Register today for MPHA’s upcoming Annual Conference & Meeting – Rooted in Community: Building Equity-Driven Policies. We are excited to announce that our keynote speaker will be Lauren Smith, Chief Health Equity and Strategy Officer for the CDC Foundation, who will be discussing the importance of data collection as a means of measuring health inequities and developing effective strategies to address them. We will also be unveiling our 2023 – 2024 policy priorities and sharing our recently revised Health Equity Policy Framework. Join us online on December 13 from 9 AM to 1 PM for an educational and inspiring morning!

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Presenting

Mobilizers

Boston University School of Public Health

Greater New Bedford Community Health Center

Health Leads

Massachusetts Councils on Aging

Benefactors

Greater Lowell Health Alliance

Educators

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Bachelor of Science in Public Health and Master of Public Health Programs

Quinsigamond Community College

University of Massachusetts Lowell- Department of Public Health

Community Supporters

Geoffrey Wilkinson

Recent Events

2022 Spring Awards Breakfast

MPHA held our 20th Annual Spring Awards Breakfast on June 3, 2022 in Boston. Mayor Michelle Wu and Boston Public Health Commission Executive Director Dr. Bisola Ojikutu provided the keynote remarks and received a special MPHA award, the Catalyst for Justice Award. Together, Mayor Wu and Dr. Ojikutu have championed transparency, reliance on clear data benchmarks, and a commitment to health equity in the city’s response to COVID-19.  They have also focused on achieving more equitable health outcomes by working to improve the social conditions in which Boston residents live, including access to healthy food and stable affordable housing.

MPHA’s highest honor, the Paul Revere Award for Lifetime Achievement, was given to to Ashish Jha, MD, MPH, in recognition of his outstanding impact on public health in the Commonwealth. Dr. Jha is a physician, health policy researcher, and a global expert on pandemic preparedness and response as well as on health policy research and practice. He served as the Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health until appointed by President Biden as the national Coordinator of the COVID-19 Response.  

We presented the first-ever Local Public Health Leadership Award to Phoebe Walker, Director of Community Services at the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG). In addition to her dedication to addressing the public health needs of the communities she serves, Ms. Walker has played a leadership role in the multiyear statewide advocacy effort to reform Massachusetts’ inefficient and inequitable local public health system. 

The Lemuel Shattuck Award was presented to Chien-Chi Huang, Executive Director of Asian Women for Health, a peer-led, community-based network dedicated to advancing Asian women’s health and wellbeing. In addition to founding Asian Women for Health, Ms. Huang has been a persistent advocate for the collection, analysis, and reporting of race and ethnicity data for Asian Americans, because without such data, health inequities among different Asian populations will never be visible nor effectively addressed. 

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Thank you to our Sponsors!

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Gold

Silver

Bronze

Alosa Health

American Heart Association

Association for Behavioral Healthcare

Baystate Health

Beacon Health Options/Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership

Beth Israel Lahey Health

The Boston Foundation

Boston Medical Center

Cambridge Health Alliance

Dana-Farber Cancer Insitute

Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at University of Massachusetts Medical School

Fenway Health

Lachlan Forrow

Liberty Mutual Insurance

Gilead

Greater New Bedford Community Health Center

Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts

Health Resources in Action

Home Health Foundation

John Snow, Inc.

Justice Resource Institute

Liberty Mutual Insurance

Tufts University School of Medicine, Public Health Program

Benefactor

Boston Healthcare for the Homeless

Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine

Health Equity Partnership of North Central Mass Inc. (CHNA9)

Massachusetts Association for Mental Health

Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association

Massachusetts Medical Society

Massachusetts Nurses Association

Neil Maniar & Ami Bhatt

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Patron

AAFCPAs

Alfred DeMaria Jr.

Cynthia A. Tschampl

Ralph Fuccillo

Deborah & Paul Walker

Massachusetts Association of Health Boards

Northeastern University Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Organizational Members

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Past Events

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