APHA Disability Section Award Winners
Disability Section Award recipients join a distinguished group of achievers who have made significant contributions to the disability field and to improvements in the lives of people with disabilities nationally and internationally.
1992 Disability Achievement: Andrew Batavia
1993 Disability Achievement: Ed Roberts & Judy Heumann
1994 Disability Achievement: Hugh Gallagher
1995 Disability Achievement: Cindy Jones
1996 Disability Achievement: John Hockenberry
1997 Disability Achievement: David Gray
1998 Disability Achievement: Tony Young
1999 Disability Achievement: Katherine Seelman
2000
Disability Achievement: Glen White and colleagues
Allan Meyers Award: Allan Meyers (posthumous)
2001
Disability Achievement: Frank Bowe
2002
Disability Achievement: Justin & Yoshiko Dart
Allan Meyers Award: Harlan Hahn
Student Award: Trisha Welch
2003
Disability Achievement: Levi brothers
Allan Meyers Award: David Pfieffer
Student Award: Dot Nary
2004
Disability Achievement: Patrick Fougeyrollas & Gale Whiteneck
Allan Meyers Award: Bobby Silverstein
2005
Disability Achievement: Margaret Giannini
Allan Meyers Award: Liz Depoy & Stephen Gilson
Student Award: Brad Bosee & Ben Moreau
2006
Disability Achievement: David Braddock
Allan Meyers Award: Tom Seekins
2007
Disability Achievement: Peg Nosek
Allan Meyers Award: Jim Rimmer
Student Award: B.J. Kitchin
New Investigator Award: Thilo Kroll
2008
Lifetime Achievement Award: Elizabeth DePoy
New Investigator Award: Danielle S. Ross
2009
Lifetime Achievement Award: Barbara Altman
New Investigator Award: Willi Horner-Johnson
Student Award: Cheri Blauwet
2010
Lifetime Achievement Award: Rene Jahiel
New Investigator Award: Stephen Gulley
Student Award: Sue Feldman
2011
Lifetime Achievement Award: Rune Simeonsson
Allan Meyers Award: Elena Andresen
Advocacy Award: Eleanor Smith
Student Award: Scott Michael Robertson
2012
Lifetime Achievement Award: Gloria Krahn
New Investigator Award: Jennifer L. Rowland
Advocacy Award: Dennis G. Heaphy
2013
Lifetime Achievement Award: George Jesien
New Investigator Award: Simon Driver
Advocacy Award: A.D.A.P.T.
Student Award: Kerri Vanderbom and Vijay Vasudevan
2014
Lifetime Achievement Award: David Gray
Student Award: Alicia Dixon Ibarra
2015
New Investigator Award: Darcy McMaughan
Student Award: Lyubov Slashcheva
2016
Lifetime Achievement Award: Vincent A. Campbell
Student Award: Caitlin Crabb
New Investigator Award: Randall Owen
Advocacy Award : National Alliance on Mental Illness
Allan Meyers Award: Lisa I. Iezzoni
2017
Lifetime Achievement Award: Tom Seekins
Allan Meyers Award: Monika Mitra
New Investigator Award: Kerri A. Vanderbom
Advocacy Award: Disability Advocates Advancing our Healthcare Rights
2018
Lifetime Achievement Award: H. Stephen Kaye and Mitchell P. LaPlante
Allan Meyers Award: June Isaacson Kailes
New Investigator Award: Vijay Vasudevan
Advocacy Award: Judy Heumann
Student Award: Erica Twardzik
2019
Lifetime Achievement Award: Tony Cahill
Allan Meyers Award: Suzanne McDermott
New Investigator Award: Ilhom Akobirshoey
Advocacy Award: American Association on Health and Disability
Student Award:Lindsey Mullis and Erin Vinoski Thomas
2020
Lifetime Achievement Award: Philip McCallion
Allan Meyers Award: Christopher “Chris” Kochtitzky
New Investigator Award: Hilary K. Brown
Advocacy Award: TraciAnn Hoglind
Student Award: Gabrielle Roux
2021
Lifetime Achievement Award: Susan L. Parish and Miriam Robbins
Allan Meyers Award: Jae Kennedy
New Investigator Award: Sarah Dababnah
Advocacy Award: Thomas Hassell
Student Award: Tyler James
Margaret “Peg” Nosek Award: Monika Mitra
Health Equity Award: Sandy Magaña
2022
Lifetime Achievement Award: Lisa Iezzoni
Allan Meyers Award: Michael McKee
New Investigator Award: Yochai Eisenberg
Advocacy Award: Bill Henning
Student Award: Meredith Williams
Margaret “Peg” Nosek Award: Rosemary Hughes
Health Equity Award: Alina Flores