THE RWJF AWARD FOR HEALTH EQUITY PRESENTED BY THE ASIAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER CAUCUS
We are honored to have three prominent public health leaders judge the 2020 RWJF-APIC Award. This Award will recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions toward achieving health equity.
Chari Cohen, DrPH, MPH, is Vice President for Public Health and Programs at the Hepatitis B Foundation (HBF), in Doylestown, PA. For the past 18 years, she has planned, implemented, and evaluated community programs and research projects focusing on hepatitis B and liver cancer. Her research focuses on reducing hepatitis B related health disparities, including developing culturally competent models for improving health care access. Dr. Cohen is co-founder and director of Hep B United Philadelphia, a coalition and campaign to increase testing, vaccination and linkage to care in high-risk communities. Nationally, she is chair of CHIPO: Coalition Against Hepatitis for People of African Origin. She is also co-chair of Hep B United, a national coalition in 19 states to address and eliminate hepatitis B. Academically, Dr. Cohen is Associate Professor at the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, and serves as adjunct faculty for Jefferson School of Population Health, Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, and Geisinger Commonwealth Medical College. Dr. Cohen received her MPH from Temple University and her DrPH in Community Health and Prevention from Drexel University School of Public Health.
Daniel López-Cevallos, PhD, MPH, is an Associate Professor of Latinx Studies, Ethnic Studies, & Health Equity and Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at Oregon State University. Dr. López-Cevallos has over a decade of experience conducting research regarding health equity issues, primarily among Latinx populations. His research focuses on the intersections of race/ethnicity, gender, class, and other socioeconomic and sociocultural factors, and their relationship to health and health care issues. Furthermore, he is interested in the development and implementation of community, institutional, and policy-level strategies to better serve Latinx and other marginalized communities. He is an Affiliate Investigator with the Hispanic Community Health Study/ Study of Latinos, and serves as Vice-Chair for the Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs. He earned his PhD in Public Health, with concentrations in International Health and Health Policy, at Oregon State University, and MPH and BS degrees from Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador.
David Rebanal, DrPH, MPH, is Assistant Professor of Community Health Education in the College of Health and Social Sciences at San Francisco State University. His research objective focuses on building evidence for policy and population-level interventions focused on structural and social determinants of health inequities. He conducts epidemiological research and mixed-methods evaluations, with a focus on social and political determinants of racial health inequities. His current research examines the roles of neighborhood features, immigrant political participation, and neighborhood social capital on the mental health of Asian Americans. Dr. Rebanal recently completed formative research, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, to understand the impact of community organizing to achieve health equity within the Culture of Health framework, as well for San Mateo County’s “Community Collaboration for Children’s Success” initiative- in which he co-led an evaluation of a 16-month trauma-informed community planning process. Prior to joining the Department of Community Health Education as SFSU, Dr. Rebanal was the Senior Research and Evaluation Associate at the Health Equity Institute (HEI) at SFSU, and is currently an Affiliate Faculty member at HEI. Dr. Rebanal has nearly two decades of public health experience including working in public health program development and evaluation. This includes leadership roles in philanthropy, policy advocacy and community-based participatory research initiatives. Dr. Rebanal received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Philosophy from University of Scranton (Scranton, PA); a Master of Public Health in Urban Heath/ Community Health Education at Hunter College, City University of New York (New York, NY); and Doctor of Public Health with a focus on social epidemiology and community development at UC Berkeley School of Public Health (Berkeley, CA).
The judges will evaluate applications based on the following criteria:
- Nominee’s work shows alignment with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s vision for building a Culture of Health and achieving health equity.
- Nominee’s work demonstrated success to change systems that impact health outcomes in one or more of the following areas: access to quality care, education, employment, income, community environment, housing, and public safety.
- Nominee’s work provided a solution to improve outcomes for groups most affected by health disparities.
- Nominee’s successfully implemented a systems change approach to reduce health disparities within the past two years.
- The degree to which nominee’s work reflects: outcome(s), innovative approaches, transformational systems change, collaborative leadership, resourcefulness, impact, and scalability.
2020 RWJF Deadline for submission has closed
OFFICIAL RULES: Click Here
APPLICATION FORM: Click Here
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Click Here
KEY DATES & DEADLINES
Entry Period: June 1 to July 19, 2020 at 11:59PM EST
Nominations due: July 19, 2020 at 11:59PM EST
Notified of decision: On or about August 20, 2020
APIC Awards Ceremony: October 27, 2020
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Award recipients must have successfully implemented a systems change in the past two years that:
- Aligns with RWJF’s vision for building a Culture of Health and achieving health equity www.cultureofhealth.org;
- Impacts health outcomes in one or more of the following areas: access to quality care, education, employment, income, community environment, housing, and public safety;
- Provides a solution or approach that improves outcomes for groups most affected by health disparities.
NOMINATIONS PROCESS:
RWJF-APIC Award application form, application instructions, and official rules are available on the APIC website (www.apicaucus.org).
Use the following format to save files: <Lastname, Firstname_Application> and < Lastname, Firstname_CV>.
Submit a PDF of the application form and PDF of the nominee’s CV to rwjfaward@apicaucus.org or mail the completed application to: Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus, 151 Alice B. Toklas Place #603, San Francisco, CA 94109.
You will receive a confirmation email when the nomination form has been received.
Nominations are closed