The Loretta P. Lacey MCH Academic Leadership Award was created in 1990 to recognize leadership in MCH education, research, policy development and/or advocacy. The 1994 recipient of the award was Loretta P. Lacey, an Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences for the University of Illinois at Chicago. Loretta had been a public health nurse since 1967, serving in various capacities from field nurse to administrator. She joined the UIC faculty in 1985 and received a golden Apple award for excellence in teaching in 1989. A Chicago native and former City of Chicago Assistant Health Commissioner, Mrs. Lacey was a board member for Taproots, a non-profit human services agency providing care for low-income women and children on the West Side. She was also a member of the Executive Council of the Illinois Public Health Association and a member of a committee of the White House Health Care Task Force. The ATMCH Academic Leadership Award was renamed the Loretta P. Lacey MCH Academic Leadership Award, or “Lacey Award”, in 1995 after the death of Loretta Lacey at the age of 49.
All awardees:
- are faculty members, actively involved in MCH education, research, and/or practice;
- are ATMCH members;
- are at mid-career (not yet full professors) with established reputations in MCH; and
- demonstrate leadership skills & show potential for future career development.
They have been scored on the evidence contained in their nominations of their active involvement in MCH work; active involvement in MCH education, research and/or practice; and demonstration of leadership in MCH through education, research, or policy development.
Award Recipients
| Year | First Name | Last Name | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Lois | McCloskey | Boston University |
| 2017 | Daniel | Enquobahrie | University of Washington |
| 2016 | Krista | Casazza | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| 2015 | Michael | Kramer | Emory University |
| 2014 | Diana | Romero | Hunter College & CUNY School of Public Health |
| 2012 | Martha | Wingate | University of Alabama Birmingham |
| 2011 | Karen | McDonnell | George Washington University |
| 2010 | Carolyn | Halpern | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 2009 | Nadine | Peacock | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| 2008 | Michelle | Issel | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| 2007 | Ellen | Daley | University of South Florida |
| 2006 | Mary | Barger | Boston University |
| 2005 | Colleen | Huebner | University of Washington |
| 2004 | Wendy | Hellerstedt | University of Minnesota |
| 2003 | Karen | Perrin | University of South Florida |
| 2002 | Patricia | O’Campo | Johns Hopkins University |
| 2001 | Donna | Petersen | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| 2000 | Edith | Kieffer | University of Michigan |
| 1999 | Eugene | Declercq | Boston University |
| 1998 | Trude | Bennett | University of North Carolina |
| 1997 | Arden | Handler | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| 1996 | Henry | Ireys | Johns Hopkins University |
| 1995 | Sylvia | Guendelman | University of California at Berkeley |
| 1994 | Loretta | Lacey | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| 1993 | Jonathan | Kotch | University of North Carolina |
| 1992 | Sally | Horowitz | Yale University |
| 1991 | Greg | Alexander | University of Minnesota |
| 1990 | Barbara | Leonard | University of Minnesota |
