National Forum

National Forum Awards

National Forum Awards 2022

National Forum Award Recipients

2009 (Establishment) – 2021

2021

National Forum Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award: Individual

  • Philip Huang, MD, MPH, Director, Dallas County Health and Human Services

National Forum Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award: Organization

  • California Right Care Initiative

National Forum Public Policy Award: Individual

  • James Bobenhouse, MD, Neurology Associates, Lincoln, Nebraska

National Forum Public Policy Award: Organization

  • Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

National Forum Commitment Award

  • Penny Kris-Etherton, PhD, RD, FAHA, FNLA, CLS

National Forum Chair Recognition Award

  • Kimberly Stitzel, MS, RD, Past Chair

2020

National Forum Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award: Individual

  • Jennifer Cooper, DNP, RN, APHN-BC, CCP

National Forum Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award: Organization

  • Association of Black Cardiologists

National Forum Public Policy Award: Individual

  • Senator Jerry Hill

National Forum Commitment Award

  • Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc

National Forum Chair Recognition Award

  • Michael A. Cropp, MD, MBA
  • Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN

2019

Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award: Individual

  • Norm Linsky, Mended Hearts

Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award: Group

  • The Ohio State University, College of Nursing

Public Policy Award: Individual

  • Barry M. Popkin, PhD, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Public Policy Award: Group

  • American Heart Association, Healthy Kids’ Meal legislation

Commitment Award

  • Miriam Patanian, MPH, National Association of Chronic Disease Directors

Chair Recognition Award

  • Benjamin Bluml, RPh, American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation

Board of Directors Service Award

  • Laura Gordon, Institute for Advanced Clinical Trials (I-ACT) for Children

2018

Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award: Individual

  • The Honorable James Schmitt, Mayor, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award: Group

  • Hearts Beat Back: The Heart of New Ulm Project, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

Public Policy Award: Individual

  • Jill Birnbaum, JD, American Heart Association

Public Policy Award: Group

  • The Horizon Foundation, Sugar Free Kids Maryland

Commitment Award

  • Sunita Dodani MBBS (MD), FCPS, MSc, PhD, FAHA, Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), &
    EVMS-Sentara Healthcare Analytics and Delivery Science Institute (HADSI)

Chair Recognition Award

  • The Honorable Sharon Weston Broome, Mayor, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Board of Directors Service Award

  • Rod Wooten, AstraZeneca
  • Dave Zook, JD, Faegre Baker Daniels Consulting

2017

Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award: Individual

  • Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH, Director of Research Clinics, Kaiser Permanente Northern California

Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award: Group

  • The FH Foundation

Public Policy Award: Individual

  • David Hoffman, DPS, CCE,  New York State Department of Health, National Association of Chronic Disease Directors

Public Policy Award: Group

  • Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, University of Michigan

Commitment Award

  • Emmeline J. Ochiai, MPH, Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Chair Recognition Award

  • Helene D. Clayton-Jeter, OD, Food and Drug Administration
  • Fred (Fortunato) Senatore, MD, PhD, FACC, Food and Drug Administration

Board of Directors Service Award

      • Sharon Moffatt, RN, BSN, MSN, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)

2016

National Forum Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award: Individual

      • Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, Tulane University School of Medicine

National Forum Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award: Organization​

      • Minnesota Department of Health

National Forum Public Policy Award: Individual

      • Crystal Echo Hawk, Fertile Ground

National Forum Public Policy Award: Organization

      • Public Health Law Center

National Forum Commitment Award

      • Laura Gordon, General Manager, Edelman

National Forum Chair Recognition Award

      • Ursula Bauer, Director of CDC’s Division of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

 2015

National Forum Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award: Individual

      • Sue Koob, CEO, Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association

National Forum Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award: Organization​

      • WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease

National Forum Public Policy Award: Individual

      • Claudia Louis, Government Relations Manager, American Heart Association

National Forum Public Policy Award: Organization

      • Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids

National Forum Commitment Award

      • Virginia Howard, PhD, Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham

National Forum Chair Recognition Award

      • Janet Wright, MD, FACC, Executive Director, Million Hearts®
      • Paul Underwood, MD, Medical Director, Boston Scientific

 2014

National Forum Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award: Individual

      • Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD, Past Commissioner of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

National Forum Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award: Organization​

      • City of Chicago Department of Public Health

National Forum Public Policy Award: Individual

      • Ashley G. Bell, American Heart Association

National Forum Public Policy Award: Organization

      • National League of Cities

National Forum Commitment Award

      • Margaret O. Casey, RN, MPH

National Forum Chair Recognition Award

      • Winnie Ballard

2013

Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award: Individual

      • George A. Mensah, MD, FACC

Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award: Organization​

      • American Medical Group Association

Public Policy Award: Individual

      • Senator Tom Harkin

Public Policy Award: Organization

      • ChangeLab Solution

National Forum Commitment Award

      • Mark Schoeberl, Executive Vice President of Advocacy for the American Heart Association

National Forum Chair Recognition Award

      • Alexander White, JD, MPH
      • Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH, FAHA

 2012

National Forum Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award: Individual

      • Thomas A. Pearson, MD, MPH, PhD

National Forum Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award: Organization

      • New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

National Forum Public Policy Award: Individual

      • Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH
      • Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, FRCP

National Forum Public Policy Award: Organization

      • American Public Health Association

National Forum Commitment Award

      • Sharon Moffatt, RN, BSN, MS

National Forum Chair Recognition Award

      • Franz Fanuka

2011

National Forum Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award: Individual

      • Darwin R. Labarthe, MD, MPH, PhD

National Forum Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award: Organization

      • National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council

National Forum Public Policy Award: Individual

      • Anne C. Goldberg, MD

National Forum Public Policy Award: Organization

      • Partnership for Prevention

National Forum Commitment Award

      • Jill Birnbaum, JD

National Forum Chair Recognition Award

      • Peg O’Connell, JD
      • Mike Greenwell

2010

National Forum Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award: Individual

      • Libby Puckett, PT

National Forum Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award

      • National Association of Chronic Disease Directors

National Forum Public Policy Award: Individual

      • David Goff, MD, PhD, FACP, FAHA
        Wake Forest University School of Medicine

National Forum Public Policy Award: Group

      • Trust for America’s Health

National Forum Commitment Award

      • Jay H. Glasser, PhD, MS, FRIPH, FFPH

National Forum Chair Recognition Award

      • Janelle Peralez Gunn
      • Julie Harvill, MPA, MPH

 2009

National Forum Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award

      • Great Lakes Regional Stroke Free Network
        Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin

National Forum Public Policy Award

      • William Caplan, MD

National Forum Commitment Award

      • Tim Hutchinson, MSW, MPA
        Public Health Agency of Canada

National Forum Chair Recognition Award

    • Phillip Poole-Wilson, MD
      Member, Regional and Global Collaboration Implementation Group