as the 2017 NH Certified Prevention Specialist of the Year, and more recently, was awarded the NAMI NH Hiller “Mac” McCartin-Field of Co-occurring Substance Misuse & Mental Illness Award. Kelley is often called upon as a subject matter expert, she assists schools and organizations in grant writing to obtain funding for programs and often provides education or speaks to various sectors. She, on a regular basis:
You don’t come across many people like Kelley. Her passion and excitement for the work she does is undeniable. She beams with pride and enthusiasm when she speaks and her passion is as genuine as it gets – just ask anyone who has ever heard her speak! Her contributions to the field of suicide prevention is endless. She is a hands-on learner and teacher who collaborates constantly with others across the state including law enforcement, teachers and students, regional partners, and others to address suicide prevention and substance misuse strategies in NH. She is extremely knowledgeable in her field and, as previously noted, is often called upon as a subject matter expert. She finds joy and meaning knowing her work is impacting real lives of those in our communities, thus making positive, healthy change within our region. She is a master at networking and sharing information with any and all. Kelley is a friend, colleague, and woman who is making a difference each and every day to those who need it in our region and state. 2018 Friend of Public Health AwardThe Friend of Public Health Award is presented to a person or to a group who has been instrumental in practicing and/or promoting public health in the state. Sally Kraft, MD, MPH, is vice president of the Community Health department in the Population Health Management Division at Dartmouth Hitchcock Health System. She holds an appointment at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine as an assistant professor of medicine. She has been at Dartmouth since 2014. Prior to her work at Dartmouth she was the medical director of quality, safety and innovation for the University of Wisconsin Health System. She earned both her MD and her MPH from the University of Michigan and did her training in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Stanford. Early on in her work at Dartmouth, Sally reached out to NHPHA to identify opportunities for collaboration. Sally understood that in order to advance health equity and improve health outcomes, hospitals and health systems can no longer view themselves as separate from public health and social service sectors. Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, The Schumann Lecture, and NHPHA joined forces to host in 2016 the first Team Up, Take Action conference. The conference was developed in response to a growing recognition that to truly improve health equity an interdisciplinary, coordinated, cross-sector approach is necessary. The purpose of the conference is to engage the public health, healthcare and social services workforce to build bridges, understand each other’s perspectives and access education and training in cross-sector partnership and teamwork to address health disparities and improve health equity. The Vermont Public Health Association joined the conference partnership in 2017. This conference is just one small piece of Sally’s work as a change agent, helping Dartmouth Hitchcock and other health care organizations to envision the promise of working together with community partners to integrate strategies and investments that address the social determinants of health. Under her leadership the Population Health group at Dartmouth Hitchcock manages 2 Regional Public Health Networks that are streamlining and maximizing services across their 2 regions with an emphasis on building the skills and expertise among the staff and always engaging additional partners. Sally also ensures that Dartmouth Hitchcock’s community benefits program supports many agencies in the Upper Valley doing important public health work. As one partner has said about Sally, “She has a way of helping one think through strategies, identify opportunities, and develop a plan of action to move 'big things' forward. In 'big, hairy issues' her thinking and input breathes fresh new air into the issue, bringing greater clarity and new perspective… causing those around her to feel greater motivation and purpose to make a change, charging forward with passion. And always a willing partner, she quickly offers her expertise to create these initiatives she so often seeds.” She is truly a leader in the state working to create innovative population health models to keep people healthier and improve care while reducing costs. Past recipients include: 2018 Jeffrey Fetter, MD Chief Medical Officer, NH Department of Corrections New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence 2016 Mary Anne Fergusen Monadnock HEAL and Healthy Monadnock 2020 Eric Adams Laconia Police Department 2015 Timothy Soucy, MPH, REHS City of Manchester Public Health Department Neil Twitchell Division of Public Health Services, NH DHHS 2014 Healthy Monadnock 2020 Cheshire Medical Center/ Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene 2013 Lindsay Dearborn, M.Ed, MPH Former NHPHA Secretary and Policy Member Retired 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2005 2004 2003 2002 2000 1999 President's AwardThe PRESIDENT'S AWARD is given at the discretion of the President to honor an individual who has provided exceptional service to the Association. Past recipients include: 2018 2017 The NH Community Health Service AwardThe NH Community Health Service Award recognizes for-profit businesses making a significant contribution to improving the health of NH residents. It is NHPHA's intent that nominees outside the public health tradition be considered for this award. A nominee does not need to be a NHPHA member
NHPHA presented The Union Leader, New Hampshire’s biggest daily paper, with the 2019 NH Community Service Award for their commitment to solutions journalism which serves to engage readers towards greater awareness and deeper understanding of challenges to our health and wellbeing and potential solutions. The Union Leader secured philanthropic funding to support two solutions-focused beats, each with a dedicated full-time reporter. “Silver Linings,” a year-long initiative, supported by the Endowment for Health, led by journalist Roberta Baker, focuses on issues of the state’s aging population. “Beyond the Stigma” explores the substance abuse and mental health crisis, with funding from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, NAMI New Hampshire, and private individuals. The series has detailed the relationship between mental health and addiction while uncovering examples of behavioral health treatment and prevention models that are actually working. Reporter Shawne K. Wickham leads this work. Solutions journalism tends to heighten people’s sense of agency — "problems can be solved, and I can play a part "— in ways that change the quality of their news consumption. They spend more time with solutions stories, and they share those stories more often with friends and family. The willingness of the Union Leader to engage in this style of journalism, to provide civic value fostering public understanding and discourse around these complex social issues is commendable. It has helped to catalyze meaningful discourse, exploration of innovative solutions that have worked, and positive change in our communities. Past recipients include: 2018 2017 |
NHPHA is proud to present Audrey Knight, MSN, with this year’s Fossum Lifetime Achievement Award. Until 2018, Audrey had served the New Hampshire community in a public health capacity since 1984. Starting at the Visiting Nurse Association of Franklin, Audrey transitioned to the Maternal and Child Health Section of the NH Division of Public Health Services in 1986 and served as the Child Health Program Manager and Nurse Consultant and Project Coordinator for the NH Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and NH Sudden Unexpected Death in the Young projects. In 2017, Audrey received the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services’ Commissioner’s Exemplary Service Recognition Award. Previously, she was the 2013 recipient of the State of New Hampshire Attorney General’s Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect’s Dr. Roger M. Fossum Award for Outstanding Dedication and Service on Behalf of New Hampshire’s Children and Families. That year she also received the NH Pediatric Society Public Citizen of the Year award. Audrey obtained her BSN, cum laude, from Northeastern University and her MSN from Yale University, School of Nursing.Our Funders
