Awards season

Last night, Annual Meeting attendees gathered to cheer on some of the best and brightest in public health at the APHA Public Health Awards Reception & Ceremony. Also during the reception, APHA presented a check for more than $13,000 to Groundwork Lawrence, a local organization working to create healthier communities. The donation was made possible by APHA members who participated in this year's Help Us Help Them campaign. Above are photos of just a few of the night's recipients.

From top to bottom: Past APHA President Deborah Klein Walker, on right, presents Andrea Gielen, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy, with the APHA Award for Excellence; Rex Archer, director of health in Kansas City, Mo., accepts the Milton and Ruth Roemer Prize for Creative Public Health Work; Shelley Hearne, managing director of the Pew Health Group of the Pew Charitable Trusts, accepts the APHA Executive Director Citation; and a representative from Groundwork Lawrence accepts a donation from APHA's Help Us Help Them campaign. Photos by Jim Ezell/EZ Event Photography