PAST CAUCUS Awardees 

Distinguished Lifetime Membership

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)

Grant W. Farmer Memorial Scholarship Award

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 

Walter J. Lear Outstanding Student Research Award

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. 

Year	Winner	Presentation Title
2020	Hill Landon Wolfe, MPA	Transgender-related discrimination is associated with substance use and treatment history in a multi-state sample of transgender adults
2019	2019 Naomi Greene	Exploring healthcare provider interactions in breast cancer screening and care among Black sexual minority women
2018	Stephanie Creasy	Previously Incarcerated Transgender Women: A Mixed-Methods Study on Experiences, Needs, and Resiliencies
2017	Sarah M. Piperato	A Population-Based Study of Body Mass Index and Physical Activity Disparities Among Sexual Minority Identified Women
2016	Amaya Perez-Brumer	We don't treat your kind”: Social determinants of HIV prevention and care in the context of competing health needs among transgender people in Jackson, Mississippi
2015	Alex Maher McDowell, MPH, MSN, RN	Transgender health for future nurses: Students' knowledge and beliefs before and after transgender curriculum integration
2014	Gilbert Gonzales, MHA	Disparities in Health Insurance at the Intersection of Race and Sexual Orientation
2013	Janelle Downing, MS	Socio-economic determinants of unmet need for gender-confirming healthcare
2012	Sari Reisner, MA	Sexual orientation disparities in substance abuse in a sample of patients engaged in care at an urban community health center: The mediating roles of childhood abuse and intimate partner violence
2011	Aleksandar Kecojevic, MPH	Non-Medical Use of Prescription Drugs Among High-risk LGBT Youth
2010	Laura Nasuti	Sexual orientation and suicide attempts: Results from the California Quality of Life Survey II
2009	Mark Hatzenbuehler, MS, MPhil	State-level discrimination policies: Environmental risk factors for psychiatric morbidity in LGB populations
2008	John R. Blosnich, BA, MPH	Violence by any other name: Using population-based data to explore intimate partner violence (IPV) among same-sex relationships in the United States
2007	Annesa Flentje Santa, MA	Reflections on policy and practices: LGBT veterans' experiences while in the military
2006	Allegra Raboff Gordon, MPH	Gender nonconformity as a target of prejudice, discrimination, and violence against LGB individuals
2005	Anthony DiStefano, PhD, MPH	Violence and Self-Harm Among LGBT People in Japan
2004	Amari Pearson-Fields, MPH	Diversity within Diversity: Understanding the Impact of Gender Identity on Cancer Screening Adherence among African American Lesbians
2003	Diane S. Tider, BA, MPH	Knowledge of HPV and effects on sexual behavior of gay/bisexual men