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MPHA’s 21st Annual Spring Awards Breakfast is coming soon! We hope you can join us on June 2, 2023, from 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM at the Artists for Humanity EpiCenter to celebrate the critical work of public health and four health equity champions who work to advance equity every day. We cannot wait to bring together our public health and healthcare communities and honor the passion and integrity of our award winners!
MPHA’s highest honor, the Paul Revere Award, will be given to Kevin Cranston, Assistant Commissioner and Director of the Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. This award is presented to an individual who has made an outstanding impact on public health in the Commonwealth.
The Local Public Health Leadership Award will be given to Dr. Matilde Castiel, Commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services for the City of Worcester. This award is presented to an individual that has worked directly in municipal local public health and contributed their efforts to a more equitable, efficient, and effective local public health system.
The Lemuel Shattuck Award will go to Adrienne (Andy) Epstein, RN, a member of the Brookline Advisory Council on Public Health and longtime public health activist. This award is presented to a person who has made a significant contribution to the field of public health.
The Emerging Leader/Alfred Frechette Award will be given to Tiana Davis, Deputy Public Health Commissioner for the City of Springfield. This award is presented to anyone under the age of 40 that has developed an innovative, unique, and original program and shows leadership and promise in public health or a related field in Massachusetts. Individuals in this category are “rising stars”.
The Spring Awards Breakfast is an opportunity for the healthcare and public health communities to come together and celebrate the passion, integrity, and commitment of our colleagues. It provides both inspiration for the future and recognition of the critical work that is being done across this Commonwealth every day.
You can help honor the awardees by sponsoring the event, placing an advertisement in the program, or purchasing a ticket. Early bird ticket discounts are available to both members and nonmembers through April 24, 2023! Early bird tickets are $150 for current members and $200 for non-members. After that time, ticket prices will increase to $200 for current members and $250 for non-members.
If you have questions about your current membership status, please email Veronica Cañas at vcanas@mapublichealth.org. If you are interested in sponsoring the event, please email Ana Hidalgo at ahidalgo@mapublichealth.org.
Recent Events
With more than 400 attendees, MPHA’s 2022 Annual Conference & Meeting – Rooted in Community: Building Equity-Driven Policies – was a tremendous success. The event featured a keynote address by Dr. Lauren Smith, Chief Health Equity and Strategy Officer for the CDC Foundation, who discussed the importance of data collection as a means of measuring health inequities and developing effective strategies to address them. Other highlights included an inspiring video conversation with State Senator Liz Miranda, who shared her thoughts on public health and environmental justice, and a session run by MPHA Deputy Director Oami Amarasingham and Board Member and Boston University School of Public Health Associate Dean Dr. Craig Andrade on how MPHA works to implement our Health Equity Policy Framework. Finally, MPHA Staff and Policy Council Members unveiled our 2023-2024 Policy Agenda!
Full agenda & meeting materials
Recording of selected highlights
Thank you to our Sponsors!
Presenting Sponsor

Mobilizers
Boston University School of Public Health
Greater New Bedford Community Health Center
Health Leads
Massachusetts Councils on Aging
Massachusetts Nurses Association
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
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.
Thank you to our Sponsors!
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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
Alliance of Massachusetts YMCAs
American Heart/American Stroke Association
Association for Behavioral Healthcare
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Boston Children’s Hospital
Brookline Public Health Department
Casa Myrna
Citizens for Juvenile Justice
City of Lawrence Mayor’s Health Task Force
Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
DOVE, Inc.
Fenway Health
Greater Lowell Health Alliance
Groundwork Lawrence
Harvard Catalyst
Health Equity Partnership of North Central Mass, Inc. (CHNA 9)
Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts
Health Resources in Action
Heywood Hospital
John Snow, Inc.
Justice Resource Institute
Lowell Health & Human Services
Mass Peace Action
Massachusetts Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Massachusetts Association of Health Boards
Massachusetts Association of Public Health Nurses
Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery
Massachusetts School Nurse Organization
Metrowest Health Foundation
MLPB
Needham Board of Health
New Bedford Health Department
Northeastern University Bouvé College of Health Sciences
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
Project Bread
Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts
Revere on the Move
Tufts University School of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Science
Women’s Lunch Place
Worcester Division of Public Health
Past Events
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