Distinguished Lifetime Membership is conferred as a recognition on those leaders who have devoted their time, knowledge and abilities to the advancement of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer public health.#@#_WA_-_CURSOR_-_POINT_#@#
Honorees:
2020:
José Ramón Fernández-Peña, MD, MPA
President, American Public Health Association
Lisa Carlson, MPH
President, American Public Health Association
2017
Dan Mertens
Prior
Walter Lear, MD
Founder, LGBTQ Health Caucus (formerly the LGBT Caucus of Public Health Professionals)
2020 APHA Annual Meeting, Virtual
Meredith Klepper, MS, RN, CPN
Katherine Fasullo, RN
2019 APHA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia
TBD
2018 APHA Annual Meeting in San Diego
No award was made.
2017 APHA Annual Meeting in Atlanta
Musarrat Rahman, MPH
2016 APHA Annual Meeting in Denver
Joanne Patterson, Ph.D. student
Alvin Tran, a Doctor of Science student
DaRel Barksdale, a DrPh student
The Caucus established the Walter J. Lear Outstanding Student Research Award to recognize exceptional work by students on LGBT-related issues. The award consists of a stipend and free caucus membership. All students who submit an abstract to the Caucus for consideration for the annual meeting are eligible for this award.
Walter J. Lear was one of the founders and a longtime chair of the Caucus. He founded the Caucus in 1975 and worked with APHA to inform them of our health issues and the need for research. Click here to read Walter's Obituary
Thanks to Carmine November of Pfizer for support of the Walter Lear Student Award.
About the CaucusSince its founding in 1975, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) Health Caucus has been an association of public health professionals committed to furthering LGBTQ issues within the American Public Health Association (APHA) and the field of public health at large. For more information about the LGBTQ Health Caucus, please see our Frequently Asked Questions. |